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• 1. THE LINGUISTIC FEATURES OF NIGERIAN ENGLISH AND THEIR IMPLICATIONS FOR 21ST CENT...

  »   Abstract Like its users, one important feature of language is its dynamism. Thus, language adapts to situational constraints as its users vary across regional/geographical, social, educational, occupational, etc. domains. English is such a typical language that, as a result of vast geographical distribution, has often assumed the peculiarities of different societies that use it informing the no...Continue Reading »

  Item Type: Project Material |  65 pages |  23,669 engagements | 

• 2. THE EFFECTS OF LANGUAGE DIVERSITY ON NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT

  »           ABSTRACT This research work focuses on the Effect of Language Diversity on National Development. It adopts descriptive and comparative approaches in analyzing the nature of Language and the policy situation in Nigeria, considering in clear terms the complex ethno linguistics setting. Sequel to the look warm attitudes of both governments over the years, the research therefore evaluat...Continue Reading »

  Item Type: Project Material |  65 pages |  10,144 engagements | 

• 3. LANGUAGE AND NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT: CHALLENGES AND IMPEDIMENTS IN A MULTILINGUAL ...

  »   CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.0       BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY Human Beings are social animals and language is an instrument of the society which is acculturated into a given society. Through the instrumentality of language, man identifies and make finding about his environment. Thus, language, in the hand of man preserves, conserves, transmits and appropriates functions and does so across spa...Continue Reading »

  Item Type: Project Material |  65 pages |  37,889 engagements | 

• 4. GRAPHOLOGICAL FOREGROUNDING IN CHIMAMANDA ADICHIE'S PURPLE HIBISCUS

  » ABSTRACT There is a symbiotic relationship between language structure and language function, which is particularly exploited by literary artists to relate language forms deployed in their texts to their intended messages and visions. This is possible because of the inherent elasticity or malleability of language as a communicative tool which can be shaped or conditioned by the social or discourse ...Continue Reading »

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• 5. FICTION, EMOTION AND NARRATION IN SELECTED NOVELS OF CHINUA ACHEBE

  » CHAPTER ONE 1.1                                                            INTRODUCTION 1.2             Fiction and Emotion Narration as a concept is the weaving of several strands of events into a story. This means narrative comes out of oral or written account of an event or events such as The Man Died (1972) – the autobiogr...Continue Reading »

  Item Type: Project Material |  65 pages |  5,584 engagements | 

• 6. FEMINIST CRITICISMS OF SOME SELECTED FEMINIST WORKS

  » INTRODUCTION There are view shared by all feminists is that women are discriminated against on account of their sex. Feminists stress the relevant of gender segregation in society and it present these segregation as working to the overall advantage of men. Although feminists are united with their shared desire for sexual justice and their concern for women’s welfare, there is a range spectrum of...Continue Reading »

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• 7. FEMINISM: AN EXAMINATION OF ZULU SOFOLA'S SWEET TRAP AND OLA ROTIMI'S OUR HAS GO...

  »   CHAPTER ONE 1.0 Introduction Feminism has continued  to dominate  the temporary literary discourse as african societies are becoming increasingly of the urgent necessity t o liberate and fully exploits the potential of women to enhance peaceful co exisence  and socoi economic development .as an introductory chapter  the focus here is to provide the background to the study, outline the probl...Continue Reading »

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• 8. DISCOURSE, STYLISTICS AND PRAGMATIC: A STUDY OF CONVERGENCE

  »   Abstract Discourse, stylistics and pragmatics are sub fields of linguistics that have attained independent statuses in the arts. With the seeming differences between these fields, there exist a lot of relationships that connect the three areas of study together. This study is an attempt to examine the similarities in relationships between discourse, pragmatics and stylistics in their interpreta...Continue Reading »

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• 9. DISCOURSE AND STYLISTICS: METHODS OF ANALYSIS

  » Abstract In the wake of a revolutionary change of interest from language form to language function, attention of many language scholars have been shifted from the structural pattern of language to the function the language is used to perform in social discourses. The present study is one of such endeavours, and essentially explored the fields of Discourse and Stylistics by pointing out their diffe...Continue Reading »

