Development of Lexicon in Fulfude Language

Student: Sunday Isaac Eludipo (Project, 2025)
Department of Linguistics and Nigeria Language
University of Ilorin, Kwara State

Abstract

The purpose of this paper was to explore the rich linguistic attribute of the Fulfude language particularly in the aspect of its semantics, that is, its 'Lexicon'(words/dictionary). This language overtime has lacked in the documentation of its unique linguistics features, a section on which this paper focuses, by employing the use of "Frame Semantic Technique" theory and also making use of structured interview, observation and 400 word list as the research methodology.

Keywords
development lexicon fulfude language orthography semantics
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