Achieving Unity and Coherence Through Contradictions in the Novels of Achebe, Iyayi and Habila

Achieving Unity and Coherence Through Contradictions in the Novels of Achebe, Iyayi and Habila   Abstract of Achieving Unity and Coherence Through Contradictions in the Novels of Achebe, Iyayi and Habila This study attempts an exploration of how unity and coherence through contradictions are achieved in Achebe‟s Things Fall Apart, Iyayi‟s Violence and Habila‟s Measuring Time. It is significant…

A Syntactic Analysis of the Use of Auxiliary Verbs in Office Documents

A Syntactic Analysis of the Use of Auxiliary Verbs in Office Documents   Abstract of A Syntactic Analysis of the Use of Auxiliary Verbs in Office Documents This study is specifically concerned with the syntactic analysis of the use of auxiliary verbs in office documents by writers of office documentsusing Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida (IBB) University,Lapai…

A Stylistic Study of Parallelism in the Presidential Speeches of Presidents Barrack Obama and Goodluck Jonathan

A Stylistic Study of Parallelism in the Presidential Speeches of Presidents Barrack Obama and Goodluck Jonathan                         Chapter One of A Stylistic Study of Parallelism in the Presidential Speeches of Presidents Barrack Obama and Goodluck Jonathan INTRODUCTION Background to the Study The role of language in every society is multifunctional; it serves various purposes ranging…

A Study of Ideological Embedding in the Guardian and Daily Trust Editorials

A Study of Ideological Embedding in the Guardian and Daily Trust Editorials   Abstract of A Study of Ideological Embedding in the Guardian and Daily Trust Editorials This work is a study of ideology and its workings in two Nigerian Newspapers: The Guardian and Daily Trust using Modality as the analytical element. Modality as a property oflanguage use is generally…

A Psychoanalytic Reading of Toni Morrison‟s a Mercy and Gloria Naylor‟s the Women of Brewster Place and Mama Day

A Psychoanalytic Reading of Toni Morrison‟s a Mercy and Gloria Naylor‟s the Women of Brewster Place and Mama Day   Abstract of A Psychoanalytic Reading of Toni Morrison‟s a Mercy and Gloria Naylor‟s the Women of Brewster Place and Mama Day The study of Psychoanalysis over the years has helped to reveal the relation between…

A Pragmatic Study of the Interface Between Informativeness and Conciseness in the Language of Advertisement of the Nigerian Print Media

A Pragmatic Study of the Interface Between Informativeness and Conciseness in the Language of Advertisement of the Nigerian Print Media   Abstract of A Pragmatic Study of the Interface Between Informativeness and Conciseness in the Language of Advertisement of the Nigerian Print Media Language is the chief medium of communication used for all forms of…

A Pragmatic Interpretation of Child Language

A Pragmatic Interpretation of Child Language   Abstract of A Pragmatic Interpretation of Child Language This thesis titled “A Pragmatic Interpretation of Child Language: A Case Study of Telegraphic Speech has been carried out to determine the role of context in understanding language use by children or children‟s speech. Pragmatics is the study of speaker…

A Pragmatic Analysis of the Interplay Between Context and Illocutionary Acts on Meaning and Interpretation of Igala Proverbs

A Pragmatic Analysis of the Interplay Between Context and Illocutionary Acts on Meaning and Interpretation of Igala Proverbs   Abstract of A Pragmatic Analysis of the Interplay Between Context and Illocutionary Acts on Meaning and Interpretation of Igala Proverbs Proverbs play very important functional, communicative and pragmatic roles in Igala language. Their social and contextual…

A Pragmatic Analysis of Features of Nigerian English in the Subtitles of Selected Nigerian Home Videos

A Pragmatic Analysis of Features of Nigerian English in the Subtitles of Selected Nigerian Home Videos   Abstract of A Pragmatic Analysis of Features of Nigerian English in the Subtitles of Selected Nigerian Home Videos Several theories have been developed by linguists all over the world in explaining pragmatics as a sub-field of linguistics. What…

A Portrait of African-american Women in Some Selected Works of Alice Walker and Toni Morrison