  Item Type: Project Material |  65 pages |  9,864 engagements | 

• 10. DISCOURSE AND COMMUNICATION: A COMPARATIVE STUDY

  »   ABSTRACT                                                                                             Discourse and communication are two interrelated concepts, intricately interwoven and grossly assumed as overtly synonymous. This study therefore, attempts to demystify these concepts and also aim to unea...Continue Reading »

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• 11. DIGNITY OR SUPPRESSION: THE PORTRAYAL OF WOMEN IN THUNDERBOLT  NOLLYWOOD HOME V...

  »  INTRODUCTION 1.1. Background to the study Film has been in existence since time immemorial, it serves many generations as a tool of understanding and passing across vital information and ideas generated by individual different communities. Since some people lack reading cultures, there is a need to engage films to disseminate information to the public for better understanding. Film, in the gener...Continue Reading »

  Item Type: Project Material |  65 pages |  6,442 engagements | 

• 12. CONFLICTS AND CAUSES OF CONFLICTS IN AFRICA

  »   INTRODUCTION Conflict can be defined as a clash or disagreement often violent between opposing groups or individuals. It can also be said to be an incompatibility, as of two things that cannot be simultaneously fulfilled. The word conflict is as old as mankind. This is because the word has been in existence in all area of man life since the inception of the world. The word conflict is derived f...Continue Reading »

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• 13. COINAGES IN NIGERIA ENGLISH: A SOCIOLINGUISTIC PERSPECTIVE

  » Abstract Nigerian English coinages have been widely investigated in different literatures ranging from studies in Sociolinguistics, Semantics, Pragmatics, and Syntax to Metaphors and Cognitive linguistic studies. This present paper is a re visitation of the Nigerian English lexicon, taking cue from the lexicographic efforts of Igboanusi (2002). We have sociolinguistically x rayed some common usage...Continue Reading »

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• 14. CODE SWITCHING IN NORTHERN NIGERIA: A STUDY OF KANYWOOD FILM INDUSTRY

  »   Abstract This study is an examination of the language use in the northern Nigeria film industry called Kannywood. This work focuses on Hausa English code switching in contemporary Kanywood films. Thenature of code switching in the films, as well as reasons for code switching are all examined.It is noted that code switching in Kanywood films is mostly influenced by characters’emotional situati...Continue Reading »

  Item Type: Project Material |  65 pages |  6,408 engagements | 

• 15. A STYLISTIC ANALYSIS OF THE SYNTACTIC FEATURES AND COHESIVE DEVICES IN THE COLUM...

  » ABSTRACT The study was a stylistic analysis of the syntactic features and cohesive devices in the columnists‟ use of language in Nigerian Newspapers. The corpus for the study consisted of five texts selected from different Nigerian Newspapers. The result of the study revealed that dependent clauses are prevalent which serve as extension of the ideas in the independent clauses. There also abound ...Continue Reading »

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• 16. AN EXAMINATION OF LEADERSHIP STYLES AND THEIR EFFECTIVENESS IN THE ORGANIZATION ...

  » ABSTRACT This research project aims at investigating leadership Styles and work productivity in an organization: A study of Keffi Local Government Council. Some of the topics dealt with are summarized in the research and findings are stated accordingly.   CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION   1.0            BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY Leadership is an important aspect of management. Indeed it exist...Continue Reading »

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• 17. AN ANALYSIS OF ASIAN THEARTRE

  »   Introduction Attempting to look into the drama and theatre of the Asian world is like saddling one with the task of looking into the deep blue sea to fish out all the species of fishes therein. W. B. Worthen, based on the multifacetedness of the Asian world and it versatile political histories, authoritatively asserts that "the drama and theatre of the Asian world has a history as complex and m...Continue Reading »

