LES MORPHEMES GRAMMATICAUX DES VARIETES DE L’EOTILE : UNE COMPARAISON MORPHOSYNTAXIQUE
GRAMMATICAL MORPHEMES OF EOTILE VARIETIES: A MORPHOSYNTACTIC COMPARISON

Summary/Abstract: Eotile also known as bétiné is a Kwa language (J. Stewart 1989, K. Williamson and R. Blench 2000) from Côte d'Ivoire, a country in West Africa. Originally homogeneous, it split (H.Dagri-Diabaté 1984) into two varieties, adiaké and vitré, around the 18th century; inducing in synchrony different degrees of vitality and an evolution in distinct sociolinguistic environments. In fact, the adiaké spoken in the eponymous locality, with six speakers, is moribund (A.F.Kakou 2014). The vitré in Grand-Bassam is dynamic with around 3,500 speakers (T. L. Ahaté 2008, A. F. Kakou 2009). The opposite trajectories of these bétiné dialects have certainly resulted in linguistic variations. Hence the conduct of this study whose central question is to know what are the forms and syntax of the grammatical marks of the éotilé. The aim is to make a comparative inventory of these morphemes. To do this, the analyzes focused on a corpus made up of 800 lexemes and statements. From their examinations, it emerges that the dialects of the éotilé have in common bound and free grammatical morphemes. However, there are also some differences in form and syntax in these grammatical units.

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