Journal statistics
How to use the archive
When the cursor changes from an arrow to a pointing finger, it indicates a link that you may click on to select that item.
The blue buttons at the top can be selected to return to the overview or to run a search for specific information.
Most volumes have been split into two parts, each with separate articles. When you select a specific number, all of the articles will be listed with details of the author, date of publication, language and the size of the file that will be downloaded if you choose that option. Just click on the yellow "Download" button to transfer a copy of the article to your own computer or device.
- Language Family: Other Benue-Congo
- Topic #1: Focus
- Topic #2: Discourse
A morpho-syntactic account of ni in Mọbà Yorùbá
This paper examines focus constructions in Mọba, a dialect of Yoruba and compares it with the Standard Yorùbá establishing similarities and differences between the two speech forms. As a comparative study, it clarifies the relation between phonology and syntax and more importantly it throws light on the function, occurrence and the status of ni, a particle which has generated much debate among Yorùbá scholars. The syntactic account shows that structure of focus constructions is the same in both varieties. The paper also demonstrates that the range of contexts in which ni occurs in Mọbà is different from Standard Yorùbá. Also, Mọni has context-sensitive allomorphs which are in complementary distribution with it. This differs from Standard Yorùbá, where ni is invariant.
Cette étude examine les tournures de focalisation en mòbà, dialecte du yorùbá et le compare au yorùbá standard, notant les ressemblances et les différences entre ces deux parlers. En tant qu'étude comparative elle éclaircit la relation entre phonologie et syntaxe, et qui plus est, elle donne des lumières sur la fonction, l'emploi et le status de ni, particule qui provoque bien des débats entre chercheurs yorùbá. Le compte-rendu syntaxique indique que la structure des tournures de focalisation est pareille dans les deux parlers. Nous démontrons aussi que la gamme de contextes où figure ni en mòbà est différente de celle du yorùbá standard. De plus, le ni du mòbà a des allomorphes sensibles au contexte et qui lui sont en distribution complémentaire. Par contre en yorùbá standard ni est invariable.