title: A Description of Dzә (Jenjo) Nouns and Noun Phrases, an Adamawa Language of Northeastern Nigeria
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metadata.value: Benson, Peace
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metadata.name: dc.date.accessioned
metadata.value: 2021-02-11T21:27:28Z
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metadata.name: dc.date.available
metadata.value: 2021-02-11T21:27:28Z
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metadata.name: dc.date.issued
metadata.value: 2020-12
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metadata.name: dc.identifier.citation
metadata.value: Benson P. A Description of Dzә (Jenjo) Nouns and Noun Phrases, an Adamawa Language of Northeastern Nigeria. Vestnik of Saint Petersburg University. Asian and African Studies, 2020, vol. 12, issue 4, pp. 490–504.
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metadata.value: https://doi.org/10.21638/spbu13.2020.402
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metadata.value: http://hdl.handle.net/11701/23898
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metadata.name: dc.description.abstract
metadata.value: Dzə [jen] is an Adamawa language spoken in some parts of Taraba, Adamawa and Gombe
  states in Northeastern Nigeria. The study presented in the article syntactically describes nouns
  and noun phrases in Dzə. In an attempt to document Dzə and taking into consideration that
  Dzə is an under-investigated and under-documented language, the result will provide important
  data to typological research and to linguists working on Adamawa languages. The study
  adopts a descriptive research design in collecting, describing and analyzing the data. The data
  was obtained from fieldwork in December 2014, personal observations of daily conversations,
  introspection and the Dzə Bible. In the article, a brief overview of the phonology and tone of
  Dzə is provided. It also shows the different kinds of nouns, pronouns and noun phrases in Dzə;
  simple and complex noun phrases. The language is rich in pronouns, consisting of subject pronouns,
  object pronouns, reflexive pronouns, interrogative pronouns and possessive pronouns.
  As it is with most African languages, the elements that constitute a noun phrase occur after
  the head noun. These elements are articles, demonstratives, possessives, adjectives, numerals,
  quantifiers, genitive constructions (inalienable and alienable possessives) and relative clauses.
  This is a preliminary study of Dzə and it is open for further research and contributions.
metadata.lang: en_GB
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metadata.value: en
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.publisher
metadata.value: St Petersburg State University
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metadata.name: dc.relation.ispartofseries
metadata.value: Vestnik of St Petersburg University. Asian and African Studies;Volume 12; Issue 4
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Dzə
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: nouns
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: noun phrases
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Jenjo
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Adamawa
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metadata.name: dc.title
metadata.value: A Description of Dzә (Jenjo) Nouns and Noun Phrases, an Adamawa Language of Northeastern Nigeria
metadata.lang: en_GB
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metadata.value: Article
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