Don Chukwuemeka Utulu
Biographic Data
| ID | 7499996 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Don Chukwuemeka Utulu |
| GIVEN NAMES | Don Chukwuemeka |
| FAMILY NAME | Utulu |
| SIGNATURE | UTULU D C |
| AFFILIATIONS | Delta State University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-4908-1839 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 4 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Advanced tongue root effect in Igbo affixation
Èwùlù (Igboid: West Benue–Congo, southern Nigeria) is a type 2IU dialect with a rather pervasive advanced tongue root (ATR) effect in its productive affixation morphology. Consequently, all vowels in affixes and those in adjoining root morphemes acquire the same value for ATR feature, with the latter morphemes determining with what specific ATR value the vowels in the former morphemes are specified. This sort of root-controlled ATR/vowel harmony …
Understanding the Urhobo Tonal Structure through Constraint-Based Framework
Urhobo is a southwest Edoid language spoken in southern Nigeria. Its tonal patterns have been studied, but from a descriptive perspective, which, from a theoretical standpoint, potentially limits the understanding that tonal deviations from underlying forms are essentially due to resolutions of conflicts between some competing constraints. This study adopts the Optimality Theory (OT) to reveal the competing universal constraints: IDENT-T, MAX-T; …
Identical Tones and the OCP in Èwùlù
The Obligatory Contour Principle (OCP) potentially acts as a constraint on adjacent identical tones. This is why, in tone languages, underlying /HHL/ and /LLH/ may surface as [HL] and [LH] respectively. Èwùlù (Igboid: West-Benue Congo, Nigeria), a relatively unknown small dialect, exhibits such OCP-motivated adjustments on adjacent identical tone structures. Adopting the Optimality Theory, this study accounts for the tonal modifications in order …
Tonal Adaptation Strategies in Èwùlù and Ùrhòbò Loanword Phonologies
Studies on tonal adaptation strategies in English loanwords of the Nigerian languages (NLs): Yoruba (Y), Hausa (H), Bini (B) and Emai (E) commonly translate the prosodic structure of the loanwords into native prosodic configurations. Translation of pitch melody of borrowed words in the NLs tends to be determined by the position of English word stress. Comparative/typological studies that independently examine such tonal adaptation in Nigerian sma…
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Tonal Adaptation Strategies in Èwùlù and Ùrhòbò Loanword Phonologies
Studies on tonal adaptation strategies in English loanwords of the Nigerian languages (NLs): Yoruba (Y), Hausa (H), Bini (B) and Emai (E) commonly translate the prosodic structure of the loanwords into native prosodic configurations. Translation of pitch melody of borrowed words in the NLs tends to be determined by the position of English word stress. Comparative/typological studies that independently examine such tonal adaptation in Nigerian sma…
Identical Tones and the OCP in Èwùlù
The Obligatory Contour Principle (OCP) potentially acts as a constraint on adjacent identical tones. This is why, in tone languages, underlying /HHL/ and /LLH/ may surface as [HL] and [LH] respectively. Èwùlù (Igboid: West-Benue Congo, Nigeria), a relatively unknown small dialect, exhibits such OCP-motivated adjustments on adjacent identical tone structures. Adopting the Optimality Theory, this study accounts for the tonal modifications in order …
Advanced tongue root effect in Igbo affixation
Èwùlù (Igboid: West Benue–Congo, southern Nigeria) is a type 2IU dialect with a rather pervasive advanced tongue root (ATR) effect in its productive affixation morphology. Consequently, all vowels in affixes and those in adjoining root morphemes acquire the same value for ATR feature, with the latter morphemes determining with what specific ATR value the vowels in the former morphemes are specified. This sort of root-controlled ATR/vowel harmony …
Understanding the Urhobo Tonal Structure through Constraint-Based Framework
Urhobo is a southwest Edoid language spoken in southern Nigeria. Its tonal patterns have been studied, but from a descriptive perspective, which, from a theoretical standpoint, potentially limits the understanding that tonal deviations from underlying forms are essentially due to resolutions of conflicts between some competing constraints. This study adopts the Optimality Theory (OT) to reveal the competing universal constraints: IDENT-T, MAX-T; …
Linguistics (4 works) · Mathematics (4 works) · Philosophy (4 works) · Phonetics and Phonology Research (4 works) · Linguistic Variation and Morphology (3 works) · Affix (2 works) · Computer Science (2 works) · Geometry (2 works) · Linguistic Studies and Language Acquisition (2 works) · Phonology (2 works)