» ABSTRACT Generally speaking, it seems unlikely that English will cease to be used elaborately in Nigeria in a foreseeable future. This research work therefore will find out if students in the University of Ilorin borrow words from English in to Yoruba in their day to day …Continue Reading »
» RACISM AND OPPRESSION IN BLACK AMERICAN LITERATURE: AN EXAMPLE OF RICHARD WRIGHT’S BLACK BOY TABLE OF CONTENTS CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background of Study 1.2 Richard Wright’s Autobiography 1.3 Purpose of Study 1.4 Scope and Limitation 1.5 Justification 1.6 Methodology Endnotes CHA…Continue Reading »
» LINGUO LITERARY REFLECTIONS OF FEMINISM IN THE WORKS OF IFEOMA OKOYE AbstractThe thesis is a feminist stylistic study which used the works of Ifeoma Okoye as a case study for a reassessment of the feminist discourse. It aimed at examining and unravelling how Ifeoma Okoye deployed language and style …Continue Reading »
» AbstractPolitical conflict and empowerment are crucial issues that have not been studied in a comparative manner in Wole Soyinka and Sembene Ousmane’s writings. The disparity in the consideration of the female gender by the authors in question has also not been given crucial attention by criti…Continue Reading »
» COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF EMECHETA’S SECOND CLASS CITIZEN AND NWAPA’S EFURU ABSTRACT This study undertakes a comparative analysis of the works of two Nigerian female novelists: Buchi Emecheta and Flora Nwapa, it looks at the contemporary African society which is dominat…Continue Reading »
» ABSTRACT Due to the fact that English language is the official language of Nigeria, and Nigerian is a multilingual country, English language continues to grow popular every day. The Nigerian R&B with its high level of sprea…Continue Reading »
» (A CASE STUDY OF THE VANGUARD NEWSPAPER) CHAPTER ONE Background to the Study Advertising is a form of communication used to encourage or persuade on audience (viewer, reader or listeners) to continue to take some new action. Most commonly, the desired result is to influence consumers’ behavior …Continue Reading »
» A CASE STUDY OF THE TRIALS OF BROTHER JERO AND A PLAY OF GIANTS ABSTRACT This research endeavour focuses on the social and political ills prevalent in the African societies with the view of correcting them thus, making the contemporary society a better place to live…Continue Reading »
» A STYLISTIC ANALYSIS OF CHIMAMANDA NGOZI ADICHIE’S THE THING AROUND YOUR NECK CHAPTER ONE GENERAL INTRODUCTION 1.1 INTRODUCTION Stylistics is the study and interpretation of texts from literary and linguistic perspectives. As a discipline it links literary …Continue Reading »
» SYNTACTIC AND LEXICO SEMANTIC ANALYSES OF SELECTED SMS TEXT MESSAGES AMONG THE UNIVERSITY OF ILORIN STUDENTS ABSTRACT Words form the basis for a Linguistic analysis at any level of language study. The aim of this essay was to identify the various Lexical …Continue Reading »
» symbols of decadence in ayi kwei armah’s the beautyful ones are not yet born Chapter one 1.0 introduction This chapter introduces the major variable (Symbols of Decadence) in the research topic as well as give a brief background of the text adopted for critical analysis. The text selec…Continue Reading »
» A PRAGMATIC ANALYSIS OF SLANG AND CATCHY PHRASES USED IN SOME SELECTED NIGERIAN HIP HOP SONGS. ABSTRACT Slangy expressions and catchy phrases are deliberately used in hip hop songs in order to reduce the degree of vulgarity in the content of the song so as not to disrupt society moral norms, and to …Continue Reading »
» CHAPTER ONE 1.0 GENERAL BACKGROUND/INTRODUCTION In this project, I shall be examining one of the levels of linguistics that deals with the arrangement of words to form sentence, that is SYNTAX, and my focus shall be on ‘Verb Phrase’ an aspect, which can be referred to as the apex …Continue Reading »
» CHAPTER ONE 1.0 INTRODUCTION This study focuses on the verb phrase of kofyar. Kofyar is a dialect of “sura” that can be found in the northern part of plateau state in a local government called Qua’an pan. The kofyar are a population in t…Continue Reading »
» CHAPTER ONE 1.0 INTRODUCTION It is a general fact that no one can dispute that language is central to all communities of human beings. It is also important for the regulation of every community The main focus of this research is to shed more light on how noun phrase is found in yiwom …Continue Reading »
» CHAPTER ONE 1.0 INTRODUCTION GENERAL BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY This research work is on the aspect of the syntax of Kurama language. By Syntax we mean the branch of linguistic analysis which involves the branch of linguistic analysis which involves the arrangement of words to form grammati…Continue Reading »
» CHAPTER ONE 1.0 INTRODUCTION 1.0 General Background This chapter will examine the general background of the study and the speakers of the language with respects to their history and socio cultural profile. Also, it introduces to us the genetic classification of Mernyang, scope a…Continue Reading »
» CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.0 General Background Language is the fabrics that ties every member of the society together, which serves as an instrument used by man, for specific and distinguishable purpose. Indeed the focus of this research is to shed l…Continue Reading »
» CHAPTER ONE Introduction 1.0. General Background This research work focuses on the Noun phrase of Kaningkon language. However, this chapter introduces us to the language understudy, Kaningkon language. It also introduces us to the socio cultural profile of the speakers of the l…Continue Reading »
» CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.0 General Background This chapter examines the language of study, the people speaking the language and their geographical location. It also introduces us to the sociolinguistic of the speakers of the language which includes their culture and belief…Continue Reading »
» CHAPTER ONE GENERAL INTRODUCTION 1.1 Introduction The chapter introduces us to the general background, historical background, socio cultural profile and genetic classification of the Gùngáwá people. It also includes the scope and organization of study, theoretical fra…Continue Reading »
» CHAPTER ONE GENERAL BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY 1.0 INTRODUCTION The main focus of this research work is a discussion on the verb phrase of Gunganchi language. This chapter therefore aims at introducing the work by discussing some historical facts about the Gunganchi people and the languag…Continue Reading »
» CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.0. General Background This chapter introduces the language of study, the people speaking the language and their geographical location. It introduces us to the backgroun…Continue Reading »
» CHAPTER ONE 1.0 GENERAL BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY This research work is based on the aspects of noun Bura noun phrase. The study forms an important aspect of the syntax of the language. By syntax, we mean the branch of linguistic analysis which involves the arrangement of wor…Continue Reading »
