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eISSN: 2581-9615 || CODEN: WJARAI || Impact Factor 8.2 ||  CrossRef DOI

Research and review articles are invited for publication in March 2026 (Volume 29, Issue 3) Submit manuscript

Argument structure of cut and break verb in Ezza dialec

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Nkechi Vivian Ezue * and Adaobi Ngozi Okoye

Department of Linguistic, Faculty of Arts, Nnamdi Azikiwe University Awka, Anambra State. Nigeria.
 
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World Journal of Advanced Research and Reviews, 2023, 20(02), 908-913
Article DOI: 10.30574/wjarr.2023.20.2.2331
DOI url: https://doi.org/10.30574/wjarr.2023.20.2.2331
 
Received on 03 October 2023; revised on 12 November 2023; accepted on 15 November 2023
 
Verbs are separated into two classes, namely cut verbs and break verbs. The two classes are distinguished based on the semantic properties of the verbs, which supposedly influences their syntactic behavior. This study examined the argument structure of cut and break verbs in Ezza dialects of Igbo language. A data elicitation session was conducted from the Bohnemeyer video clips. These videos consisted of various scenes, depicting different types of cutting and breaking events. The reading of the verb ‘cut’ in this study describes separation, damage of an object or entity and generally involves the use of a bladed instrument (for example a knife, machete, and scissors) which is used by an agent to carry out the action, finally leading to a separation or a change in the ‘material integrity’ of the object. The cut verbs can participate in different constructions, while the Break verbs have the ability to occur spontaneously without the involvement of an agent. The instruments are indicated by the verbs which refute the claim of linguistic literatures that one distinguishing feature of break verbs is that the type of instrument used for the activity is not denoted.
 
Cut and break verb; Argument structure; Ezza dialect; Igbo language
 
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Nkechi Vivian Ezue and Adaobi Ngozi Okoye. Argument structure of cut and break verb in Ezza dialec. World Journal of Advanced Research and Reviews, 2023, 20(2), 908-913. Article DOI: https://doi.org/10.30574/wjarr.2023.20.2.2331

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