Analysis of syntatic effects of some names of the deities in the Bono Kingdom

Authors

  • David Adu Tuffour Department of Languages, Atebubu College of Education, Ghana
  • Emmanuel Kyei–Poku Department of Languages, Welsely College of Education, Ghana
  • Samuel Frimpong Department of Languages, Atebubu College of Education, Ghana
  • Genevieve Millicent Sackey Department of Languages, St. Joseph’s College of Education, Ghana

Keywords:

clausal truncation, deities, complex sentence, simple sentence, syntax.

Abstract

The investigation analyzed the syntactic effects of Some Name of Bono Kingdom. The analysis took into consideration one hundred and twenty (120) respondents as the population sample with an equal gender distribution of sixty (60). The purposive sampling technique was employed to elicit essential information for the investigation. Unstructured interviews, observation, and recording were the data collection instrument. The syntax processes were discovered as the effects of Some Names of the Deities in the Bono Kingdom. Some of these effects were phrases, clauses, simple sentences, complex sentences, and compound sentences as well as clausal truncation. The dependent and independent clauses were also outlined. This investigation had X – Bar Theory propounded by Noam Chomsky (1957) as its reference point. It was finally realized that the effects of syntax on the Names of Deities in the Bono Kingdom were fundamental in the Akan setup.

Author Biographies

  • David Adu Tuffour, Department of Languages, Atebubu College of Education, Ghana

    David Adu Tuffour holds a Bachelor of Education in Ghanaian Language (Twi), a Master of Arts in Ghanaian Language (Twi) and a Master of Philosophy in Ghanaian Language (Twi) all from the University of Education, Winneba Ghana. He is a Ghanaian Language Tutor in the Languages Department, for 19 years at the Atebubu College of Education in Ghana. His research interest is in the field of Linguistics, Morphology, Syntax, Sociolinguistics, Phonology and Literature in Ghanaian Language. He holds to his credit four articles in Phonology and Sociolinguistics.

  • Emmanuel Kyei–Poku, Department of Languages, Welsely College of Education, Ghana

    Emmanuel Kyei-Poku is a Ghanaian and a tutor at Wesley College of Education, Kumasi in the Department of Languages He has been teaching Ghanaian Language (Twi) for twenty years now at all levels of education. He holds M. Phil in Ghanaian Language Studies and B. Ed in Ghanaian Language (Twi) from University of Education, Winneba Ghana. His areas of interest in research are Literature, Linguistics in Ghanaian Language, Morphology and Language Teaching.

  • Samuel Frimpong, Department of Languages, Atebubu College of Education, Ghana

    Samuel Frimpong holds a Master of Arts in Ghanaian Language (Twi) and Master of Education in Teaching English as a Second Language. His areas of interest are Oral and Written Literature, Sociolinguistics and Grammar in Akan. As a Ghanaian Language tutor, he has taught in Atebubu College of Education for seventeen years (17). He is now the Head of Department for the Languages.

  • Genevieve Millicent Sackey, Department of Languages, St. Joseph’s College of Education, Ghana

    Genevieve Millicent Sackey is a tutor of Ghanaian Region of Ghana for 17 years. She holds M. Phil in Ghanaian Language Studies, MA in Teaching English as a Second Language (TESL) and Bachelor of Education in Twi from University of Education, Winneba. She has been teaching Ghanaian Language in the College of Education and was involved in the planning of the new Ghanaian Language Curriculum. Her research interest is in socio-linguistics, Language teaching (Both L1 in L2) and Literature. Her interest in the Language has compelled her to join in the writing of this paper.

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2020-10-03

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Analysis of syntatic effects of some names of the deities in the Bono Kingdom. (2020). Research Journal in African Languages, 1(2). https://royalliteglobal.com/african-languages/article/view/369

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