HEADEDNESS AND THE STRUCTURE OF YORÙBÁ COMPOUND WORDS
In contemporary morphology, morphologically complex words are assumed to have heads. Williams (1981) proposes the right-head rule (RHR), later modified by Selkirk (1982). However, Owolabi (1995a) argues that the head of Yorùbá complex words is the left-hand member contrary to Williams’ proposal. He...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Crane Publishing Co
2009-06-01
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| Series: | Taiwan Journal of Linguistics |
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| Online Access: | http://tjl.nccu.edu.tw/volume7-1/7.1-2Taiwo.pdf |