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Abstract:

TENSE AND ASPECT IN OGBUNIKE IGBO

The Igbo language is made up of so many dialects that comprise the Igbo-speaking areas of the country and is marked by certain tenses and aspects
just as in every other language of the world, which are used to indicate the
time of events/ actions as well as the duration, inception, continuity, and
completion of such events/ action ie (Aspect). These dialects that make up
the Igbo language have their own tense and aspect peculiar to themselves
or are related in one way or the other. In this piece of work, the writer
wishes to investigate and expose tense and aspects as found in the Ogbunike
dialect of one of the Igbo-speaking communities ie if there is any tense marker and how they are realized. Also to portray how these tense and aspect relates to the standard Igbo, if there are any similarities or differences found within.

Table of Content:

TABLE OF CONTENTS

The page - - - - - - - - i

Approval page - - - - - - - - ii

Dedication - - - - - - - - - iii

Acknowledgement - - - - - - - - iv

Abstract - - - - - - - - - v

Table of Contents - - - - - - - - vi

CHAPTER ONE

1.0 Introduction - - - - - - - - 1

1.1 Background of Study - - - - - - - 2

1.2 Statement of Problem - - - - - - 3

1.3 Purpose of Study - - - - - - - 4

1.4 Significance of the Study - - - - - - 4

1.5 Research Question - - - - - - - 4

1.6 Scope /Limitation of Study - - - - - - 5

CHAPTER TWO

2.0 Literature Review - - - - - - - 6

2.1 Theoretical Studies - - - - - - - 6

2.1.1 Tense - - - - - - - - - 7

2.1.2 Aspect - - - - - - - - 9

2.2 Empirical Studies - - - - - - - 11

2.2.1 Igbo Bilingual Grammar Books - - - - - 11

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2.2.2 Igbo Monolingual Grammar Books - - - - 20

2.2.3 Comparative Analysis of Both - - - - - 34

2.3 Summary - - - - - - - - 39

CHAPTER THREE

3.0 Tense in Ogbunike - - - - - - - 40

3.1 Future Tense - - - - - - - - 40

3.2 Past Tense - - - - - - - - 43

3.3 Unfulfilled Tense - - - - - - - 46

CHAPTER FOUR

4.0 Aspect in Ogbunike - - - - - - - 50

4.1 Progressive Aspect - - - - - - - 50

4.2 perfective Aspect - - - - - - - 53

4.3 Stative Aspect - - - - - - - - 56

4.4 Habitual Aspect - - - - - - - 58

CHAPTER FIVE

5.0 Summary, Findings and conclusions - - - - 61

5.1Summary - - - - - - - - 61

5.2 Findings- - - - - - - - - 61

5.3 Conclusions - - - - - - - - 64

References - - - - - - - - 65