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ABSTRACT
The study seeks to investigate the structure of Ibibio personal names and the linguistic processes associated with name derivation and interpretation. Such linguistic processes will be morphological and syntactical, with the former dealing with names derivation and the latter dealing with the sentential arrangement in the derivation of these names.. The study was based on the desire to get a proper insight into the structure of words in Ibibio language and how they affect the general world view of the people in the process of naming.
The study employed as a data collection method, the direct interview of aged native speakers of the language as well as the consultation of secondary published sources relevant to the study. The data collected (which consists of personal names) were analyzed by breaking them into their component units and bringing out the elements that are deleted in the course of composition. The analysis involves the decomposition of these names into their component units and the interpretation of these component units relative to the circumstances of naming.
The study found out that names represent an important aspect of the morpho-syntatic, semantic structure of Ibibio language and they possessed a unique compositional nature. It was discovered that these names are expressed following the circumstance of birth.
