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Download full textOlabode, Afolabi – 1995
The process of embedding, a term used in generative grammar to refer to a construction in which a sentence is included within another sentence, is examined as it occurs in Yoruba literature. Examples are drawn from Yoruba praise poetry, in both written and oral form and within Yoruba novels. Forms of embedding identified include those to draw…
Descriptors: African Languages, Discourse Analysis, Fiction, Foreign Countries
