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  • Language Family: Other Benue-Congo
  • Topic #1: Semantics
Analysis of lexical opposites in Owere- Analysis of lexical opposites in Owere-Igbo

This paper investigates the semantic structure of a dialect of the Igbo language referred to as Owere-Igbo. This dialect of Igbo is predominantly spoken by the people of Owerri in Imo State, Nigeria. The essence of the study was to analyze the semantic properties of polarity and markedness of oppositeness in the dialect. The researcher adopted the descriptive survey method and used native speakers of Owere-Igbo as research collaborators in addition to native speaker intuition. Interview schedule was employed as a research instrument for collecting data from fluent speakers of   Owere-Igbo. The   method of study adopted involved conducting oral interviews with fluent speakers of Owere-Igbo speakers selected for the study.  The result of the research revealed that polarity manifests itself to perfection in Owere-Igbo opposites. The findings also show that in terms of polarity some pairs of opposites in Owere-Igbo are constant, while for others, it is the contexts that determine their polarity.This investigation further revealed that Òwèrè-Igbo speakers adjudged the positive members of opposite pairs to be the unmarked terms and the negative members as the marked terms of their respective oppositions. Based on these findings, I concluded that there exists a kind of interplay between the semantic properties of polarity and markedness in the use of lexical opposites in Owere dialect of the Igbo language.

    Cet article s’intéresse à la structure sémantique d’un dialecte de la langue igbo connu sous le nom de owere-igbo. Ce dialecte d’igbo est parlé en majorité par les gens d’Owerri dans l’État de Imo au Nigéria. L’étude se proposait d’analyser les propriétés sémantiques de polarité et de marquage des oppositions dans le dialecte. Le chercheur a adopté la méthode d’enquête descriptive et s’est servi, en plus de son intuition de locuteur natif, des locuteurs natifs d’owere-igbo comme collaborateurs de recherche. Comme technique d’enquête, elle a utilisé l’interview pour la collecte des données à partir des locuteurs qui étaient fluides en owere-igbo.  La méthode d’étude adoptée impliquait le fait de mener des interviews orales avec des locuteurs fluides en owere-igbo choisis pour le besoin de l’enquête. Le résultat de la recherche a révélé que la polarité se manifeste de manière parfaite dans les mots  opposés en owere-igbo. Les résultats montrent en outre que, en termes de polarité, certaines paires de mots opposés en owere-igbo sont constantes tandis que  pour d’autres, c’est le contexte qui détermine leur polarité. Cette investigation a en outre révélé que les locuteurs d’owere-igbo jugeaient les membres positifs des mots de ces paires opposées d’être les termes non marqués et le membres négatifs comme les termes marqués de leurs oppositions respectives. Sur la base de ces résultats, l’auteur conclut qu’il existe une sorte d’interaction entre les propriétés sémantiques de polarité et de marquage dans l’emploi des lexèmes opposés dans le dialecte owere de la langue igbo.

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