scholarly journals A Morphological Analysis of Akan Honorific and Title Names for God

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (11) ◽  
pp. 1371-1383
Author(s):  
Samuel Yeboah ◽  
Emmanuel Amo Ofori ◽  
Kofi Busia Abrefa
Keyword(s):  
Morphological Analysis ◽  
Morphological Investigation ◽  
Personal Names ◽  
Secondary Sources ◽  
Morphological Processes ◽  
Complex Nominals

This study is motivated by our observation that earlier works have looked at Akan personal names either from sociolinguistics or non-linguistic perspectives; however, a critical morphological analysis of the structure of Akan honorific and title names for God has eluded researchers in linguistics. It is based on this background that we conduct a thorough morphological investigation into Akan honorific and title names for God, with the aim of addressing the morphological processes that account for their derivation. Drawing on data from both primary and secondary sources, the analysis reveals that Akan honorific and title names ascribed to God have complex nominals and this is manifested through affixation, compounding and reduplication. It further shows that some of the names are recursive in nature and are therefore derived through nominalization of sentences or clauses, especially those that undergo compounding.

scholarly journals Morphological Analysis of the Neologisms during the COVID-19 Pandemic

2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
pp. 01-07
Author(s):  
Katherine B. Akut
Keyword(s):  
Morphological Analysis ◽  
Textual Analysis ◽  
Compound Structure ◽  
Interesting Phenomenon ◽  
Qualitative Design ◽  
Morphological Process ◽  
New Words ◽  
Corona Virus ◽  
The Common ◽  
Morphological Processes

The emergence of neologisms has always been an interesting phenomenon as it demonstrates the dynamism of language. This study intends to determine the neologisms during COVID-19 Pandemic through a morphological analysis. This study argues that the neologisms that emerge during the COVID-19 pandemic reveal the morphological processes that formed the new words. It further claims that the morphemic structures of the neologisms follow the general structures of English vocabulary. This study utilizes the descriptive-qualitative design in analyzing the morphological structures of the neologisms during the COVID-19 pandemic. Specifically, this study involves textual analysis to determine the morphological processes that encompass the formation of new words. The data used in analyzing the morphological structures of COVID-19-related neologisms are five (5) Internet articles that introduce the new terms created because of the corona virus outbreak. These articles were published in the months of March, April and May 2020.Findings reveal that most of the neologisms are nouns. The common morphological process involved in the formation of new words are compounding, blending and affixation. Moreover, majority of the neologisms follow the compound structure of the free and bound morphemes. Based on the results of the study, it can be concluded that the neologisms formed during the COVID-19 pandemic reveal the morphological processes and the morphemic structures of the neologisms follow the general structures of English vocabulary specifically on the combination of free and bound morphemes.

scholarly journals A Morphological Analysis of Slang Words Used by Characters in “Ralph Breaks the Internet” Movie

E-Structural ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (01) ◽  
pp. 55-67
Author(s):  
Norah Bt Entus Nasrudin Tubagus ◽  
Siti Suharsih ◽  
Rahman Hakim
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
Qualitative Method ◽  
Morphological Analysis ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Word Category ◽  
Original Meaning ◽  
Analysis Design ◽  
Morphological Processes ◽  
Descriptive Qualitative

