A PRAGMATIC STUDY OF NEWSPAPER COMIC STRIPS: AN EXAMPLE OF “EFE AND JUDE” ABSTRACT In this study, we undertook a pragmatic study of newspaper comic strips, using “Efe and Jude” as an example. Pragmatics deals…
Read MoreA PRAGMATIC ANALYSIS OF NIGERIAN PROVERBS IN WOLE SOYINKA’S “THE LION AND THE JEWEL” CHAPTER ONE 1.0 INTRODUCTION Communication in the society happens chiefly by means of language. However, the users of language, as social…
Read MoreA PRAGMATIC ANALYSIS OF CHRISTIAN HANBILLS AND POSTERS ABSTRACT Generally, christain handbills and posters are meant to invite people for programs in churches. Different handbills and posters have different meanings. It has been observed that…
Read MoreA LEXICO-SEMATIC ANALYSIS OF OLU OBAFEMI’S NAIRA HAS NO GENDER ABSTRACT This work focuses on the Lexico-semantic variation of the Nigerian English using Olu Obafemi’s text Naira Has No Gender. The aim of this work is…
Read MoreCRITICAL DISOURSE ANALYSIS OF OLA ROTIMI’S OUR HUSBAND HAS GONE MAD AGAIN ABSTRACT Analysis on a discourse level has been used in the analysis of texts, but this study attempts to carry out a Critical…
Read MoreTHE INFLUENCE OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE ON OUR NIGERIAN INDIGENOUS LANGUAGES: EXAMPLES OF BORROWING FROM ENGLISH INTO YORUBA BY UNILORIN UNDERGRADUATES ABSTRACT Generally speaking, it seems unlikely that English will cease to be used elaborately in…
Read MoreRACISM 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…
Read MoreLINGUO-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.…
Read MoreCONFLICT AND EMPOWERMENT IN SELECTED PROSE OF WOLE SOYINKA AND SEMBENE OUSMANE AbstractPolitical conflict and empowerment are crucial issues that have not been studied in a comparative manner in Wole Soyinka and Sembene Ousmane’s writings.…
Read MoreTHE LANGUAGE OF FEMINISM AND ITS IMPACT ON THE SOCIETY CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION Background of Study The struggle for women’ right began in the 18th century during the period of intense intellectual activity known as…
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