This study explores and analyze the various roles the Nigerian newspapers, with specific referenceto the Guardian and the Vanguard newspapers played in the process of government deregulating the power sector by emphasizing the nature of coverage the newspapers gave to the reform. Areas covered in this work include background to the study, review of... Continue Reading
Over the years scholars have researched this concept and came to an understanding that democracy is inextricable from communication. Communication enhances democracy, facilitates interaction, inclusiveness and participation engendering representative democracy but this is not the case with Kaduna in particular. 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
Multilingual speech communities may appear similar on the surface yet they are different in several respects. These differences are not visibly manifest until they are investigated. In this regard therefore, the study has selected three (3) multilingual speech communities across three geo-political zones of Nigeria for comparison which are Billiri ... Continue Reading
The use of language in human communication is predicated on social relationships; hence when people converse, they are always aware of the social relationship which determines who controls and directs the conversation. This study focuses on doctor-patient conversations in rural areas. It investigates how language is employed as a tool of social dom... Continue Reading
Every language often reveals what the people who use it see, feel and think; what they can talk about, and how they organize the world around them. Idioms and Proverbs are linguistic elements that address the heart of a discourse in any given context-truthfully and objectively. In Africa, and especially in Nigerian cultures, Idioms and Proverbs are... Continue Reading
Among the Igbo people of South Eastern Nigeria, the art of conversation is regarded very highly and proverbs are seen as â€�“abubo e ji eri okwuâ€Â� that is (condiments to speech) or literally defined as â€�“the palm oil and salt with which words are eatenâ€Â�. Igbo proverbs have aesthetic appeals which have revealed that apart from bei... Continue Reading
This research titled: (A PHONETICAL STUDY OF SEGMENTAL PHONEMES IN AL-AMIN AHMAD HAMZA'S POETRY) consist of four chapters and conclusion. 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 research explores the court praise songs of Zazzau Emirate. This particular research focuses its attention on who are these singers, what are their songs about and what constitute the themes and the literary styles employed in their royal court songs.The study features the songs of court singers in Zazzau Emirate such as Sarkin Sankiran Zazzau... Continue Reading
There are a number of barriers to trust in the online environment. Despite the awareness of online dangers, young adults take risk on posting personal information on sensitive personal and family information. Trust is crucial to computer mediated communication because there are several applications and transactions that people undertake without com... Continue Reading
Every language often reveals what the people who use it see, feel and think; what they can talk about, and how they organize the world around them. Idioms and Proverbs are linguistic elements that address the heart of a discourse in any given context-truthfully and objectively. In Africa, and especially in Nigerian cultures, Idioms and Proverbs are... 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
A legal translation is rarely undertaken as a study topic in the Department of French of the Faculty of Arts of most universities among the Anglophone communities. Women and the Right to Inheritance in Nigeria is a legal text compiled by Shelter Rights Initiative (SRI). It is a compilation of four different paper presentations, commentaries made, q... Continue Reading
This research focuses on a category of folklore; praise songs, and would be more focused on Hausa praise singers. There are two major types of praise singers in Hausa land; court singers, those who sing for a particular patron and freelance singers, those that sing for whoever pleases them. This dissertation analyses the two types of Hausa praise s... Continue Reading