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• 18. LITERATURE IN NORTHERN NIGERIA: LANGUAGE AND POPULAR CULTURE

  »   Abstract This essay delves into the study of literature in northern Nigeria. The study discusses the scope of literature, the region of Northern Nigeria and aspects of its popular culture, and finally goes ahead to examine the socio political issues captured in Abubakar Gimbar’s Inner Rumblings. It concludes that the literature of Northern Nigeria still needs to be explored to the fullest by ...Continue Reading »

  Item Type: Project Material |  65 pages |  10,721 engagements | 

• 19. THE ADVENT OF CHRISTIANITY AND ITS IMPACTS ON TIV RELIGIOUS CIVILIZATION

  »   ABSTRACT The project work “The advent of Christianity to tiv land and its influence on church growth” traces the origin of Christianity in Tiv land, its impact and progress to the church in Tiv land. The project is carried out by primary sources, which an interview conducted by Zungwe Deborah, Rev. Prof. Ahaneku Anjou was interviewed on 23 06 2016 and Rev. Peter Azuara at Mkar Gboko, Benue ...Continue Reading »

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• 20. A STYLISTIC ANALYSIS OF CHIMAMANDA ADICHIE’S “PURPLE HIBISCUS” AND CHINUA ...

  »   Abstract Language and style never moves beyond a concentration on the supremacy of words. Literary piece (such as novels) somehow contain meaning of style with language; effectively manipulated in ways that signal it as different from “ordinary” language. A stylistic analysis of Chimamanda Adichie’s “Purple Hibiscus” (2003) and Chinua Achebe’s “Anthills of the Savannah” (1987) i...Continue Reading »

  Item Type: Project Material |  65 pages |  20,986 engagements | 

• 21. A LINGUISTIC STYLISTIC ANALYSIS OF CHIMAMANDA ADICHIE’S PURPLE HIBISCUS AND H...

  »   ABSTRACT Style is one‟s way of doing a thing. It can be of dressing, speaking, acting, teaching and writing which is influenced by a lot of factors or ideologies such as history, religion and culture. However, the style of a writer albeit creative may pose a challenge to readers. This study attempts a linguistic stylistic analysis of Chimamanda Adichie‟s Purple Hibiscus and Half of a Yellow...Continue Reading »

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• 22. NATIVIZATION OF ENGLISH IN AFRICAN LITERARY TEXTS: A LEXICO-SEMANTIC STUDY OF TR...

  » Abstract As a result of the bilingual nature of African nations due to the historical accident of colonialism, the problem of which language (ie. Indigenous or colonial language) to adopt for literary expression, has lingered on. This has precipitated the use of various devices by African writers to contextualize aspects of indigenous meaning in the L2 text. Against this background, the present st...Continue Reading »

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• 23. A LEXICO-SEMANTIC ANALYSIS OF COMPUTER-MEDIATED DISCOURSE IN SELECTED INSTANT AN...

  »   Introduction The advent of new information and communication technologies (ICTs) has ushered in a new era of new media, signalling unbounded possibilities for language and communication studies. In actual fact, the ever increasing mobility of the Internet the world over has opened yet other dimensions to the study of language use in computer mediated environment. This has been attributed to the...Continue Reading »

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• 24. A LEXICO-SEMANTIC ANALYSIS OF CHIMAMANDA NGOZI ADICHIE’S HALF OF A YELLOW SUN

  »     ABSTRACT This study is a lexico semantic analysis of Half of a Yellow Sun (ọkara nke a odo anyanwụ).The aim of this study is to identify the organization and breakdown of detected lexical items, the differences and similarities in lexical semantic structure cross linguistically and the relationship of lexical meaning to sentence meaning and syntax in HOAYS. Achieving this may be a feat...Continue Reading »

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• 25. A CRITICAL DISCOURSE ANALYSIS OF THREAT

  »                                                   Abstract This study seeks to investigate the highly sensitive utterances of threat by Asari Dokubo in his struggle for the political and economic emancipation of the Niger Delta Region of Nigeria; utterances that clearly portray his ideological leaning. Our analysis is linked to Norman Fairclough(1995...Continue Reading »

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