@phdthesis{58941,
  address               = {Ann Arbor},
  author                = {Ajiboye, Oladiipo Jacob},
  pages                 = {294},
  publisher             = {UMI},
  school                = {University of British Columbia},
  title                 = {Topics On Yoruba Nominal Expressions},
  year                  = {2006},
  abstract              = {This thesis discusses four selected topics on Yorùbá nominal expressions: the syntax of possessives, the construal of bare nouns, the marking of specificity and salience, and plural marking strategies. Regarding possessives, it is proposed that they have one base structure (a &nu;P shell). The difference in surface linear order between verbal and nominal genitives is determined by which of the two arguments move. In nominal genitives, the possessum moves. In verbal genitives, it is the possessor that moves. Regarding the interpretation of Yorùbá bare nouns, it is shown that they can be construed in one of three ways: as generics, as indefinites, or as definites. First, generics may be lexically conditioned (with permanent state predicates) or grammatically conditioned (with transitory predicates through the use of imperfective <italic>máa-ń</italic>). Second, wherever a generic construal is illicit, an indefinite construal is licit. Third, definite construals are discourse-linked. Regarding specificity, it is shown that Yorùbá overtly marks specificity on NPs with the element <italic>kan</italic>. Regarding salience, it is shown that definite DPs are morphologically marked as salient (by virtue of being unique, in an identity relation or additive) through the use of<italic>náà</italic>. Finally, regarding plural marking, it is shown that Yorùbá uses three different strategies: contextually, semantically, or morphologically determined plurality. It is proposed that the deployment of the PLURAL feature is determined by feature percolation or feature matching.},
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  cfn                   = {africa\ajiboye_yoruba2005_o.pdf},
  class_loc             = {PL8822},
  degree                = {PhD},
  delivered             = {africa\ajiboye_yoruba2005_o.pdf},
  digital_formats       = {PDF 11.92Mb image-only PDF},
  document_type         = {B},
  fn                    = {africa\ajiboye_yoruba2005_o.pdf, africa\ajiboye_expressions2006_o.pdf, africa\ajiboye_expressions2006.pdf, africa/ajiboye_yoruba2005_o.pdf},
  hhtype                = {specific_feature},
  inlg                  = {English [eng]},
  isbn                  = {9780494129753},
  lgcode                = {Yoruba [yor]},
  macro_area            = {Africa},
  mpi_eva_library_shelf = {PL 8822 AJI 2007},
  mpifn                 = {yoruba_ajiboye2005_o.pdf},
  oclc                  = {191758889},
  source                = {DAI-A 67/03, p. 915, Sep 2006},
  src                   = {hh, mpieva, weball},
  subject               = {LANGUAGE, LINGUISTICS (0290)},
  subject_headings      = {Yoruba language, Yoruba language},
  umi_id                = {NR12975}
}