A Minimalist Analysis of the Syntactic Structure of the Prepositional Phrase in Kiigembe
Loading...
Date
2022
Authors
Jackline, Gitonga
Nandelenga, Henry S
Journal Title
Journal ISSN
Volume Title
Publisher
Global Publication House
Abstract
The Minimalist Program by Chomsky (1995) was a reaction to the excessive complexity of structures and principles in
previous generative approaches. It is, therefore, geared towards achieving syntactic operations in the simplest manner possible.
It also maintains the idea of X-bar theory that all phrases in all languages have the same structure. In this study, data from
Kiĩgembe, a dialect of Kimeru (a Bantu language), is used to assess the truthfulness of this assumption. The findings of this
study reveal that the Prepositional Phrase (PP) in Kiĩgembe can truly be accounted for using the Minimalist Program.
Description
Article
Keywords
Preposition phrase, syntactic structures, Bantu, Kiĩgembe, minimalism
Citation
Gitonga, J., & Nandelenga, H. S. (2022). A Minimalist Analysis of the Syntactic Structure of the Prepositional Phrase in Kiĩgembe. GPH-International Journal of Social Science and Humanities Research, 5(04), 30-43.