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The Syntactic Hierarchy and Flexibility of Adverbial Placement in English Nwogu, Aaron Ogbonnah
Jurnal Ilmu Sosiologi Dialektika Kontemporer Vol 12, No 2 (2024)
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This research investigates the syntactic placement of adverb phrases (AdvPs) within the clausal structure of English sentences, adapting frameworks from the study of Hindi adverbials to better understand the ordering of English adverbs. The study classifies adverbs into five primary categories based on their syntactic positions: Speech act, epistemic, and evaluative adverbs (Class I); tense-related adverbs (Class II); irrealis mood adverbs (Class III); necessity, frequency, and volitional adverbs (Class IV); and manner adverbs (Class V). By analyzing the hierarchical ordering of adverbs, this research highlights the structural framework of English sentences and examines the semantic functions of adverbs in shaping sentence meaning and tone. While the general hierarchical order is predominantly followed, the study also explores exceptions due to semantic compatibility and pragmatic factors, revealing the flexibility of adverbial placement. The findings contribute to a more comprehensive understanding of the syntactic flexibility of adverbial placement in English and provide insights into how adverbial phrases function cohesively within discourse to influence the interpretation of meaning.
Correlatives and Comparative Correlatives in Angika: Syntactic Structures and Quantificational Nature Nwogu, Aaron Ogbonnah
Jurnal Ilmu Sosiologi Dialektika Kontemporer Vol 12, No 1 (2024)
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This study examines Correlatives and Comparative Correlatives in Angika, with a focus on their syntactic and quantificational properties. Building on Cinque’s (2014) unified structure of relative clauses, I explore its applicability to correlatives in Angika and argue for the presence of a right-adjoined unpronounced Degree head in Comparative Correlatives, following Bhatt and Pancheva’s (2004) analysis of comparatives. Our analysis highlights a matching effect between the relativiser and the demonstrative in Comparative Correlatives, positing that these elements function as syntactic constituents with inherent quantificational features. While Comparative Correlatives share the macrostructure of Correlatives, as argued by den Dikken (2006), I propose a distinct syntactic structure to account for their differences. Additionally, we demonstrate that prior analyses of Comparative Correlatives have been tailored to specific languages and determiner functions, necessitating a broader approach to account for Angika's unique constructions. This work contributes to a deeper understanding of the syntactic and comparative mechanisms within the Indo-Aryan family, particularly in Angika, where correlativisation remains a dominant relativization strategy.
Beyond the Speaker’s Voice: A Phase-Based Syntax for Logophoric Pronouns in Benue-Congo Languages Nwogu, Aaron Ogbonnah
Jurnal Ilmu Sosiologi Dialektika Kontemporer Vol 13, No 2 (2025): Juli – December 2025
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Logophoric pronouns are a distinctive typological feature of many Benue-Congo languages in Nigeria, providing a morphological window into the syntax of reported speech and attitude. While their referential properties are well known, this paper provides a novel syntactic account of their licensing within the framework of Phase Theory. We argue that the logophoric pronoun is not merely a discourse anaphoric element but a formal syntactic object that must be bound by a logophoric operator in the left periphery of an attitude bearing clause. This operator is base generated in the specifier of a Logophoric Phrase, projected above vP and or CP phases depending on the embedding predicate. Through comparative data from languages like Yoruba, Igbo, and Ebira, we demonstrate that the well documented impenetrability of non attitudinal clauses for logophoricity directly correlates with phase boundaries. A logophoric pronoun must be bound within the same phase where its logophoric operator is merged; extraction across a non logophoric phase edge leads to ungrammaticality. Our analysis successfully predicts the complementizer sensitivity of logophoric pronouns, recasting it as a reflex of phase head agreement. This paper moves the analysis of logophoricity beyond its traditional pragmatic domain, integrating it into the core computational system of syntax and offering a unified model for its cross linguistic manifestations within Nigeria's linguistic landscape.
The Disappearing “All”: Rethinking Quantifier Float in Nigerian Languages Nwogu, Aaron Ogbonnah
Indonesian Journal of Educational Studies Vol 28, No 2 (2025): Indonesian Journal of Educational Studies
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. Quantifier float, a key diagnostic for noun phrase movement in languages like English, is re-examined in Nigerian languages. Elements such as Yoruba papọ̀ and Igbo dum, translated as ‘all’, appear in fixed clause-final positions rather than varying with argument movement. Syntactic tests involving negation, aspect, and serial verb constructions show these are not stranded quantifiers from A-movement. Instead, they are base-generated adverbial quantifiers or low VP-modifiers that link anaphorically to a plural argument. Their fixed distribution and semantic restrictions suggest the quantifier-float diagnostic does not apply here, indicating possible limits to A-movement in Benue-Congo languages and calling for a more nuanced, language-specific approach to movement diagnostics. 
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