Selected Derivational Morphological Processes in English, Hausa, Igala and Some other Languages of the World
- Author Unubi, Sunday Abraham
- Co-Author Yusuf, Sadiya
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- Country : Nigeria
- Subject : Language
Keywords : Morphology, derivational morphology, morphological processes
Abstract
This article investigates selected derivational morphological processes in English, Hausa, Igala and some other languages of the world. Morphological processes are a means of changing a word base or root to adjust its meaning and to fit into different syntactic and communicational contexts. To achieve this in a language, linguists usually utilise certain tools called morphemes or affixes or word-elements, which are added or attached to the base or root of a word. In this article, the researchers have arduously and ardently examined these languages to bring out their rich and interesting morphological processes. We have found out that derivational morphology, which is concerned with forming new lexemes, i.e. words that differ either in syntactic category or in meaning from their bases, is extremely productive in languages.
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