A Morphosyntactic analysis of agreement in Ekegusii in the minimalist program
Abstract
The chief focus of this study was to analyse Agreement in
Ekegusii. It relates agreement in between the elements in a
sentence to the concord in the Ekegusii determiner phrase. Full
interpretation and feature checking in the Minimalist Program
(Chomsky 1993, 1995) motivate movement of elements both in the
Ekegusii sentence and determiner phrase.
Chapter one introduces the background to the study, various
aspects of the Minimalist Program,
framework among other things.
which is the theoretical
Chapter two examines the nominal structure of Ekegusii,
highlighting the noun class system and concord between the noun and
its modifiers .
Chapter three draws a parallel between the agreement system in
the Ekegusii DP and sentence.
Chapter four particularly analyses the Ekegusii determiner
phrase. The morphosyntactic aspects of the Ekegusii DP internal
concord are handled, showing the various modifying elements of the
noun in the language.
Chapter five concludes up the study that indeed the MP is
adequate enough to analyse such a morphosyntactic aspect as
agreement in the Ekegusii DP and sentence. The principles at work
in the MP: feature checking and Full Interpretation are reliable in
studying Ekegusii morphosyntax.
Citation
Basweti, N. O. (2005). A Morphosyntactic analysis of agreement in Ekegusii in the minimalist programSponsorhip
University of NairobiPublisher
Department of Linguistic and Languages, University of Nairobi
Description
MA - Thesis