Ète Ìṣewe ̣́kú nínú Ìwé-Ìtàn Àròsọ Ó le kú

Ọlakolu,  Oluwatoyin Titilayọ

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Ọlakolu, Oluwatoyin Titilayọ Adeyemi College of Education,

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Ìṣewe ḳ́ ú, ìgékúrú, ìsopo, ìto kas ̣́ í, ète ìṣewe ḳ́ ú, Cohesion, ellipsis, conjunction, reference, cohesive devices

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Yoruba

Ìṣewékú jẹ́ìbáṣepọ́tó ń farahàn ní ìpele seṃ́ áńtíìkì nígbà tí a bá ń ṣafo, ̣́ èyí tí ó máa ń so àwọnfonṛ́ áninú gbólóhùn pọ́lati di odidi. Àfojúsùn pépà yìí ni láti ṣàgbéyeẉ́ ò bí àgbékalẹ́ìṣeweḳ́ ú nínú Halliday and Hasan (1976) (pàápàá ète ìṣeweḳ́ ú) ṣe wú lò fún ìtumo, ̣́òyeàti ìṣokan ̣́ àwọn fonṛ́ án ìhun nínú àwọn ìwé ìtàn àròsọ Yorùbá nípa lílo Ó le kú ti Akínwùmí Ìṣọlá kọ gẹgẹbi ìtọkasí. Àwọn gbólóhùninú ìwé ìtàn-àròsọ yìí ni a lò fún déétà-fáyeẉ́ ò wa. A fa déétà-fáyeẉ́ ò wonỵ́ í jáde nípa kíka ìwé ìtànàròsọ náà ní oṕ̣ oḷ́ọpọ́ìgbà lati ṣàkíyèsí onírúurú ète ìṣeweḳ́ ú tí òǹkoẉ́ é ṣàmúlò nínú ìwé náà àti ipaàwọn ète wonỵ́ í lórí ìtumọ́ìwé náà. Nínú pépà yìí, a wo ìtokas ̣́ í, ìgékúrú àti ìsopọ́geǵ̣ ẹ́bí ète ìṣeweḳ́ ú. Àwọn ète ìṣeweḳ́ ú tí a ṣàfihàn wọn yìí máa ń mú kí àkójọpọ́gbólóhùn nínú iṣe-̣́ọnà aláwòmọlítíréṣọ́ ní ìṣeweḳ́ ú tí kò fi ní dàbí pé won k ̣́ àn ń jẹyọ bí ó ti wù wọ́ Àbájáde ìwádìí yìí fihàn pé òǹkoẉ́ é loète ìgékúrú àti ìtokas ̣́ í láti dín àwítúnwí kù nínú ìtàn náà, èyí mú kí gbogbo àwọn gbólóhùn inú ìwénáà ṣe weḳ́ ú. Àwọn oṛ́o-̣́àsopọ́ni òǹkoẉ́ é lò láti so oṛ́o, ̣́ àpólà, awẹ́gbólóhùn àti odidi gbólóhùn pọ́áti fún ìtàn náà ní àrògún àti ìtumo. ̣́ Àbájáde iṣẹ́yìí fi Akínwùmí Ìṣoḷ́á hàn geǵ̣ ẹ́bí ẹni tó ní ìmo-̣́oṇ́ -ṣe ìmédèlò nítorí pé ó lo oríṣìíríṣìí sítáì láti gbé kókó inú ìwé ìtàn àròsọ Ó le kú jáde sí àwọn òǹkàwé.

Abstract

Cohesion is a relation that occurs on the semantic level of communication which links sentential elements together into a unified whole. There are several cohesive relations that link the sentences into a text. The essence of this study is to examine the extent to which Halliday and Hasan (1976) model of cohesion (precisely cohesive devices) is used to achieve unity, meaning, understanding and readability in Yoruba literary texts, using Ó le kú as a case-study. Ó le kú is a prose text written by Akinwumi Isola, a renowned Yoruba literary artist. The data for the study consisted of Yoruba sentences selected from the novel. The data was extracted from the novel by reading through the text severally to note the different types of cohesive devices used by the author and their effect on the interpretation of the text. The paper investigates the extent to which the author of Ó le kú uses the textual resources of cohesion and cohesive devices to link ideas in the sentences used in the text and examines the effect that the cohesive devices used have on the quality of message passed across in the novel. In this paper, we deal with reference, ellipsis and conjunction. These mechanisms of cohesion, common to all languages, make a series of sentences coherent, so they do not seem to occur randomly. The purpose of ellipsis and reference is to avoid the burdening repetitions within the text, and to make the whole text cohere. Coordinating conjunctions were used as joining or linking devices in the text. The author based on the outcome of the study used intermixed styles to convey his message to the readers.

Author Biography

Ọlakolu, Oluwatoyin Titilayọ, Adeyemi College of Education,

Ondo, Ondo state

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