Akinlotan, Mayowa (2026) On classifying Yorùbá noun phrases. FOLIA LINGUISTICA, 60 (1). pp. 341-367. ISSN 0165-4004, 1614-7308
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The study examines some selected Yoruba noun phrases' internal structure, processes and meaning. This predominant Nigerian language relies on creativity and innovativeness in its structures and meaning process. Drawing on contemporary everyday data and language idiosyncrasies, this study identifies four Yor & ugrave;b & aacute; NP types and analyses their constituents. It argues that the determiner and modification systems exhibit complex movement and placement that not only form the characteristic structural features of the language but also as cues to the meaning and interpretation process. Findings reveal that there appears to be a movement-and-placement competition between these two constituents. However, the determiner system outweighs the modification system's ability to move freely within the NP structure. While this is the case for the determiner system, the study establishes that the movement and placement of the modification system are more related to the processing of meaning and interpretation than the movement and placement of the determiner. The study concludes that structural properties may represent the nature and texture of international Yoruba, a new trend in language usage to meet the growing demand among diasporic speakers globally.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Yorùbá NP; international Yorùbá; Yorùbá NP type; determiner; modifier; complexity |
| Subjects: | 400 Language > 400 Language, Linguistics 400 Language > 490 Other languages |
| Divisions: | Languages and Literatures > Institut für Anglistik und Amerikanistik |
| Depositing User: | Dr. Gernot Deinzer |
| Date Deposited: | 07 May 2026 07:58 |
| Last Modified: | 07 May 2026 07:58 |
| URI: | https://pred.uni-regensburg.de/id/eprint/65784 |
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