PHONOLOGY

This Research effort focuses on some aspects of the phonology of the Igbanke language. a language spoken in the Niger Delta area of Delta State as well as in Orhiomwon Local Government Area of Edo State. The Igbanke language is actually spoken in six speech communities which are: Omulual, Ahe, Igbontor, Obiogba, Ottah and Idumuodin. This work aims at examining the Phonological processes and rules in the language. Data gathered for this study were collected from personal interview with the aid of a digital tape recorder. The study is analyzed using the standard theory as presented by Chomsky and Halle (1968), and the Autosegmental model of analysis as presented by Goldsmith (1976). The major findings of this study however revealed the phonological processes present in the language which are: Vowel Elison, Glide formation and Nasalization.

This study aims at identifying the phonological influence of Yoruba language on English language. The need for this study is to find out the features that are peculiar to Yoruba speaker of English as a second language. Recorded speeches of thirteen speakers were analyzed and evaluated. The data was gotten from the international corpus of English, Nigeria. The theoretical framework employed in the analysis of data is the preference operations Grammar (ugorji 2010, 2013). The study discovered that Yoruba speaker who use English as a second language tend to substitute sound segments which are not functional in their language with those that are functional in their language, and they also make use articulatory simplification in other to articulate English word with ease. This study concludes that the features of Yoruba language reflect in the use of English of Yoruba speakers