Humor and Pragmatics of Jenifa’s Diary 1.0 Introduction The interdisciplinary relationship between linguistics and other fields of studies have been witnessed in Psycholinguistics, Applied Linguistics, Sociolinguistics, Computational Linguistics, Linguistic Anthropology, Neuro- Linguistics – the list is indeed endless. The closest or nearest way linguistics connects to literature is in the field of stylistics – which … Read more
Language Borrowing: English Loanwords in Hausa Language Abstract Language borrowing is increasingly becoming an interesting topic of study in recent years. Intercultural contact, communication and globalization have led to inter language borrowings among almost all languages. This paper is restricted on Lexical borrowing of English by Hausa Language. 1.1 INTRODUCTION According to Encyclopaedia Britannica (2010), … Read more
Modernism and the 21st Century Literary Analysis Abstract This article gives a brief background to modernist art and literary modernism, considers literary modernisms and the modernist arts in a series of unfolding relations with society and culture in both national and transnational settings, and suggests that modernism should be thought of as an overdetermined, overlapping, … Read more
Nigerian Women Writers and their Contributions to Nation Building CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background to the Study Although women play very significant roles in various spheres of Nigeria’s development, their contributions to the growth of the country are, often, not acknowledged or encouraged. For instance, the role of women in the development of the Niger delta region … Read more
Reference and Conjunction as Cohesive Devices in Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s The Thing Around Your Neck ABSTRACT This study analyses Chimamanda Adichie’s The Thing around your Neck with a view to ascertaining how effectively she has used References and Conjunctives. The study adopts Halliday and Hassan’s (1976) Model. The objective is to analyse the use of … Read more
Reflecting the Times: A Journey of Self-discovery in Sefi Atta’s Everything Good Will Come TABLE OF CONTENTS Title Page iCertification iiDedication iiiAcknowledgement iv-vTable of Content vi-viiAbstract viiiCHAPTER ONE1.0 Introduction1.1 Background 1-41.2 Statement of Problem 41.3 Aim and Objectives 4-51.4 Scope and Limitation of the Study 51.5 Justification of the Study 5-61.6 Methodology 61.7 Brief Introduction … Read more
Semiotics Analysis of Nigerian and American Films CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.0 Background to the Study Semiotics is a form of communication that uses signs, codes, symbols, and significations to articulate ideas and information. It is a method of communication that investigates the creation of meanings. Adedina and Taiwo (2015:6) define it as the study of … Read more
Music as Language of Communication: The Sound of Music Introduction This paper concentrates on the efficaciousness of music to the human psyche and its communicative inherence; it deliberates on its sonorous alluring effects in softening a heart that seems inflexible with its powerful suasions, as well as on its rhythmic harsh resonance in rebuffing an … Read more
Story and Storytelling: Chinua Achebe’s Narrative Strategy Chinua Achebe has been very conscious about the significance of story and storytelling in African oral societies. In an interview with Bill Moyers, Achebe says: “It’s the storyteller, in fact, who makes us what we are, who creates history. The storyteller creates the memory that the survivors must have … Read more
CONTENTS INTRODUCTION 3 1. THE MAIN ASPECTS OF FUNCTIONAL STYLES 5 2. THE PUBLICISTIC STYLE OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE 7 3. THE MAIN FEATURES OF THE NEWSPAPER STYLE 8 3.1 The Structure of News Stories 9 4. THE CHARACTERISTICS OF HEADLINES IN THE ENGLISH NEWSPAPER 13 4.1 The Special Language Features of Newspaper Headlines 14 5. … Read more