References

Akerejola, E.S. (2005) A Text-based Lexicogrammatical Description of Òkó: A Systemic Functional Linguistic Approach, Unpublished PhD thesis, Department of Linguistics, Macquarie University

Halliday, M.A.K. and Matthiessen, C.M.I.M. 2004. An Introduction to Functional Grammar. 3rd edition. London: Arnold.

Matthiessen, C.M.I.M. (1995) Lexicogrammatical Cartography: English Systems (Tokyo: International Language Science Publishers).


[1] A different grammatical resource (like the nominal group) could be used to express the possession. In the case of such a nominal group, the possessor is realized by a pronominal clitic (such as yọ̀-útún or y-ǔtún“hiswork-osuda/tǒsuda, “ourelderbrother) functionsasadeictic pronominal clitic (see Akerejola 2005 Table 224).

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