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ASPECTS OF THE PHONOLOGY OF GUNGANCHI LANGUAGE

BABATUNDE, Oluwatobi Olayemi
07/15CB045

A RESEARCH PROJECT SUBMITTED TO THE DEPARTMENT OF LINGUISTICS AND NIGERIAN LANGUAGES,
FACULTY OF ARTS, UNIVERSITY OF ILORIN
ILORIN – NIGERIA

IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE AWARD OF THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF ARTS (B. A. Hons) IN LINGUISTICS

MAY, 2011.
CERTIFICATION
This essay has been read and approved as meeting the requirements of Department of Linguistics and Nigerian Languages, University of Ilorin, Ilorin, Nigeria.

_____________________________ ____________________
DR. (MRS.) B. E. AROKOYO DATE
Project Supervisor

_____________________________ ____________________
PROF. A. S. ABDUSSALAM DATE
Head of Department

_____________________________ ____________________
EXTERNAL EXAMINER DATE
DEDICATION
This project work is dedicated to the Almighty God, the Alpha and Omega, who gives wisdom and excellence. My dear father, Engr. O. A. Falade, who has been there for me up till this time. You are my hero. May God reward you.
ACKNOLWEDGEMENTS
My profound gratitude goes to the Lord for seeing me through my studies at the University of Ilorin. He has been the Alpha and Omega, my help, inspiration and the source of knowledge and wisdom. He alone deserves my appreciation. Also, my gratitude goes to my lovely parents, ENGR. AND MRS. O. A. FALADE for their love, care, advice, guidance and for providing for all my educational needs. The Almighty God will grant you long life, and enable you to reap the fruits of your labour (Amen). You are the best parents in the world, I love you dearly. I also appreciate the great efforts of my able supervisor, Dr. (Mrs.) B. E. Arokoyo, who guided me through in my research work, she gave me her time and motherly assistance despite the inconvenience. May the Lord be with you and reward you (Amen). I also appreciate all my lecturers. I want to also appreciate the love and prayers of



References: 1.8.1.1 Underlying Representation Oyebade (2008: 12) assumes underlying representation to be an abstract representation existing in the linguistic competence of the native speaker

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