A Portrait of African-american Women in Some Selected Works of Alice Walker and Toni Morrison   Abstract of A Portrait of African-american Women in Some Selected Works of Alice Walker and Toni Morrison This work focuses on African-American women in the Black family structure as portrayed by Toni Morrison in her novels; Paradise, Sula, The Bluest Eye, and…

A Morphological Analysis of Loan Words Among Yoruba Speakers of English Language

A Morphological Analysis of Loan Words Among Yoruba Speakers of English Language   Abstract of A Morphological Analysis of Loan Words Among Yoruba Speakers of English Language The thesis entitled “A Morphological Analysis of Loan Words among Yoruba Speakers of English in Kaduna Metropolis” is a documentation and analysis of some English, Hausa and Arabic…

A Linguistic-stylistic Analysis of the Language of Humuor in Opa Williams’ “nite of a Thousand Laughs”

A Linguistic-stylistic Analysis of the Language of Humuor in Opa Williams’ “nite of a Thousand Laughs”   Abstract of A Linguistic-stylistic Analysis of the Language of Humuor in Opa Williams’ “nite of a Thousand Laughs” One of the most intriguing things about language is its redeployment to accomplish a multiplicity of functions by different people…

A Linguistic Study of the Nigerian-ness’ of Nigerian Pidgin in Selected Literary Works

A Linguistic Study of the Nigerian-ness’ of Nigerian Pidgin in Selected Literary Works   Abstract of A Linguistic Study of the Nigerian-ness’ of Nigerian Pidgin in Selected Literary Works This thesis titled “A Linguistic study of the „Nigerian-ness‟ of Nigerian Pidgin in Selected Literary Works” was embarked upon because of the resistance many Nigerians have…

A Deconstructive Reading of Wole Soyinka’s Death and the King’s Horseman and the Road

A Deconstructive Reading of Wole Soyinka’s Death and the King’s Horseman and the Road   Abstract of A Deconstructive Reading of Wole Soyinka’s Death and the King’s Horseman and the Road African literary elites have responded to the call by Africans to free the continent from all forms of colonial and slave mentality. While others…

A Conversation Analysis of “turn-taking” in the Electronic Media

A Conversation Analysis of “turn-taking” in the Electronic Media Abstract of A Conversation Analysis of “turn-taking” in the Electronic Media Turn-Taking in conversation varies from one language to another because Turn-Taking is usually bound by natural etiquettes attributable to the people‘s culture. Turn-Taking in Yorùbá conversation is no exception. It reflects to a large extent…

A Contrastive Analysis of Tiv and English Pluralisation Processes

A Contrastive Analysis of Tiv and English Pluralisation Processes   Abstract of A Contrastive Analysis of Tiv and English Pluralisation Processes This research work entitled: “A Contrastive Analysis of Tiv and English Pluralisation Processes” discusses the fact that Tiv Language is still yearning for development as much is needed to study on Tiv Language. This…

A Functional Analysis of Moroa Folktales

A Functional Analysis of Moroa Folktales   Abstract of A Functional Analysis of Moroa Folktales The research tittled, “AFunctional Analysis of Moroa Folktales”provides insights into the status and nature of African traditional oral art as a literary form for aesthetic and educational purposes. The study revolves around the collection, analysis and the functional analysis of…

Male Absence and Single Parenthood in Black Writing: a Study of Richard Wright’s Black Boy, Toni Morrison’s Beloved, and Lauretta Ngcobo’s Cross of Gold

Male Absence and Single Parenthood in Black Writing a Study of Richard Wright’s Black Boy, Toni Morrison’s Beloved, and Lauretta Ngcobo’s Cross of Gold   Abstract of Male Absence and Single Parenthood in Black Writing a Study of Richard Wright’s Black Boy, Toni Morrison’s Beloved, and Lauretta Ngcobo’s Cross of Gold This study employs Realism…

A Syntactic Analysis of Selected Clausal Coordinates as Used in the Amended 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria

A Syntactic Analysis of Selected Clausal Coordinates as Used in the Amended 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria   Abstract of A Syntactic Analysis of Selected Clausal Coordinates as Used in the Amended 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria The language of law has been viewed by many as difficult to…

The Influence of the Language of Social Media on the English Language

The Influence of the Language of Social Media on the English Language   Abstract of The Influence of the Language of Social Media on the English Language The boom in the use of social media in our time has no doubt brought a lot alteration in different language conventions. The early users of social media…

