Category: ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE

CHAPTER ONE GENERAL INTRODUCTION Background to the Study The social vices called sexual harassment is not a new topic to the generality of people today especially in the tertiary institutions

CHAPTER ONE GENERAL INTRODUCTION 1.1           BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY Tenses refer to the form of a verb in English Language that clearly indicates time. We use Tenses to show clear time

Abstract This paper attempts to make a discussion of the differences between linguistic and grammatical theories. Although there exist relationships between grammatical theories and linguistic theories in their attitudes towards

INTRODUCTION From time immemorial, Greek tragedy is based on the Greeks philosophy and mythology derived from Greeks worldview. The question now is what is Greeks tragedy? The definition of Greeks tragedy can

In Nigeria, the mid 1960s up until the later part of the 1990s marked a turning period in the nation‟s political landscape, mainly because of the militarization of the Nigerian

ABSTRACT The social media platforms provide students with the opportunity to share educational materials interact and participate in group discussion that invariably improves their learning and ability to discourse academic

CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION Background to the study Linguistics is the scientific study of language. It covers the structure (morphology and syntax), sounds (phonology), and meaning (semantics) of a language. It

Preamble This research is a pragmatic analysis of blogs using Linda Ikeji and Nairaland as case studies. Language as a means of communication plays a vital role in any given

GENERAL INTRODUCTION BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY Language is a means of communication between people in a community. According to Osisanwo (1), “it is the human vocal noise or the arbitrary

ABSTRACT This dissertation examines English loan words in Hausa language and their nativisation through morphophonological processes. The contact situation between speakers of both languages through colonialism has brought about borrowing from the English

Abstract The human society exhibits nuances of conflicts overtly or covertly. Unfortunately, these conflicts permeate every strata even relationships. In the struggle for self actualisation and assertion by females, the

ABSTRACT This project aims at investigating features of style in Chimamanda Adichie’s Americanah. It majorly focuses on identification of features of style in line with contemporary stylistics and the analysis of the

CHAPTER ONE 1.0 Introduction This project is centered on An In-depth Study on Lexical Borrowing from English to Hausa, with the aim to study the English and Hausa lexical loan words. The

This paper deals with some of the themes in African literature such as colonialism, liberation, nationalism, tradition, displacement and rootlessness. First of all, it is necessary to have an idea

ABSTRACT This research is a pragmatic study of selected utterances in Asare Konadu’s A Woman in Her Prime. In focus, the study discusses the application of the conversational maxims in

ABSTRACT This work aims at investigating the relationships that exist between the English and the Hausa languages at the level of their morphological processes; and the implication this relationship will have on

Abstract Language borrowing is increasingly becoming an interesting topic of study in recent years. Intercultural contact, communication and globalization have led to inter language borrowings among almost all languages. This

Chinua Achebe has been very conscious about the significance of story and storytelling in African oral societies. In an interview with Bill Moyers, Achebe says: “It’s the storyteller, in fact, who

CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.0 Background to the Study Semiotics is a form of communication that uses signs, codes, symbols, and significations to articulate ideas and information. It is a method