Abstract: The current study entitled “A Morphological Analysis of Slang Words Used by Characters In Ralph Breaks the Internet Movie” aimed to investigate the morphological processes of constructing slang words and its meaning of the  found slang words used by the movie characters. This research used a descriptive qualitative method with content analysis design. The findings revealed that there are 42 slang words categorized into different morphological processes included compound (14,28%), clipping (11,90%), blending (14,28%), affixations (16,66%), reduplicative (7,14%), backformation (2,4%), abbreviation (2,4%), conversion (4,76%), alternation (14,28%), extension (4,76%) and word manufacture (7,14%). This study demonstrated the meaning changes of the slang words that have been affected through certain morphological processes by modifying their word category. Consequently, some slang terms have preserved the original meaning despite the changes in their spelling. In the meantime, certain slang words get abbreviated or shortened and retained their original meaning. Meanwhile, some slang words change their meaning by deriving their word category. Besides, there were certain slang words that change their meaning depending on word usage.Key words: morphology, Ralph Breaks the Internet, slangAbstrak. Penelitian yang berjudul “Analisis Morfologi Kata-kata Slang yang Digunakan oleh karakter dalam Film ‘Ralph Breaks the Internet’” bertujuan untuk menelaah proses morfologi dalam membangun kata-kata slang dan maknanya yang digunakan dalam film tersebut. Penelitian ini menggunakan metode kualitatif deskriptif dengan desain analisis isi. Data temuan menunjukkan  42 kata slang yang dikategorikan ke dalam proses morfologi yang berbeda, yaitu ‘compound’ (14,28%), ‘clipping’ (11,90%), ‘blending’ (14,28%). , ‘affixations’ (16,66%), ‘reduplicative’ (7,14%), ‘backformation’ (2,4%), ‘abbreviation’ (2,4%), ‘conversion’ (4,76%), ‘alternation’ (14,28%), ‘extension’ (4,76%) dan ‘word manufacture’ (7,14%). Studi ini mendemonstrasikan perubahan makna dari kata-kata slang yang telah dipengaruhi proses morfologi tertentu dengan memodifikasi kategori kata asal. Hasilnya beberapa istilah dalam kata slang tetap mempertahankan makna aslinya meskipun ejaannya berubah. Sementara itu, kata-kata slang tertentu disingkat dan tetap mempertahankan arti aslinya. Beberapa kata slang lainnya berubah makna dengan mengubah kategori katanya. Selain itu, beberapa kata-kata slang tertentu berubah maknanya tergantung dari penggunaan kata.Kata kunci: morfologi, Ralph Breaks the Internet, slang

scholarly journals New bobtail squid (Sepiolidae: Sepiolinae) from the Ryukyu islands revealed by molecular and morphological analysis

2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Gustavo Sanchez ◽  
Jeffrey Jolly ◽  
Amanda Reid ◽  
Chikatoshi Sugimoto ◽  
Chika Azama ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Morphological Analysis ◽  
East Timor ◽  
Ryukyu Islands ◽  
Morphological Investigation ◽  
Ryukyu Archipelago ◽  
The Third ◽  
The Ryukyu Islands ◽  
Close Relationship ◽  
Microbe Interactions ◽  
Host Microbe Interactions

AbstractBobtail squid are emerging models for host–microbe interactions, behavior, and development, yet their species diversity and distribution remain poorly characterized. Here, we combine mitochondrial and transcriptome sequences with morphological analysis to describe three species of bobtail squid (Sepiolidae: Sepiolinae) from the Ryukyu archipelago, and compare them with related taxa. One Ryukyuan type was previously unknown, and is described here as Euprymna brenneri sp. nov. Another Ryukyuan type is morphologically indistinguishable from Sepiola parva Sasaki, 1913. Molecular analyses, however, place this taxon within the genus Euprymna Steenstrup, 1887, and additional morphological investigation led to formal rediagnosis of Euprymna and reassignment of this species as Euprymna parva comb. nov. While no adults from the third Ryukyuan type were found, sequences from hatchlings suggest a close relationship with E. pardalota Reid, 2011, known from Australia and East Timor. The broadly sampled transcriptomes reported here provide a foundation for future phylogenetic and comparative studies.

scholarly journals MORPHOLOGICAL ANALYSIS OF ADJECTIVE REDUPLICATION IN BATAK TOBA LANGUAGE

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Esron Ambarita
Keyword(s):  
Morphological Analysis ◽  
Word Formation ◽  
Basic Meaning ◽  
Morphological Processes

This research deals with the investigation of adjective reduplication in Batak Toba language. The major issue in this descriptive microlinguistic study is to find out the formations of adjective reduplication in Batak Toba language. There are some urgent points under discussion, namely, the identification of the morpheme that form the formation of the adjective reduplication, the morphological processes of the word formation, and the meaning emerged as the result of the morphological processes. The results of the analysis show that there are five types of adjective reduplication in Batak Toba language, they are, (1) full adjective reduplication, (2) partial adjective reduplication with prefix mar- and um-, (3) partial adjective reduplication with infix –um-, (4) partial adjective reduplication with suffix –an, -hian, and –an, and (5) partial adjective reduplication with marsi-i, ha-assa, ma-hu, pa-hu, sa-na, and um-hian. The meanings of the adjective reduplication can be grouped into eight, namely, (1) refers to the basic meaning of the base adjective, (2) in the condition as mentioned in the base adjective, (3) has the characteristic as mentioned in the base adjective, (4) shows degree of comparison, (5) shows differences, (6) shows that something or some one is just so so .... as mentioned in the base adjective, (7) shows that something or some one is too ..., and (8) expresses superlative degree about something or some one.

