COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF NEGATION IN IRUN AKOKO AND OGBAGI AKOKO
Abstract
This project explores the comparative analysis of negation in Irun Akoke and Ogbagi Akoko.
Negation is a fundamental feature of human language that allows speakers to express the
opposite of a statement or proposition. I n linguistic terms, negation is the process of adding a
negative element to a sentence, which can change the fruth value of the statement. The study
aims t o bring out the negative markers i n irin and Ogbagi dialects, t o state the functions of
the negative markers Irin and Ogbagi dialects and t o compare and contrast the negation of
the two dialects. The research methodology involves method of collecting data which is
through oral interview from elderly informants betieen ages of forty (40) and eighty (20).
The findings of this study, reveal that irin and Ogbagi use è to mark non-future tense
negation. However, the non-future tense negative marker in İrin does not inflect wherever it
occurs, i n the course of our analysis, it was discover that both dialect use the form t o mark
perfective tense negation, the continuous tense marker and future tense marker of both
dialects are the same
Keywords: Negation, Comparative, Dialects, Language, Irun Akoko, Ogbagi Akoko
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