Lexico-syntactic analysis of the influence of Yoruba language on the usage of English among selected undergraduate students of Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife

ABSTRACT

This study is a lexico-syntactic analysis of the influence of Yoruba language on the usage of English among selected undergraduate students of Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife. Over the years, the coexistence of English language and Yoruba language in the southwestern part of Nigeria has led to code-switching of the two languages by the people who are literate in both languages. This study focuses on how the usage of the indigenous Yoruba language has interfered with the proficiency of the participants in Nigeria's lingua franca, English Language, on both the lexis and syntax levels.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

TITLE PAGE

CERTIFICATION

DEDICATION

ACKNOWLEDGMENT

TABLE OF CONTENTS

CHAPTER ONE: GENERAL INTRODUCTION

1.0. INTRODUCTION

1.1. BACKGROUND

1.2. AIM AND OBJECTIVES

1.3. STATEMENT OF RESEARCH PROBLEM

1.4. SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY

1.5. SCOPE OF THE STUDY

1.6. RESEARCH QUESTIONS

1.7. EXPECTED CONTRIBUTION TO KNOWLEDGE

CHAPTER TWO: LITERATURE REVIEW

2.1. INTRODUCTION

2.2. DISCUSSION OF BASIC CONCEPTS

2.2.1. LEXIS

2.2.1.1. ENGLISH LEXIS

2.2.1.2. YORUBA LEXIS

2.2.1.3. RELATION BETWEEN ENGLISH AND YORUBA LEXES

2.2.2. SYNTAX

2.2.2.1. SYNTAX IN YORUBA LANGUAGE

2.2.3. THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN YORUBA LANGUAGE AND ENGLISH LANGUAGE IN NIGERIA

2.2.4. LANGUAGE INTERFERENCE/TRANSFER

2.2.5. BILINGUALISM

2.2.6. CODE-MIXING/CODE-SWITCHING

2.3. THE REFLECTION OF LITERATURE REVIEW

CHAPTER THREE: RESEARCH METHODOLOGY

3.1. INTRODUCTION

3.2. RESEARCH DESIGN

3.3. AREA OF STUDY

3.4. SOURCES OF DATA

3.5. SAMPLING TECHNIQUE

3.6. METHOD OF DATA COLLECTION

3.7. METHOD OF DATA ANALYSIS

CHAPTER FOUR: DATA ANALYSIS AND DISCUSSION OF FINDINGS

4.0 INTRODUCTION

4.1. UTTERANCE BY UTTERANCE ANALYSIS

4.2 DISCUSSION OF FINDINGS

4.3. SUMMARY OF FINDINGS

CHAPTER FIVE: SUMMARY, RECOMMENDATIONS AND CONCLUSION

5.1. INTRODUCTION

5.2. SUMMARY

5.3. LIMITATIONS

5.4. RECOMMENDATIONS

5.5. SUGGESTIONS FOR FURTHER STUDIES

5.6. CONCLUSION

REFERENCES

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