scholarly journals ANÁLISE DE POSSIBILIDADES PARA A INTRODUÇÃO DE VEÍCULOS ELÉTRICOS NO TRÁFEGO URBANO DA CIDADE DE SÃO PAULO: UMA ABORDAGEM POR MEIO DA ANÁLISE MORFOLÓGICA

2012 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 03-21
Author(s):  
Alexandre Silveira Pupo
Keyword(s):  
Electric Vehicle ◽  
Electric Vehicles ◽  
Morphological Analysis ◽  
Sao Paulo ◽  
Urban Traffic ◽  
São Paulo ◽  
Secondary Sources ◽  
Analysis Technique ◽  
Vehicle Technologies ◽  
Political Economic

Fuel market is facing political, economic, social and environmental problems that are fuzzing the future of fossil energy sources and in face of these facts, countries are looking for hybrid and electric vehicles as part of solution in transportation sector due to the fact of electric vehicles use few or no fossil fuel. The objective in this article was to identify options until 2020 to introduce electric vehicle in the urban traffic of São Paulo city and to develop this study the method of literature review in secondary sources was used to present electric vehicle technologies and to identify parameters that were assessed through morphological analysis technique. In morphological analysis, sets of values were defined by the author for these parameters, possible combinations were structured, clearly impractical deployment options before 2020 were discarded and some viable solutions were analyzed in details. These analyses concluded that there are viable options for actual days in São Paulo city, but important requirements regarding technology, politic, market, infrastructure and innovation in products and services still need to be addressed and it is the main reason of electric vehicle remain unnoticed by consumers as an viable option. The challenges are great and the actors who are willing to solve them will find a promising market to explore.

scholarly journals TESTANDO A HIPÓTESE DE EFICIÊNCIA DE MERCADO POR MEIO DE REDES NEURAIS ARTIFICIAIS: UM ESTUDO DE CASO COM AS DEZ PRINCIPAIS AÇÕES DO IBOVESPA DO PRIMEIRO QUADRIMESTRE DE 2011

2012 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 164-186
Author(s):  
Luiz Henrique Herling ◽  
Marcus Vinicius Andrade de Lima ◽  
Gilberto De Oliveira Moritz ◽  
Pedro Henrique Marangoni
Keyword(s):  
Electric Vehicle ◽  
Electric Vehicles ◽  
Morphological Analysis ◽  
Sao Paulo ◽  
Urban Traffic ◽  
São Paulo ◽  
Secondary Sources ◽  
Analysis Technique ◽  
Vehicle Technologies ◽  
Political Economic

Fuel market is facing political, economic, social and environmental problems that are fuzzing the future of fossil energy sources and in face of these facts, countries are looking for hybrid and electric vehicles as part of solution in transportation sector due to the fact of electric vehicles use few or no fossil fuel. The objective in this article was to identify options until 2020 to introduce electric vehicle in the urban traffic of São Paulo city and to develop this study the method of literature review in secondary sources was used to present electric vehicle technologies and to identify parameters that were assessed through morphological analysis technique. In morphological analysis, sets of values were defined by the author for these parameters, possible combinations were structured, clearly impractical deployment options before 2020 were discarded and some viable solutions were analyzed in details. These analyses concluded that there are viable options for actual days in São Paulo city, but important requirements regarding technology, politic, market, infrastructure and innovation in products and services still need to be addressed and it is the main reason of electric vehicle remain unnoticed by consumers as an viable option. The challenges are great and the actors who are willing to solve them will find a promising market to explore.

scholarly journals Morphosyntactic Analysis of Onitsha Personal Names

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 411-418
Author(s):  
Chika Obiageli Ezeudo ◽  
Sopuruchi Christian Aboh ◽  
Kalu Mba Idika
Keyword(s):  
Women Religious ◽  
Native Speakers ◽  
Morphological Structure ◽  
Word Formation ◽  
Personal Names ◽  
Internal Structures ◽  
Religious Associations ◽  
Descriptive Approach ◽  
Morphological Processes ◽  
Morphosyntactic Analysis

