Linguistics

A Contrastive Analysis of English and Hausa Proverbs in Selected Texts ABSTRACT This study is a Contrastive Analysis of English and Hausa proverbs in selected text....

THE SOCIETY AND THE GIRL CHILD IN THE BLUEST EYE BY TONI MORRISON AND KAINE AGARY'S YELLOW YELLOW ABSTRACT The research work reviews the historical encounter...

POLITICAL CORRUPTION AND SYMBOLISM IN ADICHIE CHIMAMANDA NGOZI HALF OF A YELLOW SUN AND OKEY NDIBE ARROWS OF RAIN ABSTRACT This project work is on political...

CORRUPTION AND VICTIMIZATION IN ISIDORE OKPEWHO TIDES AND ANTHONY ABAGHA’S CHILDREN OF OLOIBIRI ABSTRACT This project is on Corruption and Victimization in Isidore Okpewho’s Tides and...

AFRICAN VALUES TRADITIONAL AND MODERN IN AMA ATA AIDOO'S Changes AND ASARE KONADU'S A WOMAN IN HER PRIME   CHAPTER ONE 1.1 INTRODUCTION Values In ethics,...

Types of Terrorism and Their Linguistic Techniques and Strategies Abstract This paper aimed at a minimal definition of terrorism. Forms of terrorism were also distinguished. The...

PIDGINS AND CREOLES: ATTITUDES Abstract Language is a multipurpose and an indispensable instrument for communication in every human endeavour. However, some languages, apart from performing more...

A PRAGMATIC STUDY OF SOME SELECTED POLITICAL POSTERS ABSTRACT This long essay focuses on the pragmatics study of selected political posters imprinted in the pages of...

A PRAGMATIC ANALYSIS OF SELECTED CARTOONS FROM NIGERIAN DAILIES THE ‘GUARDIAN, THE PUNCH, AND THE NATION’ ABSTRACT This work investigates how meaning is derived in an...

A SOCIOLINGUISTIC STUDY OF CODE-MIXING AND CODE-SWITCHING IN NIGERIAN INSTITUTIONS ABSTRACT For communication to be effective in any human society, the appropriate language must be put...

A STYLISTIC ANALYSIS OF A SELECTED CAMPAIGN SPEECH OF PRESIDENT GOODLUCK JONATHAN ABSTRACT Language and style are the basic modes of communication and information. They centre...

A STYLISTIC ANALYSIS OF BANK ADVERTISEMENTS IN NIGERIAN NEWSPAPERS ABSTRACT Stylistics is the study of linguistic and non linguistic aspects of style in spoken and written...

A STYLISTIC ANALYSIS OF SELECTED NIYI OSUNDARE’S SOCIO-POLITICAL POETRY ABSTRACT Language is a vital medium through which human beings express themselves. It is used by its...

FACTS AND FICTION IN AKACHI ADIMORA - EZEIGBO’S CHILDREN OF THE EAGLE AND THE LAST OF THE STRONG ONES FACTS AND FICTION IN AKACHI ADIMORA - EZEIGBO’S CHILDREN...

CHARACTERIZATION AND SYMBOLISM IN OLU OBAFEMI’S WHEELS AND NGUGI WA THIONGO’S A GRAIN OF WHEAT CHAPTER ONE 1.0 INTRODUCTION Characterisation is the presentation, description, representation and analysis...

Factors affecting language choice in a multinational society CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY Most cultures have stories which seek to explain the origin of life and...

A CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF FEMINISM IN AFRICA CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION MEANING AND NATURE OF FEMINISM The struggle for women’ right began in the 18th century during the period...

FRAMING OF HATE SPEECH IN SELECTED BROADCASTS OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLE OF BIAFRA(IPOB) CHAPTER TWO REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE INTRODUCTION Accurately labeling certain expression as ‘hate speech’...

MOTHER TONGUE INTERFERENCE IN ENGLISH NEWS CAST (A CASE OF A KWARA TELEVISION NEWS). Language and man are inseparable and since the languages of the world come in contact, there is bound to be a problem like mother tongue interference which is a sociolinguistic phenomenon.

CLASS STRATIFICATION, POVERTY AND SOCIAL INJUSTICE: A CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF FESTUS IYAYI’S VIOLENCE AND OLU OBAFEMI WHEELS Chapter one 1.0 INTRODUCTION A writer is supposed...

IMPACT OF YORUBA ON THE SPOKEN ENGLISH OF STUDENTS (INDIGEN) OF ILORIN CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background of the study The multilingual nature of Nigeria has...