A Comparative Analysis of the Derivational Morphology of English and Yoruba (oyo Dialect)
Student: KAMILAH DAMILOLA HAMZAT (Project, 2025)
Department of Linguistics
Bayero University, Kano, Kano State
Abstract
This research compares and analyses the derivational morphology of English language and Yoruba language using Contrastive Analysis Theory propounded by Lado (1956). It specifically investigates the similarities and differences of the derivational systems of the two languages. Content analysis and purposive sampling were used in generating the required data. The findings reveal that both languages use the system of formation and conversion in their derivational morphology. In formation, English uses only prefixation and suffixation, while Yoruba makes use of only prefixation. In these sub-processes, suffixation happens to be the richest derivational process in English, while prefixation is a rich system in both English language and Yoruba language. However, the two languages share a lot of similarities more than differences. Therefore, based on this, it is concluded that belonging to the same or different language family does not determine significant similarity or otherwise between two or more languages.
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- HASSAN USMAN KATSINA POLYTECHNIC (NCE), KATSINA, KATSINA STATE 4
- Hassan Usman Katsina Polytechnic, Katsina, Katsina State 5
- Heritage Polytechnic, Ikot Udota, Akwa Ibom State 46
- Hussaini Adamu Federal Polytechnic, Kazaure, Jigawa State 8
- Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida University, Lapai, Niger State 24
- Igbinedion University, Okada, Benin City, Edo State 2
- Ignatius Ajuru University of Education, Port Harcourt, Rivers State 8
- Imo State Polytechnic, Umuagwo, Owerri, Imo State 3
- Imo State University, Owerri, Imo State 45
- Institute of Management and Technology, Enugu, Enugu State 11