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Description of Logophors in Ibibio [PDF]
Kansas Working Papers in Linguistics, 2014 This paper concerns the description of logophors in Ibibio, a Lower-Cross language spoken in southern Nigeria. Logophors are grammatical forms used in reference to the person in a sentence whose point of view is being reported (Clements 1975). In Ibibio,
Newkirk, Lydia
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Kansas Working Papers in Linguistics, 2014 This paper investigates serial verb constructions (SVC) in Ibibio, a Niger-Congo language spoken in ...
Major, Travis
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The Hidden Dimension of Social Norms in Ibibio: Tri-Tangential Trajectory of Ibibio Indigenous Knowledge on Morality [PDF]
Phenomenology and Mind, 2016 This study examined the hidden ethical elements of norms in Ibibio culture and its dayto- day manifestations within the periscope of ethical prerequisite.
Essien D. Essien
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Overview of Ibibio Adjectives [PDF]
Kansas Working Papers in Linguistics, 2014 This paper discusses some relevant characteristics of adjectives and adjectival agreement in Ibibio, a Lower Cross Niger-Congo language spoken in Nigeria. The existence of a closed class of adjectives in African languages is a point of controversy in the
Martinez García, María Teresa
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The Representation of People in the Ibibio Anthroponymic System: A Socio-Onomastic Investigation
LanguagesIn the African cultural context and beyond, personal names are not just unique forms of identifying and individuating their bearers; they also provide relevant windows that resonate with the people’s worldviews, values, and cosmology.
Eyo Mensah
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Traditional use of Garcinia kola Heckel in Nigeria – the results of questionnaire survey compared with scientific evidence [PDF]
BMC Complementary Medicine and TherapiesBackground Bitter kola, Garcinia kola Heckel, is a woody plant native to West and Central Africa. It is traditionally used both in social ceremonies and for treating a wide range of ailments, including malaria, respiratory infections, gastrointestinal ...
Uyai-Abasi Otuekong Ukut +3 more
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Statistical parametric speech synthesis for Ibibio [PDF]
Speech Communication, 2014 Ibibio is a Nigerian tone language, spoken in the south-east coastal region of Nigeria. Like most African languages, it is resource-limited. This presents a major challenge to conventional approaches to speech synthesis, which typically require the training of numerous predictive models of linguistic features such as the phoneme sequence (i.e., a ...
Moses Ekpenyong +2 more
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Tumor protein 53 gene polymorphism, demographic attributes and associated risk factors among liver cancer patients in Calabar, Nigeria [PDF]
BMC CancerMutations in the TP53 gene had been attributed to the development of liver cancer. Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) and liver tumour are liver diseases having high mortality rates in several populations.
Blessing B. Ekpenyong +10 more
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Anthropometry of thyromental distance of adult Ibibios and Annangs in Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria
Ibom Medical Journal, 2023 The thyromental distance (TMD) is defined as the distance from the thyroid notch to mental prominence with the head fully extended. The objective of this study was to investigate thyromental distance among adults of Ibibio and Annang Ethnic groups of ...
Ekanem AU, Inoh MI, Inoh EE, Etukudo SD
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