INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EDUCATION AND SOCIAL SCIENCE (IJESS)
Sentence Patterns in Izon Using the “Kolokuma” Dialect as a Case Study
E-ISSN: 5778-6990
P-ISSN: 6790-5577
DOI: https://iigdpublishers.com/article/720
This study focuses on the sentence patterns of the kolokuma dialect of Izon spoken in Bayelsa State, Nigeria. This study adopts the principle and parameter approach. The data for this study was collected from two texts written in the Kolokuma dialect. A total of fourteen sentences were analyzed and the study revealed that the Kolokuma dialect of Izon has ten sentence patterns for its basic sentences.
Seth Tolumoye Isoun PhD & Enebraye Egbuson PhD
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