Acquisition of bare nouns by Yoruba children
This study is concerned with the acquisition of bare nouns by children acquiring Yoruba as their first language. The Minimalist Programme serves as the framework for our syntactic analysis of development of bare nouns by the Yoruba child. The database consists of longitudinal studies of a Yoruba ch...
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This study is concerned with the acquisition of bare nouns by children acquiring Yoruba as their first language. The Minimalist Programme serves as the framework for our syntactic analysis of development of bare nouns by the Yoruba child. The database consists of longitudinal studies of a Yoruba child, Damilare, between the ages of fifteen (15) and thirty six (36) months. He was audio recorded daily by his mother within the period. Some of the data were also written directly. The results show that from a very early stage, the Yoruba child begins to acquire bare nouns as compared to other types of nouns and these nouns occur in different positions. It can be concluded that they use bare nouns where other types of nouns should be used but, with time, other nominal expressions are developed and are used appropriately.
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| spelling | doaj-art-b7a89ff6b17e4649bc71d7a0449b94492025-08-20T02:27:53ZengUniversiti MalayaJournal of Modern Languages1675-526X2462-19862015-12-01261Acquisition of bare nouns by Yoruba childrenBá»lanle Elizabeth Arokoyá»0Mary Amaechi1University of Ilorin, NigeriaUniversity of Ilorin, Nigeria This study is concerned with the acquisition of bare nouns by children acquiring Yoruba as their first language. The Minimalist Programme serves as the framework for our syntactic analysis of development of bare nouns by the Yoruba child. The database consists of longitudinal studies of a Yoruba child, Damilare, between the ages of fifteen (15) and thirty six (36) months. He was audio recorded daily by his mother within the period. Some of the data were also written directly. The results show that from a very early stage, the Yoruba child begins to acquire bare nouns as compared to other types of nouns and these nouns occur in different positions. It can be concluded that they use bare nouns where other types of nouns should be used but, with time, other nominal expressions are developed and are used appropriately. https://ijps.um.edu.my/index.php/JML/article/view/2948Language acquisition, Yoruba, bare nouns, minimalist program |
| spellingShingle | Bá»lanle Elizabeth Arokoyá» Mary Amaechi Acquisition of bare nouns by Yoruba children Journal of Modern Languages Language acquisition, Yoruba, bare nouns, minimalist program |
| title | Acquisition of bare nouns by Yoruba children |
| title_full | Acquisition of bare nouns by Yoruba children |
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| title_short | Acquisition of bare nouns by Yoruba children |
| title_sort | acquisition of bare nouns by yoruba children |
| topic | Language acquisition, Yoruba, bare nouns, minimalist program |
| url | https://ijps.um.edu.my/index.php/JML/article/view/2948 |
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