TABLE OF CONTENTS
CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION
1.0 General Background of the Study
1.1 Historical Background of Migili
1.2 Socio-Cultural Profile
1.2.11 Occupation
1.2.2 Religion
1.2.3 Festival
1.2.4 Mode of Dressing
1.2.5 Marriage
1.3 Genetic Classification
1.4 Scope and Organization of Study
1.5 Theoretical Framework
1.6 Data Collection
1.7 Data Analysis
1.8 Review of the Chosen Framework
1.8.1 Sub-Theories of Government and Binding
1.9 Case Theory
1.10 Theta Ө Theory
1.11 Binding Theory
1.12 Government Theory
1.13 Bounding Theory
1.14 Control Theory
CHAPTER TWO: BASIC PHONOLOGICAL AND SYNTACTICAL CONCEPT
2.0 Introduction
2.1 Consonant Sound in Migili Language
2.2 Sentence Types
2.2.1 Simple Sentence
2.3 Basic Word Order
2.4 Phrase Structure Rule
2.4.1 The Phrase Marker
2.4.2 Verb Phrase
2.4.3 Adjectival Phrase
2.4.4 Prepositional Phrase
2.5 Lexical Categories
2.5.1 Noun
CHAPTER THREE: THE VERB PHRASE OF MIGILI
3.0 Introduction
3.1 The Verb Phrase
3.2 The Verb Phrase and the Principle of Head Parameter
3.3 The Structure of Verb Phrase
3.4 The Functions of Verb Phrase I n Migili
CHAPTER FOUR: TRANSFORMATIONAL PROCESSES IN MIGILI
4.0 Introduction
4.1 Transformational Processes Defined
4.1.1 Focus Construction
4.1.1.1 Subject NP Focusing
4.1.1.12Diret Object NP Focusing
4.1.2 Relativization
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