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 thesis is an Analytical Study of Secondary Significations of Requisition Discourse in Al-Qadi Umar Ibrahim’s â€�“Hadiqatil Azharâ€Â�. For the purpose of this work, five chapters were framed to guide the study. In chapter one, the researcher discussed copious rhetorical issues of the study of request expression, examined its specia... Continue Reading
The aim of this study is to contribute to the research on Fulfulde through a scientific approach; hence the decision is to carry out a comparative study on Fulfulde and French syntagmatic movements. This is to facilitate the study of French language for Fulfulde natives. This work also analyses the Fulfulde phrase structure in comparison to that o... Continue Reading
In general terms, the works of Nuruddin Farah have received insufficient attention in literary circles. This is in spite of the profound insights his novels provide on the Somali society, especially in relation to the struggles of women for emancipation in its patriarchal Islamic context. Continue Reading
Human language is primarily characterized by sounds formed and produced by the Organs of Speech. This dissertation entitled; â€�“A Phonological Description of the Two-Word Stage of Language Acquisition: A Case Study of an English-Hausa Bilingualâ€Â� particularly considered the sound development of a child at two-word stage. The area of focus ... Continue Reading
This work titled â€�“Les difficultÃÂ�s phonÃÂ�tiques des francisants gworogâ€Â� is an attempt to identify the difficulties that a Gworog student learning French language is likely to encounter while learning the French language in the area of sounds. In comparing the sound systems of these two languages, French and Gworog, we found out th... Continue Reading
This study analyses the impact of the Colonial Economy on Ibi and Wukari Divisions during the period 1900 to 1960. It examines the history of change in the economies and societies that make up Ibi and Wukari Divisions. Thus, it focuses on the socio-economic impact of the various British colonial economic policies on the area of study and how they u... Continue Reading
This research examines the relationship between Social Media usage and its educational and social influence on the undergraduate students of Ahmadu Bello University Zaria. The research explores both the negative and positive dimensions of Social Media within the larger framework of New Media and higher education. Students have generally been using ... Continue Reading
This study â€�“ASociolinguistic Analysis of Language Variation among the Academic and Non Academic Staff of Ahmadu Bello University, Zariaâ€Â�is preoccupied with the intrinsic relationship between language variation, sociolinguistics, social context and culture of individual as well as diverse groups in Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria. It esta... Continue Reading
Language is a living entity that is always in constant change. It develops changes, undergoes modernisation and vanishes. In every language, there are items that die out and others develop by using different strategies or devices of word formation, such as derivation, to express the modern needs of a particular language community (Handhal 1998). Continue Reading
LITERARY AESTHETICS IN NIGERIAN ARABIC- ISLAMIC LITERATURE: " A case study of Abduullnhi Fodi's contribution" In its introduction, this thesis attempts to mention its main objectives, significance of the study spells out the researcher's methodology and style in treating the topics. In chapter 1, the linguistic meanings of the terms ' curriculum' a... Continue Reading
This dissertation titled: A postmodernist Representation in Ben Okri’s The Famished Road and Flowers and Shadows is premised on the argument that irrespective of their individual themes, novels are significant mechanisms of presentation or representation of thoughts and ideas through semblances circumscribed by narration or telling, all of w... Continue Reading
It is a widely accepted notion that Nollywood movies contain negative content such as drug addiction, armed robbery, sexual immorality, women and child abuse amongst others, which in effect elicit negative reaction from its viewers. These negative reactions often result in negative societal consequences. This research work explores the positive va... Continue Reading
This is a study of trends of tafsÄÂ�r among selected ‘ulamÄÂ�’ in Northern Nigeria. It examines a variety of aspects in relation to the sciences of tafsÄÂ�r, the tarjamah (translation) of the glorious Qur’ÄÂ�n and the differences between the two. It also highlights tafsÄÂ�r in KanemBorno and Sokoto caliphates. The study sho... Continue Reading
The research titled Perception and Visual Interpretation of Banana Plant Imagery in Painting based on the opportunity that banana plant offers art. Over the years, artists have produced works in which the banana plants, leaves and fruits are portrayed as if they were still life studies. Many artists outside Nigeria have employed it to create differ... Continue Reading