TABLE OF CONTENTS
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
1.0 General Background of Kono People
1.1 Historical Background of Kono People
1.2 Geographical Location of Kono People
1.3 Socio-linguistics Profile of Kono People
1.4 Socio-cultural Profile of Kono People
1.4.1 Marriage system
1.4.2 Festivals
1.4.3 Religion
1.4.4 Occupation
1.5 Genetic classification of Kono People
1.6 Scope of Organization of the Study
1.7 Theoretical Framework
1.8 Data Collection
1.9 Data Analysis
1.10 Brief Review of Government and Binding Theory
1.10.1 X-Bar Theory
1.10.2 Theta Theory
1.10.3 Case Theory
1.10.4 Binding Theory
1.10.5 Bounding Theory
1.10.6 Government Theory
1.10.7 Control Theory
CHAPTER TWO
BASIC SYNTACTIC CONCEPTS
2.0 Introduction
2.1 Basic syntactic Concept
2.1.1 Phrase Structure Rule
2.2 Lexical Category
2.2.1 Noun
2.2.2 Verbs
2.2.3 Adjectives
2.2.4 Preposition
2.2.5 Pronouns
2.3 Phrasal Categories in Kono
2.3.1 Verb Phrase (VP)
2.3.2 Prepositional Phrase (PP)
2.3.3 Adjectival Phrase (ADP)
2.4 Basic Word Order in Kono
2.5 Sentence Types
2.5.1 Simple Sentence
2.5.2 Compound Sentence
2.5.3 Complex Sentence
CHAPTER THREE
NEGATION
3.0 Introduction
3.1 Negation
3.1.1 Negation of Commands
3.1.2 Negation of Question
3.1.3 Negation of Modal Auxiliaries
3.1.4 Auxiliary Negation
3.1.5 Main Verb Negation
3.2 Negation of Auxiliaries ‘DO’, ‘HAVE’, and ‘BE’
3.3 Different Ways of Forming Negative Statements
3.4 Negation markers in Kono
3.4.1 Sentence negation in Kono
3.4.2 Interrogative Sentence Negation
CHAPTER FOUR
TRANSFORMATIONAL PROCESSES
4.0 Introduction
4.1 Transformational Processes
4.2 Focus Construction and Negation
4.3 Question Formation and Negation
4.4 Reletivization and Negation
CHAPTER FIVE
SUMMARY AND CONCLUSION
5.0 Introduction
5.1 Summary.
5.2 Recommendation
5.3 Conclusion.
References.