This research titled: â€�“A Linguistic Analysis of The Syllabic Changes of Arabic Loan Words In Hausa: â€�“Magana JariCe as A Case Study" comprises of four chapters and conclusion. In chapter one, the study provides the fundamental requirements of the research. In chapter two, there is historical background of Arabic and Hausa languages and t... Continue Reading
Watching movies has become a common phenomenon among adolescents due to the technological advancement of media tools which are easily accessible to them. The challenge is that watching violent movies can have detrimental effects on the psychological development of adolescents as well as that of the society at large. This study therefore focused on ... Continue Reading
The tittle of this work is A Linguistic Study of Loan Words in Nigerian Pidgin. Researches have shown that Nigerian Pidgin (NP) is a Nigerian language and clearly different from other varieties of West African Pidgins. Pidgins are known to have small vocabularies which continue to expand to fulfill the linguistic needs of their users. Nigerian Pidg... Continue Reading
This thesis is a study of the Administration of colonial taxation in Kagarko District 1902-1960. The period chosen marked the incursion of British colonial activities into the area. The study of colonial taxation in the area revealed that taxation was used as an instrument for subverting the resources of the area. Colonial taxation has in no small ... Continue Reading
The use of Communication Campaigns to support the fight against certain unhealthy practices such as self-medication has remained an essential focus engaging theattention of health communication stakeholders. The practice which is common among youth especially University students, call for a serious concern due to the adverse effect associated with ... Continue Reading
In the Nigerian state lies the problem of unity ever since its existence. Overtime, several linguists have tried to look at the diverse ethnolinguistic groups and a way out of Nigeria‟s persistent ethnic problems. Presently, Nigeria has about three hundred and fifty (350) ethnic groups alongside five hundred and twenty two (522) languages. Th... Continue Reading
This work is concerned with the relationship of countries in the international system. The study looks at the reasons - surrounding the current call for the reformation of the world order; that has led us to the realization of the inequality in the relationship One of the most publicize issues of International politic in recent years has been the c... Continue Reading
The study contrasted English and Arabic present tense systems with a view of identifying the areas of similarities and dissimilarities between the two languages as well as the problems the findings posed for both Learners of English and Arabic. The work sought to find out how English present tense system posed problem for learners of Arabic as a se... Continue Reading
Using Lara Foot Newton’s Reach! and Craig Higginson’s Dream of the Dog, this study explores the manner in which this selected South African playwrights deploy the themes of memory, trauma and therapy in their works as a means of recounting the horrific experiences of the apartheid regime, and the effects of these experiences on person... Continue Reading
This work focuses on the pragmatic analysis of the the visual content; being a principal component of nonverbal aspect of the language of communication in advertisements as used in the new media. Features of fifty randomly selected advertisements were sampled and the visual contents were pragmatically analysed. The aspects that were considered are... Continue Reading
Stress and its fatal consequences on health negatively affect the job performance and productivity of academic staff in our educational institutions. Against this backdrop, this research was carried out to assess the communication of stress management for healthy living and higher productivity among the academic staff of Ahmadu Bello University, Za... Continue Reading
This study explores how linguistic structures were deployed to bring out meaning in Toni Morrison’s Beloved and Paradise. The analyses are carried out using linguistic stylistic methods and principles to investigate Morrison’s unique style in the selected novels. To achieve this objective, the research examines the lexico-syntactic an... Continue Reading
Terrorism centres on both the tactic and strategy to commit acts of violence. It is viewed as a method of combat. It is a means to achieve certain targets. Terrorist acts aim to induce a state of fear in the victims which are not necessarily the actual targets of the terrorists. The terrorist events on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon in the... Continue Reading
In the past, some have viewed religion as unconcerned with the mundane, hence, uninterested in the material development of people. Karl Marx (1818-1883) for example, has famously described religion as the opium of the people; and this is to drive home the point that religion not only dwells on the care of souls butalso deludes the people to do noth... Continue Reading
The study surveyed the level of the use of Portfolios as a method of assessment in Selected Courses of the Faculty of Environmental Design, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria. The study investigated the types of Portfolio use by lecturers and students; it also examined the lecturers‟ and students‟ understanding of the concept of Portfolio ... Continue Reading