This study examines Onitsha personal names (OPN) from a morphosyntactic perspective. The major objective of this study is to examine the syntactic and morphological structure of some OPN. Specifically, the study seeks to ascertain the morphological processes and the relation in the internal structures of the morpheme that are combined to form the names. A sample of 250 names for both male and female were used for the analysis. The data were obtained from a list of names in schools, men and women religious associations. Oral interviews were conducted with native speakers in order to get clarifications as it concerns the meaning of the names. The roots, stems, and affixes of the names were analysed using the descriptive approach and applying the word formation rules. The findings reveal the following: that most of the morphological processes in the formation of OPN are predominantly clipping, prefixing and suffixing in a hierarchical manner, such that the meaning of the names are predictable from their structural components and most of these names are derived from clauses by desententialisation process; the philosophy behind the names are often lost due to clipping; OPN at sentential level can function as statements, interrogatives, or imperatives, commands; the morphological components in terms of size, length or shape can be monomorphemic, dimorphemic, trimorphemic and polymorphemic. Structurally, they can be single stem, compound or complex.

scholarly journals Emended description and new localities of Oxygyne shinzatoi (Burmanniaceae/Thismiaceae), with discussion of phylogenetic relationships of Oxygyne from Japan and Africa

Phytotaxa ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 423 (4) ◽  
pp. 238-246
Author(s):  
KENJI SUETSUGU ◽  
TAKAOMI SUGIMOTO ◽  
HIROKAZU TSUKAYA
Keyword(s):  
Phylogenetic Relationships ◽  
Morphological Analysis ◽  
Central Africa ◽  
Type Specimen ◽  
Morphological Investigation ◽  
Okinawa Island ◽  
Colour Variation ◽  
Evergreen Forests ◽  
Emended Description ◽  
New Localities

During a recent survey, Oxygyne specimens were discovered in three lowland evergreen forests on Okinawa Island, Japan. After morphological investigation, we identified the specimens as O. shinzatoi. Intriguingly, the colour of the specimens from one of the localities was significantly different from that of specimens collected from both the type and two of the new localities. Furthermore, morphological analysis also revealed clear differences between specimens collected from the type locality, including the type specimen, and previous descriptions of O. shinzatoi. Therefore, an amended description of O. shinzatoi is provided, based on the type and newly collected specimens. Phylogenetic relationships of Oxygyne from Japan and western Central Africa are also discussed, with consideration of the characteristics of newly discovered colour variation.

Structural and Chemical Studies of Pathological Fibers in Human Neurofibrillary Degeneration

1985 ◽  
Vol 43 ◽  
pp. 726-729
Author(s):  
K.S. Kosik ◽  
L.K. Duffy ◽  
S. Bakalis ◽  
C. Abraham ◽  
D.J. Selkoe
Keyword(s):  
Monoclonal Antibodies ◽  
Alzheimer Disease ◽  
Human Brain ◽  
Neurofibrillary Tangles ◽  
Morphological Analysis ◽  
High Specificity ◽  
Cytoskeletal Proteins ◽  
Neuritic Plaque ◽  
Protein Chemistry ◽  
Chemical Studies

The major structural lesions of the human brain during aging and in Alzheimer disease (AD) are the neurofibrillary tangles (NFT) and the senile (neuritic) plaque. Although these fibrous alterations have been recognized by light microscopists for almost a century, detailed biochemical and morphological analysis of the lesions has been undertaken only recently. Because the intraneuronal deposits in the NFT and the plaque neurites and the extraneuronal amyloid cores of the plaques have a filamentous ultrastructure, the neuronal cytoskeleton has played a prominent role in most pathogenetic hypotheses.The approach of our laboratory toward elucidating the origin of plaques and tangles in AD has been two-fold: the use of analytical protein chemistry to purify and then characterize the pathological fibers comprising the tangles and plaques, and the use of certain monoclonal antibodies to neuronal cytoskeletal proteins that, despite high specificity, cross-react with NFT and thus implicate epitopes of these proteins as constituents of the tangles.

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