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Fidelis Awoke Nwokwu – Journal on English Language Teaching, 2024
The study presents an exploration of how interpersonal relationships are created in a speech text. It investigated former President Muhammadu Buhari's Independence Day speech using mood structural analysis. The analysis aimed to explore the power of using mood structure in addressing Nigerians about the President's programs and policies during the…
Descriptors: Language Usage, Interpersonal Communication, Interpersonal Relationship, Speeches

Perrin, Mona – Journal of Linguistics, 1974
Descriptors: Case (Grammar), Descriptive Linguistics, Discourse Analysis, Pronouns
Schaefer, Ronald P.; Egbokhare, Francis O. – 2002
This paper explores the syntactic and semantic character of previously undescribed sentence complements (SCs) in Emai, a Benue-Congo language of Nigeria's Edoid group. Data come from ongoing documentation incorporating oral narrative texts as well as dictionary and grammar descriptions. To delineate the grammatical properties of SCs, the paper…
Descriptors: African Languages, Foreign Countries, Grammar, Language Typology
Awad, Maher – 1994
A discussion of Bolanci (also Bole or Bolewa), a West Chadic language spoken in northeastern Nigeria, focuses on one component of the system of complementation, the form "na." This form has an inherent semantic capable of influencing the meaning of sentences in which it is embedded, specifically, when present in a complex sentence,…
Descriptors: African Languages, Foreign Countries, Form Classes (Languages), Grammar
Schaefer, Ronald P.; Egbokhare, Francis O. – 1994
A study of Emai, an Edoid language of south-central Nigeria, focuses on the system of constraints governing tonal processes. Specifically, it examines the ways in which general processes of low tone raising and high tone lowering are realized in domains constructed by verbs and by preverbal auxiliary and adverbial constituents. Sequentially…
Descriptors: African Languages, Foreign Countries, Form Classes (Languages), Language Patterns
Schaefer, Ronald P. – 1986
Semantic noun classes in Emai, an Edoid language of Nigeria, are examined with respect to a process of Reference Point Marking (RPM) in order to explore the relationship between discourse and lexical semantics. Across pre- and post-verbal positions subcategorized by verbs like "rere" ("to be far"), these classes are shown to…
Descriptors: Correlation, Developing Nations, Discourse Analysis, Grammar
Hyman, Larry M.; Magaji, Daniel J. – 1971
This book is intended as a practical introduction to the study of the Gwari language. Therefore, the descriptive analysis of the grammar of Gwari is made without recourse to technical language. The book is divided into 5 sections, dealing with: (1) phonology; (2) the noun phrase; (3) the verb phrase; (4) the sentence; and (5) vocabulary, in the…
Descriptors: African Languages, Descriptive Linguistics, Form Classes (Languages), Glossaries
Armstrong, Robert G.; Awujoola, Robert L. – 1969
This introduction to elementary Yoruba is divided into two parts. The first section is on sound drills, and the second section concerns Yoruba greetings. The first part includes exercises to enable the student to master the Yoruba sound system. Emphasis is on pronunciation and recognition of the sounds and tones, but not memorization. A tape is…
Descriptors: African Languages, Instructional Materials, Language Instruction, Language Usage