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Aspects Of Uneme Morphology
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Principle 5
Homophone
form are identifiable as the same or different morphemes on the basis
of distinctly different meaning with related meaning. For example
Bank : a river side
Bank: where money was kept.
Principle 6
A morpheme isolatable if it occurs in
In isolation
In
multiple combinations in at least one of which the unit with which it
is combined occurs is in isolation or in other combinations.
In a
single combination provided the element with which it is combined occurs
is in isolation or in other combination with unique constitutions.
The above mentioned theoretical frame work will be used in analyzing our data.
1.6 Data collection
The
method employed for data collection is the bilingual elicitation
approach, involving English and Uneme. The data were elicited with the
use of the Ibadan 400 word list which consists of basic list of single
words.
Apart from the 400 word list, phrases and sentences in English
were translated to Uneme by the Uneme native speaker. The data
collected were subjected to analysis, and oral interview was conducted
in English and answers were given in Uneme by the informant. The answers
to these questions were used in the morphological analysis of Uneme.
Below are some pieces of information about the informant used in this research.
Name: – Pastor Patrick Asekhame
Age: – 54 years
Religion: – Christianity
Marital status: – Married.
Other Languages spoken: – Uneme, English
Local Govt: – Etsako East
The
informant is a native speaker of Uneme language and he has lived there
for about 23 years He speaks Uneme and English fluently.
1.7 Data analysis
In this research work the data was collected from the informant both in written and in recording on an audio cassette.
The informant used his fluency in the language. His fluency and competence formed the basis of my choice of him as my informant.
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