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Music and Revolution a Study of Fela Anikulapo Kuti   Chapter One of Music and Revolution a Study of Fela Anikulapo Kuti INTRODUCTION What is music? Music a general melody   of sounds that unify the mind and soul,not even language differencescan’t  stop music fromreaching out to her selected audience, even before recorded history, people created…

Pragmatic Study of Bovi and Basketmouth   Chapter One of Pragmatic Study of Bovi and Basketmouth GENERAL INTRODUCTION Preamble This study examines the pragmatics of comedy. Adrian Akmajian conceives of pragmatics as a term that “covers the study of language use, and in particular the study of linguistic communication, in relation to language structure and…

Prevalence and Correlates of Sexual Harrassment of Female Students by Lecturers in the Tertiary Institutions   Chapter One of Prevalence and Correlates of Sexual Harrassment of Female Students by Lecturers in the Tertiary Institutions GENERAL INTRODUCTION Background to the Study The social vices called sexual harassment is not a new topic to the generality of…

Sms Texting Among Gsm Users in Nigeria a Morpho-syntactic   Abstract of Sms Texting Among Gsm Users in Nigeria a Morpho-syntactic The gradual shift from the offline to online communication such as text messaging has given way to innovative language-short forms whose morph-syntactic aspects have permeated the linguistic characters of the texters. For about a…

Social and Community Development, Problems and Challenges   Chapter One of Social and Community Development, Problems and Challenges  Introduction Background of Study Community development policies in Nigeria over the years have shown that our policy makers have either not really understood the problems of community, ray. Community developments are deliberately ignoring the problems of community…

Sociolinguistic Situation of Nigeria the Bilingual Conditions Among Nigerian Speakers of English   Chapter One of Sociolinguistic Situation of Nigeria the Bilingual Conditions Among Nigerian Speakers of English INTRODUCTION BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY Over half the world’s population is bilingual and many people are multilingual. They acquire a number of languages because they need them…

Deictics and Stylistic Function in J.p Clark-bekederemo’s Poetry   Chapter One of Deictics and Stylistic Function in J.p Clark-bekederemo’s Poetry Introduction There is no doubt that J.P. Clark-Bekederemo is one of the leading lights of Nigeria’s first generation of writers. This thesis springs from his historicity, the quantity and quality of his literary procreations and…

Syntactic Innovation Processes in Nigerian English   Abstract of Syntactic Innovation Processes in Nigerian English This study investigates the syntactic features of Nigerian English which have been created through the following processes – the use of subjectless sentences, reduplication, double subjects, Pidgin-influenced structures, discourse particles, verbless sentences, and substitution. It observes that the fact that…

The Differences Between Linguistic and Grammatical Theories   Abstract of The Differences Between Linguistic and Grammatical Theories This paper attempts to make a discussion of the differences between linguistic and grammatical theories. Although there exist relationships between grammatical theories and linguistic theories in their attitudes towards language, their goals, and their methods, they are both…

The Problem of Tenses Among Nigerian Speakers of English   Chapter One of The Problem of Tenses Among Nigerian Speakers of English GENERAL INTRODUCTION BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY Tenses refer to the form of a verb in English Language that clearly indicates time. We use Tenses to show clear time specification. In this sense, it…

Word Formation Processes in Nigerian Short-message Service   Abstract of Word Formation Processes in Nigerian Short-message Service One of the features of a living language is that it constantly changes with new words finding their way into the vocabulary of the language. Languages’ vocabularies grow from time to time as a result of new innovations…

A Comparative Study of Numeric Systems of English and Hausa Languages               Chapter One of A Comparative Study of Numeric Systems of English and Hausa Languages Introduction This work is a comparative study of the numeric system of two of the most widely spoken languages not only in Nigeria but Africa and the world as…

A Contrastive Analysis of the Sentence Structure of English and Igarra Languages   Abstract of A Contrastive Analysis of the Sentence Structure of English and Igarra Languages This research work is divided into five sections. Section 1- 5 and are referred to as Chapters wheel the last part deal with bibliography. The first chapter is…

A Critical Evaluation of Two of the Theories of Language Acquisition (Behaviourism and Mentalism)   Chapter One of A Critical Evaluation of Two of the Theories of Language Acquisition (Behaviourism and Mentalism) INTRODUCTION Background Statement Language forms the fundamental function of communication. As social beings, we use it as our medium of communication to help…

A Lexico-semantic Study of the Language of Advertisement in Pidgin English   Abstract of A Lexico-semantic Study of the Language of Advertisement in Pidgin English This work concern on how the meaning of the words/lexis can be utilized in the language of advertisement in Pidgin English. Furthermore, the result shows that Nigerian pidgin have a…

A Linguistic Analysis of Scam Mails   Chapter One of A Linguistic Analysis of Scam Mails INTRODUCTION This chapter presents the general overview of this research work as well as its significance and statement of problems and also possible solution to those problems as this study is aimed to achieve. BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY Scam…

A Linguistics Analysis of Television Talk Show   Abstract of A Linguistics Analysis of Television Talk Show This study seeks to make a linguistic analysis of television talk show, a case study of NTA Kaduna with the aim of describing the nature of its dialogue, providing an assessment of it, and exposing the peculiarities therein….

