A PHONOLOGICALANALYSIS OF MORPHOPHONEMIC ALTERNATED BACK OPEN ROUNDED VOWEL IN THE SPOKEN ENGLISH OF SELECTED SECONDARY SCHOOL TEACHERS OF ENGLISH IN WUKARI

Authors

  • Kehinde E Ogunrinde Department of English and Literary Studies, Federal University Wukari, Wukari.
  • Elizabeth Olusola Ogunrinde General Studies Unit, Kwararafa University, Wukari.
  • Zachariah Aboki Department of English and Literary Studies, Federal University Wukari, Wukari.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.56666/ahyu.v2i.82

Keywords:

: back open rounded vowel, morphophonemic alternation, phoneme, pronunciation

Abstract

Morphophonemic alternation is the length relationship between the vowels in the root morpheme
of cognate words. However, in spoken English of some Nigerian speakers of English, a number of
words undergo vowel changes(phonological) as a result of a change in the grammatical
(morphological) function of the word. Hence, this study intends to phonologically analyse a
morphophonemic alternation of a back open rounded vowel in the spoken English of
selected secondary school teachers of English in Wukari. The primary objective is to describe the
respondents' performance in articulation of the test item. The data for the study is drawn from
administered questionnaire and read-aloud task. 100 teachers of English are the randomly
selectedfrom public and private secondary schools. The Giles and Coupland's Communicative
Accommodation

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Published

2020-11-15

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Ogunrinde, . K. E., Ogunrinde, E. O., & Aboki, Z. . (2020). A PHONOLOGICALANALYSIS OF MORPHOPHONEMIC ALTERNATED BACK OPEN ROUNDED VOWEL IN THE SPOKEN ENGLISH OF SELECTED SECONDARY SCHOOL TEACHERS OF ENGLISH IN WUKARI. Ahyu: A Journal of Language and Literature, 2, 67–83. https://doi.org/10.56666/ahyu.v2i.82

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Vol. 2 (2018): AHYU: A JOURNAL OF LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE

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