A STYLISTIC ANALYSIS OF CHIMAMANDA NGOZI ADICHIE’S THE THING AROUND YOUR NECK GENERAL INTRODUCTION 1.1 INTRODUCTION Stylistics is the study and interpretation of texts from literary and linguistic perspectives. As a discipline it links literary…
Read MoreSYNTACTIC 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…
Read Moresymbols 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…
Read MoreA 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…
Read MoreTHE MERNYANG VERB PHRASE 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,…
Read MoreTHE VERB PHRASE OF KOFYAR LANGUAGE 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…
Read MoreTHE YIWOM NOUN PHRASE 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…
Read MoreVERB PHRASE IN KURAMA 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…
Read MoreA SOCIOLINGUISTIC ANALYSIS OF PROVERBS IN ADIMORA- EZEIGBO’ S TRAFFICKED ABSTRACT Language is learned, shared, and it is an arbitrary system of vocal symbols through which human beings in the same speech community or sub-culture…
Read MoreA 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 utterance through cartoons. It aimed at a pragmatic analysis…
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