Abstract:
This thesis offers analysis of Dagbani verbs that denote opening. Dagbani is a
member of the Mabia language family and spoken in the Northern region of Ghana.
The study analysis OPEN verbs in Dagbani with special focus on their basic
semantics and the kind of nouns every verb collocates. It also considered
metaphorical extensions that these verbs exhibit as they are used by native speakers to
code certain interesting proverbial expressions in the language. The study obtained
data from both primary and secondary sources. The primary data is obtained during a
fieldwork conducted to this study. During the time of my interaction with the research
participants, the information obtained during the discussions were recorded using a
digital audio recorder. These recording were taken in the Bimbilla, Kpabi and
Changli communities
Description:
A Thesis in the Department of Gur-Gonja Education, Faculty of Ghanaian
Languages Education, Submitted to the School of
Graduate Studies in Partial Fulfillment
of the Requirements for the Award of the Degree of
Master of Arts
(Ghanaian Language Studies)
in the University of Education, Winneba
