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Ergative Constructions in Yorùbá: A Minimalist Approach Jelili Adewale Adeoye; Owoyele Oluwasegun Joseph
Budapest International Research and Critics in Linguistics and Education (BirLE) Journal Vol 6, No 3 (2023): Budapest International Research and Critics in Linguistics and Education, August
Publisher : BIRCU

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.33258/birle.v6i3.7712

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Existing studies on Yorùbá syntax have shown that there are controversies among scholars on the motivation for DP movement in ergative construction in the language. Scholars have suggested theta theory and pragmatics as the explanation, while others lay credence to case or extended project principle. None of the existing works have address DP movement in ergative construction in Yorùbá with insight of the Minimalist Program. This present research dwells on Chomsky (1995, 1998 2000 &2001) Minimalist Program with Yorùbá internal language evidence to explain DP movement in the ergative construction. Findings in study show that the only DP in ergative construction performs dual functions. It is the subject based on the syntactic position and morphological marking, while it also functions as object because it bears theme theta role.
Context as a Pre-Condition for Meaning Fixation in Legal Texts: A Pragma-Contextual Analysis of Human Right Treaty-Based Legislative Text Ajenifari Joshua Taiwo; Awolope Joseph Alaba; Jelili Adewale Adeoye
LingLit Journal Scientific Journal for Linguistics and Literature Vol 4 No 3 (2023): Linglit Journal: Scientific Journal of Linguistics and Literature, September
Publisher : Britain International for Academic Research (BIAR-Publisher)

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.33258/linglit.v4i3.970

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The imperativeness of contextual nuances to textual meaning fixations has largely remained incontrovertible among scholars across various disciplines, though what counts as context may remain debatable. This paper explored the application of the relevant aspects of Lawal’s (2003) pragmatic theory to foreground the contextual inevitability to meaning processing of the treaty-based legislative text of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights document of 1948 as adopted by the United Nations. The research adopted a qualitative approach of analysis with a view to experimenting the applicability of language-based theory of pragmatics to the explication of legal-based text. The research showed that legal texts, as products of linguistic deployments, are not only subject to the context of human conditions, but are also amenable to the application of context-based theory of natural language. It was revealed that the linguistic deployments in any communicative legal text is a function of non-linguistic factors of context such as sociological, historical, psychological, social and cosmological situations of the human parties to the ensuing legal contracts under the circumstance