THE SELECTIONAL RESTRICTION OF VERBS IN ONICHA IGBO

Authors

  • V. C. ONUMAJURU DEPARTMENT OF FOREIGN LANGUAGES AND LITERATURES, UNIVERSITY OF PORT HARCOURT, PORT HARCOURT

Abstract

This research examines the noun-verb selectional in onicha Igbo, a version of Igbo spoken in the Onitsha metropolitan city of Anambra state in south Eastern Nigeria. Four verb clusters- buying, cooking, eating and washing verbs- are chosen for this study. Our discourse will clearly show that there exists rich evidence of semantic selectional restriction between the verbs and their complements in the onicha dialect. It is however to be noted that the productivity of verb-noun selectional restriction may vary with verbs.

Downloads

Published

2005-06-15

Issue

Vol. 1 No. 1 (2005)

Section

Articles