MORPHOLOGICAL ANALYSIS OF ANGLICIZED YORÙBÁ PERSONAL NAMES FOR APPELLATIONS

Ojo George Adekunle, Oluwole Samuel Akintoye, Olusegun Joseph Owoyele

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Different studies by scholars on Yorùbá personal names have reported that personal names are adopted as surnames most, especially, among some elite - men and housewives, instead of families’ names. Most of the findings of these studies have shown that attention has not been focused on the fact that there is a departure from the traditional way of adopting appellations in Yorùbá society such that personal names are now adopted as appellations having anglicized them. The paper examines the morphological processes of deriving the anglicized personal names for appellations. The data collection for this paper relies largely on the text materials and articles in learned journals on personal names. Informants for the paper are drawn from the youths and educated adults within the age brackets of 50 and 60 years. The reason for the selection is premised on the fact that the adoption of anglicized personal names for the appellation is peculiar to these groups of people. A descriptive approach is adopted for the data analysis. Findings from the study reveal that the anglicization of Yorùbá personal names is an indication of global civilization. This paper serves as a contribution to the existing literature on Yorùbá personal names.

 

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appellations, personal names, anglicized, surnames, practice

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