Level-Ordering Account of Reduplication in Ibeme Igbo
Keywords:
Reduplication, Lexical phonology, Levels/StrataAbstract
Levels or strata have been assumed in particularly morphology-phonology interactions across languages. The paper specifically accounts for the interaction of morphology and phonology in reduplication in Ibeme Igbo using the level-ordering theory. Data were collected through oral interviews using Mbah’s reduplication glossary. Introspection was involved in data gathering as a native speaker. The study observed three- level morphology phonology in Ibeme Igbo and they are: Level I morphology & phonology rules (Reduplicated gerundive nominal with harmonizing /o-/ prefix (patial c-copying), other reduplicated nominals with different prefixes and reduplicated verbs), Level 2 morphology & phonology rules (Reduplicated gerundive nominal with harmonizing o- (full CV copying), Affix-derived nominals (both prefix and suffix) and (prefix only), and Level 3 morphology & phonology rules (Reduplicated nominals -interfix and prefix both, interfix- derived nominals These levels show points of interaction of morphology and phonology in the derivation of nominal and verb reduplicated forms in Ibeme Igbo.
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