A Pedagogical Analysis of Teaching English as a Second Language   Abstract of A Pedagogical Analysis of Teaching English as a Second Language This study aims to present a particular view of second language pedagogy. Teaching English as a second language is a quite complex task for a teacher. Language learning should be more fun…

A Pragmartics Analysis of Negation in Selected U.s and Nigerian Presidental Speeches   Abstract of A Pragmartics Analysis of Negation in Selected U.s and Nigerian Presidental Speeches This Study analyses and discusses the pragmatically negation in selected U.S and Nigerian presidential speeches. It first examined the process of speaking as a form of intimated and…

Ambiguities in Newspaper Headlines   Abstract of Ambiguities in Newspaper Headlines This project analyses semantic ambiguous headlines stating their communicative effectiveness with regards to print media. Using data from Vanguard and Daily Trust newspapers, the study discovered that ambiguities are prevalent in the newspaper headlines as a result of various manipulations on sentences and lexical choice. This leads to…

Comparative Study of English and Hausa Nominal Phrases   Abstract of Comparative Study of English and Hausa Nominal Phrases This research studies the occurrence of the constructions and functions of NPs in English and Hausa languages, and finds out the similarities and differences that exist between them. Data are collected from primary and secondary sources,…

Correlation Between English Language and Literature– in – English   Abstract of Correlation Between English Language and Literature– in – English This study examined the Correlation between English – language and literature – English: A case study of MELL, UDUS, Sokoto. The research centers on finding out the reason why most students in tertiary institutions…

Incorrect Punctuation, as a Cause of Ambiguity and Misunderstanding in Written Communication   Abstract of Incorrect Punctuation, as a Cause of Ambiguity and Misunderstanding in Written Communication Ambiguity is a linguistic phenomenon in which more than one meaning, or deep structure, may be represented by the same expression, or surface structure; the same word or…

Interrogating the Northern Nigerian Society   Abstract of Interrogating the Northern Nigerian Society This research work deals mainly with interrogating the Northern Nigerian Society, a case study of Habiba by Razinat T Muhammad. This project contains four chapters. Chapter one comprises the introduction, Aims and objectives, Significance of the study, Statement of the problem, scope and limitation…

Language of Persuasion an Examination of Governor Aliyu Wamakko’s Selected Speeches   Abstract of Language of Persuasion an Examination of Governor Aliyu Wamakko’s Selected Speeches This research work focuses on the language of persuasion by examining some selected speeches of Governor Aliyu Magatakurda Wamakko. It has been carefully observed that the Sokoto state Governor is…

Lexico-semantic Nigerianism in Nigerian Newspapers   Chapter One of Lexico-semantic Nigerianism in Nigerian Newspapers GENERAL INTRODUCTION BACKGROUND TO STUDY The English language in Nigeria is older than the Nigerian nation. It was formally introduced in 1842 by the first batch of missionaries who arrived in Badagry to evangelize as well as educate Nigerians (Tomori, 1981)….

Literary Stylistic Analysis of Labo Yari’s a Day Without Cockcrow   Abstract of Literary Stylistic Analysis of Labo Yari’s a Day Without Cockcrow The primary focus and interest of stylistics has been the analysis of style in any instance of language use, it examines both oral discourse and written text in order to ascertain the…

Mother Tongue (Hausa) Interference on the Syntax of Second Language (English)   Chapter One of Mother Tongue (Hausa) Interference on the Syntax of Second Language (English) INTRODUCTION BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY Language is generally used for the purpose of interaction among people in the society. It is also used to differentiate people by sex, age…

Persuasion Through Figurative Use of Language   Abstract of Persuasion Through Figurative Use of Language The study is concerned with the use of figure of speech in the language of politics. The study is divided into five chapters. Chapter one introduces with what language is and the problem of the issue of political language. In…

Power Relations in Courtroom Language                        Chapter One of Power Relations in Courtroom Language INTRODUCTION This project is on the power relation in courtroom language. Chapter one covers the general overview of the subject matter. It comprises the background to study, statement of research problems, aim and objective of the study, purpose of the study,…