The Discourse of Imposed Identity in Isidore Okpewho’s Call Me by My Rightful Name and Richard Wright’s Native Son

The Discourse of Imposed Identity in Isidore Okpewho’s Call Me by My Rightful Name and Richard Wright’s Native Son   Abstract of The Discourse of Imposed Identity in Isidore Okpewho’s Call Me by My Rightful Name and Richard Wright’s Native Son Identity studies in African-American literature, over time, have depicted the interaction between black and…

Status Struggle: Evaluation of the English Language and the Indigenous Languages in Nigeria

Status Struggle Evaluation of the English Language and the Indigenous Languages in Nigeria   Abstract of Status Struggle Evaluation of the English Language and the Indigenous Languages in Nigeria The presence and the use of the English language in Nigeria has been seen as a threat to the indigenous languages. The truth lies in the…

Pragmatic Analysis of Selected Political Speeches of President Muhammadu Buhari

Pragmatic Analysis of Selected Political Speeches of President Muhammadu Buhari                           Chapter One of Pragmatic Analysis of Selected Political Speeches of President Muhammadu Buhari  INTRODUCTION Background to the Study Language  is a  unique attribute  of  humans,  which  is  used as a  chief  medium  of communication, for building interpersonal relationships, exchange of ideas and passing of information. Martinet A. defines it as “a formidable instrument of…

Language and the Quest for Identity: a Study of Chinua Achebe’s Things Fall Apart and Chimamanda Adichie’s Americanah

Language and the Quest for Identity a Study of Chinua Achebe’s Things Fall Apart and Chimamanda Adichie’s Americanah   Abstract of Language and the Quest for Identity a Study of Chinua Achebe’s Things Fall Apart and Chimamanda Adichie’s Americanah Language is an indispensible characteristic of every human society. The language one speaks tells much about…

Grammatical Error Analysis of Selected News Scripts of the Broadcasting Corporation

Grammatical Error Analysis of Selected News Scripts of the Broadcasting Corporation   Abstract of Grammatical Error Analysis of Selected News Scripts of the Broadcasting Corporation This study was carried out in respect to the grammatical errors that currently exist in the Broadcasting Corporation of Abia State Radio, Umuahia. The sole aim of this study was…

Effects of Pidgin English in Standard English Usage Among Students in Selected Secondary Schools

Effects of Pidgin English in Standard English Usage Among Students in Selected Secondary Schools   Abstract of Effects of Pidgin English in Standard English Usage Among Students in Selected Secondary Schools The use of Pidgin English in the Nigerian context has gone beyond verbal communication to become more of a mode of behaviour as its…

Contrastive Analysis of the Morphemes of the English and Igbo Languages

Contrastive Analysis of the Morphemes of the English and Igbo Languages   Abstract of Contrastive Analysis of the Morphemes of the English and Igbo Languages Since Language occurs in a great range of modalities; for example, it is encountered in scientific formulas as pure description unconditioned by time and place, and ideally conveys nothing about…

Comparative Study of Morphological Processes in English and Hausa Languages

Comparative Study of Morphological Processes in English and Hausa Languages   Abstract of Comparative Study of Morphological Processes in English and Hausa Languages This work aims at investigating the relationships that exist between the English and the Hausa languages at the level of their morphological processes; and the implication this relationship will have on the…

A Comparative Study of the Sociolinguistics of Achebe’s Things Fall Apart and Adichie’s Half of a Yellow Sun

A Comparative Study of the Sociolinguistics of Achebe’s Things Fall Apart and Adichie’s Half of a Yellow Sun   Abstract of A Comparative Study of the Sociolinguistics of Achebe’s Things Fall Apart and Adichie’s Half of a Yellow Sun This work has dealt with the comparative study on some aspects of sociolinguistics in the novels: Things…

A Pragmatic Analysis of Proverbs in Selected Works of Ola Rotimi

A Pragmatic Analysis of Proverbs in Selected Works of Ola Rotimi   Abstract of A Pragmatic Analysis of Proverbs in Selected Works of Ola Rotimi Language is a potent weapon through which ideas, thoughts, opinions, messages and information generally are exchanged between groups of people to ensure inter-personal relationship. It is a symbol of people‟s…