TABLE
OF CONTENTS
Title
Page i
Certification ii
Dedication iii
Acknowledgements
iv
Table
of Contents vi
CHAPTER
ONE:
1.0 Introduction 1
1.1 Geographical Location of Bura Language 1
1.2 Historical Background of Bura Language 2
1.3 The Socio-Cultural Profile of Bura People 4
1.3.1 Occupation
of Bura People 4
1.3.2 Trade 5
1.3.3 Food 5
1.3.4 Religion 5
1.3.5 Marriage 6
1.3.6 Burial
Ceremonies 8
1.3.7 Education 9
1.3.8 Administration
9
1.4 Population of Bura Speakers 9
1.5 Genetic Classification of Bura Language 11
1.6 Scope and Organization of the Study 12
1.7 Theoretical Framework 13
1.8 Data Collection 13
1.9 Data Analysis 14
1.10 Brief Review of the Chosen Framework 15
CHAPTER
TWO:
2.0 Introduction 18
2.1 Sounds System of Bura Language 19
2.2 Morphological Concepts 21
2.2.1 Morpheme 23
2.2.2 Types
of Morphemes 25
2.2.3 Free Morphemes 25
2.2.4 Bound Morphemes 28
2.2.5 Structural
Function of Morphemes 29
2.2.5.1 Roots 30
2.2.5.2 Stems 31
2.2.6 Morphological and Syntactic
Functions of Morphemes 32
2.2.6.1 Derivational Morphemes 32
2.2.6.2 Inflectional Morphemes 35
2.2.7 Allomorphs 37
2.2.8 Affixation 39
2.2.9 Prefixation 39
2.2.10 Infixation 40
2.2.11 Suffixation 41
2.3 Morphological Processes 42
2.4 Morphological Typologies 46
CHAPTER
THREE: MORPHOLOGY OF BURA LANGUAGE
3.0 Introduction 51
3.1 Morphology of Bura Language 51
3.2 Free Morphemes in Bura Language 51
3.3 Bound Morphemes in Bura Language 53
3.3.1 Inflectional Morphemes in Bura Language 53
3.3.2 Derivational Morphemes in Bura
Language 55
3.4 Language Typology 57
3.5 Word Classes in Bura Language 58
3.5.1 Nouns
in Bura Language 58
3.5.1.1 Types of Nouns in Bura
Language 59
3.5.2 Adjectives
in Bura Language 64
3.5.3 Pronouns in Bura Language 67
3.5.5 Adverbs
in Bura Language 77
3.5.6 Prepositions in Bura Language 79
3.5.7 Conjunctions
in Bura Language 80
3.5.8 Interjection in Bura Language 80
3.6 Negative Marker in Bura Language 81
3.7 Allomorphs in Bura Language 82
CHAPTER
FOUR:
4.0 Introduction 84
4.1 Affixation in Bura Language 85
4.1.1 Prefixation in Bura Language 85
4.1.2 Suffixation in Bura Language 86
4.2 Reduplication in Bura Language 87
4.3 Compounding in Bura Language 88
4.4 Borrowing in Bura Language &nb
