A morphosyntactic analysis of ambiguity of mood in Dholuo: the minimalist programme approach

DECLARATION ABSTRACT DEDICATION ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS LIST OF TABLES LIST OF FIGURES TABLE OF CONTENTS CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION 1.1 Context of the study 1.2 Research problem 1.3 Objectives/aims of the study 1.4 Methodology 1.5 Motivation 1.6 Scope and limitations 1.7 The language situation in Kenya 1.7.1 Languages of Kenya and their families 1.7.2 Language status 1.7.2.1 Language in education before Independence 1.7.2.2 Language in education after Independence 1.7.2.3 Language in education at the present time 1.7.2.4 Provisions in the Kenyan constitution (2010) and challenges 1.8 Dholuo: the object of the study 1.9 Organisation of the study 1.10 Conclusion CHAPTER 2: LITERATURE REVIEW 2.1 Introduction 2.2 The state of research in Dholuo studies 2.2.1 Literature on grammar 2.2.2 Literature on specific language analysis 2.3 Mood and Ambiguity 2.3.1 English works related to Dholuo mood 2.3.1.1 Literature on theory/grammar of modals 2.3.1.2 Typology of moods in Dholuo 2.3.1.2.1 Lexical auxiliaries 2.3.1.2.2 Derived auxiliaries 2.3.1.2.3 Derived auxiliaries with reflexives 2.3.1.2.4 Expression of mood using modal adverbs 2.3.1.2.5 Expression of mood using the hypothetical condition 2.4 Literature on specific language analysis 2.4.1 How tense, aspect and mood are expressed in Kihavu 2.5 Ambiguity 2.5.1 Types of ambiguity 2.5.1.1 Grammatical/Structural ambiguity 2.5.1.2 Transformational ambiguity 2.5.1.3 Lexical ambiguity 2.6 Models of ambiguity processing 2.7 Interpretation 2.8 Conclusion CHAPTER 3: THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK 3.1 Introduction 3.2 Philosophical background 3.3 The Minimalist Programme 3.4 The main tenets of the Minimalist Programme 3.5 Transporting lexical/morphological information from lexicon to interface 3.6 The role of morphology 3.7 Conclusion CHAPTER 4: DHOLUO – BASIC FACTS 4.1 Introduction 4.2 Dholuo phonetics, morphology and syntax 4.3 Dholuo phonetics 4.3.1 Dholuo consonants 4.3.1.1 Consonant deletion 4.3.2 Dholuo vowels 4.3.2.1 Dholuo diphthongs 4.3.2.2 Vowel deletion 4.4 Tone 4.5 Dholuo syllable structure 4.5.1 Dholuo open syllables 4.5.2 Dholuo closed syllables 4.6 Nouns in Dholuo 4.7 Dholuo personal pronouns 4.8 Dholuo verbs 4.8.1 Aspect 4.8.2 The infinitive 4.8.3 Transitive and intransitive verbs 4.8.3.1 Transitive verbs 4.8.3.2 Intransitive verbs 4.8.4 Verb reduplication 4.8.5 The passive voice 4.9 Conclusion CHAPTER 5: MOOD AND AMBIGUITY 5.1 Introduction 5.2 Mood as a syntactic/grammatical category 5.3 Auxiliaries 5.4 The basic sentence structure in the Minimalist Programme 5.5 The basic facts about mood in Dholuo 5.5.1 Lexical auxiliaries 5.5.2 Derived auxiliaries 5.5.3 Derived auxiliaries with reflexives 5.5.4 Expression of mood using modal adverbs 5.5.5 Expression of mood using the hypothetical condition 5.5.6 Conclusion CHAPTER 6: CONCLUSION 6.1 Introduction 6.2 Summary of the main findings 6.3 Suggestions for further research BIBLIOGRAPHY