A Contrastive Analysis of some Structures of English and Ẹdo Languag

: This paper examines the Noun Phrases (NP"s), Verb Phrases (VP"s) and some simple sentences within Edo constructions in comparism to their structures in English language through a syntactic contractive analysis of the two languages. This study aimed at helping the Edo second language (L2) speaker overcome the problems of transfer from his (first language or mother tongue) L1 and to become more competent in the use of English structures. Chomsky"s ST (Standard Theory) model was used as it accounts for phrase structure rules and transformational subcomponents. It has helped the researcher to highlight the major differences between the two languages within the phrase structure. It was discovered that the Edo structures are not as elaborate as that of English and that the Edo speaker of L2 is likely to omit the determiner and mix up his tenses because of their verb usage. The work concluded that there is a need for language teachers to draw the attention of the students to the areas of differences and spend more time to teach the students the correct usage so that the students can become more skilful in the use of the two languages. {"references": ["Ayeleru, B. (2000). \"Problems of Transfer and Interference in the Learning of French", "Language by Anglophone and Yorubaphone Students\". Studies in English Language.", "A.O.Babajide.Ed. Ibadan: Enicrownfit. 198-203.", "Asowata, L. (2001). A Contrastive Study of the Syntactic Structures of English and Oza. Unpublished BA essay University of Ibadan", "Bamgbose, A. (1995). \"New English in the Nigerian Environment\" in Bamgbose, Banjo and Thomas (eds). New Englishes: A West African perspective. Ibadan. Musuro", "Banjo, L.. (1969). A Contrastive Study of Aspects of the Syntactic and Lexical Rules of English and Yoruba.. Unpublished PhD thesis. University of Ibadan", "] Eberhard, D., Simons, G., and Fennig, C. (eds.). (2019) Ethnologue: Languages of the World,. URL ethnologue.com", "Filani, I. (2013). A contrastive analysis of three semantic fields of English and Ugboko\" in W. Adegbite, A. Ogunsiji and O. Taiwo (Eds.), Linguistics and the Glocalisation of African languages for sustainable development (pp529-541). Ibadan: Universal Akada Books Nigeria Limited."]}