Morphological analysis of some names of deities in the Bono Kingdom, Ghana
Keywords:
affixes, analysis, based, Bono, morphological, prefix, suffix, truncationAbstract
This paper examined the morphological processes that are involved in some Names of Deities in Bono Kingdom. The investigation was conducted with eighty (80) respondents as the population sample with equal gender distribution of forty (40). Purposive sampling technique was adopted to elicit significant information for the study. The data collection instruments were unstructured interview, observation and recordings. This investigation has drew the attention of some of the morphological processes on Names of Deities. It was identified that apart from Akan Personal Name (APN) and Akan Habitation Names (AHN) which scholars have done a lot of research on, Names of Deities in Bono Kingdom play very significant roles in the life of Bono people. Among the morphological processes that were identified were affixation, word formation, reduplication, borrowing and clausal truncation. The surface respresentation of these morphological processes were examined with reference to the Paragdam Functioning Morphology Theory, propounded by Stump (2001).
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