ASPECTS OF MORPHEME ANALYSIS IN OBOLO LANGUAGE

Emmanuel Owaji-Ikekeiyem Alfred, Nwala, Michael Alozie

Abstract


The paper investigates aspects of morphemes and their usages in the Obolo
language- an Igboid lect. The data were got through the native speaker’s
competence and were analyzes using the descriptive survey design. The paper
shows that the lect is a morphologically rich one which is also verb centred apart
from pockets of nominal prefixation. The paper notes that given the different
morphological processes of the language, the morpheme acquisition order or
processes of the language differ practically with those of the English language.

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