Author : Ayọ Bamgbose
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 190 pages
File Size : 31,84 MB
Release : 2000
Category : Computers
ISBN : 0521073650
A descriptive grammar of Yoruba, a major West African language spoken by over twelve million people, first published in 1966.
Author : Oladele Awobuluyi
Publisher : University Press Plc Nigeria
Page : 190 pages
File Size : 47,93 MB
Release : 1978
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN :
In important respects, this book represents an independent approach to Yoruba grammar. It attempts to present the Yoruba language as it really is, rather than as seen largely from the perspective of other languages. The grammatical structure of the language is thus presented in a new way. The major parts of speech of the language are, for the first time, established uniformly on the criteria of function alone. A chapter is devoted to a systematic and novel treatment of each such part of speech, related both to the wide array of sentence types, and to its sounds and the way they are combined in words.
Author : Ayọ Bamgboṣe
Publisher :
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 43,4 MB
Release : 1966
Category : Yoruba language
ISBN :
Yoruba, a major West African language spoken by over twelve million people, has had so much scholarly attention before the release of this 1966 work, but no extensive descriptive grammar had ever been published. Dr Ayo Bamgbose therefore made a major contribution to the study of language. This descriptive grammar derives from a large body of written and spoken texts in Standard Yoruba.
Author : Samuel Johnson
Publisher : CSS Limited
Page : 756 pages
File Size : 21,11 MB
Release : 1921
Category : History
ISBN :
First published in 1921, and cited on the Africa's Best 100 Books List, this is a standard work on the history of theYorubas from the earliest times to the beginning of the British Protectorate. The first part of the book discusses the people, theircountry and language, religion, government, land law, manners and customs. The second part is divided into four periods, dealing first with mytheological kings and deified heroes; with the growth, prosperity and oppression of the Yoruba people; the time of revolutionary wars and disruption; and, finally, the arrest of disintegration, inter-tribal wars, and the coming of the British. There are two appendices, on dealing with treaties and agreements, the other giving tables of Yoruba kings, rulers, and chiefs. The book also includes an index and map of the Yoruba country.
Author : Antonia Yetunde Folarin Schleicher
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 13,75 MB
Release : 2015-08
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 1135995141
Specially written by an experienced teacher for self-study or class use, this easy to use and up to date course provides a step-by-step approach to written and spoken Yoruba with no prior knowledge of the language required. Colloquial Yoruba is:interactive - with lots of exercises for regular practiceclear - providing concise grammar notespractical - with useful vocabulary and pronunciation guidescomplete - including answer key and reference section. By the end of this course you will be able to communicate confidently and effectively in Yoruba in a broad range of everyday situations. Accompany.
Author : Ajiboye, Oladiipo
Publisher : M & J Grand Orbit Communications
Page : 285 pages
File Size : 17,34 MB
Release : 2016-12-14
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9785416453
The Landmarks Series is a research and publications outfit funded by the Landmarks Research Foundation to publish recent outstanding doctoral dissertations on any aspect of Nigerian linguistics, languages, literatures and cultures. This study is a departer from most previous work on Yorùbá Grammar in the sense that rather than being purely a descriptive grammar; it attempts to provide a theoretical analysis of the internal and external syntax of Yorùbá nominal expressions using the Chomskyan Principles and Parameters approach to syntax. This Generative theory attempts to characterize the grammar of all natural languages in terms of a set of universal principles that all languages share, and a set of parameters along which languages may vary. The book emphasizes the empirical motivation behind major theoretical proposals in that framework, and shows how views on the nature of universal grammar and cross-linguistic variation have developed over the years as a consequence of a massive increase in cross-linguistic syntactic research.
Author : Adedamola Olofa
Publisher : Independently Published
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 47,19 MB
Release : 2004-10-05
Category :
ISBN : 9781973551690
This Yoruba grammar book is for the use of beginners who want to learn Yoruba and those who want to speak it as a second language (L2). Target Users are: ■ Those who marry to Yoruba spouses ■ Yoruba children born abroad ■ Yorubas in diaspora ■ Secondary school children (Nigeria, West Africa and Brazil) learning Yoruba as a second language. ■ Non-Yoruba university students learning Yoruba as a second language. ■ Those who have interest in speaking the language.It is written in a Teach-Yourself format. It is highly interractive. A reader studies a lesson and tests himself through series of "Brainwork" provided in this book. Because it is a book meant for beginners, some basic grammatical rules and orthography are adjusted to make learning easier for users. This book is to be viewed as an introductory to learning Yoruba.
Author : Samuel Crowther
Publisher :
Page : 72 pages
File Size : 26,87 MB
Release : 1852
Category : Yoruba language
ISBN :
Author : Bolaji Aremo
Publisher : African Books Collective
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 44,56 MB
Release : 2012
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9783719564
The main objective of this study is to identify examples of genetically related Igbo and Yoruba words that might serve as further evidence in support of some linguists' claim that the two languages developed from the same parent language. The author is a retired head of the Department of English at Obafemi Awolowo University, Nigeria.
Author : Samuel Crowther
Publisher :
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 39,67 MB
Release : 1852
Category : Yoruba language
ISBN :
