CHAPTER ONE 1.0 GENERAL INTRODUCTION This Chapter will be presented in six sections: background information, statement of the problem, aim and objective, the significance of the study and the scope of the study. 1.1 Background Information The background to this study is examined from two viewpoints, which include: Continue Reading
Abstract This research examines the dilemma of the girl child in African culture and the fundamental problems confronting her existential being. It explores the unfair treatment the girl-child receives in a male chauvinistic and particular society like Africa and the negative effects of such to her femininity. Continue Reading
CHAPTER ONE 1.0 Introduction This Non-African play Dr. Faustus is a medieval play. It presented allegorical characters to represent the life of man, the experiences of temptation, the sins and the struggle for salvation and death. Dr Faustus contends with the forces of good and evil in the form of personified ab stractions includi... Continue Reading
ABSTRACT This paper describes comparative discourse analysis of two inaugural speeches of the immediate past president and his successor. This study compares the two inaugural speeches of Ex-President Goodluck Jonathan and President Mohammadu Buhari. Continue Reading
CHAPTER ONE Introduction 1.1 Background to the study Varied researches on the use of language has made language users understand the fact that there is more to meaning making than grammaticality of a sentence. Semantics is made an anchorage of the branch of linguistics that studies meaning making in communications. Continue Reading
ABSTRACT This study examined the effect of Yoruba language on the sound system of spoken English language among the indigenous Mushin Yoruba market women in Lagos. It was to find out the features that distinguish Lagos Yoruba accent from the received pronunciation. The speech of ten selected market women from Mushin Lagos was used. Continue Reading
CHAPTER ONE 1.1 INTRODUCTION Language is the only unique endowment from God to humans, which makes us totally different from other creatures. Though, these other creatures have a language, yet they do not communicate exactly the same way as humans do. Discourse, an aspect of language, to the discourse analysts, means actual instances... Continue Reading
A DISCOURSE ANALYSIS OF JESUS’ CONVERSATION WITH THE SAMARITAN WOMAN CHAPTER ONE 1.1 GENERAL INTRODUCTION Over the years, several researches have been conducted in the field of discourse analysis with various definitions given to it. Brown and Yule (1983:1) opine that “the analysis of discourse is necessarily the analysis of language i... Continue Reading
CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background to the Study Literature across ages and continents have functioned as the embodiment and interpreter of a peoples’ culture, a conveyor of a people’s language as well as their philosophy, politics, psychology and national character. Nwachukwu, (2005) notes that literature whether cast in the ... Continue Reading
ABSTRACT Christian handbills are one of the leading non-verbal means of communication in the society today especially the church handbills and posters. Technically put, posters are very important forms of visual communication. It presents picture(s) with meanings lying behind it Continue Reading
ABSTRACT There is a great impact of students performance when they are being guided and counseled hence this study set to investigate the impact of Guidance and Counselling on the student’s academic performance. Continue Reading
ENSE ERRORS IN ENGLISH ESSAYS OF SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS CHAPTER ONE: GENERAL INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background of the Study This research work deals with tense errors in English essays of Secondary School. The research is to find out the type of tense errors committed by the students who have sat for their J.S.S.C.E examination. Continue Reading
ABSTRACT The paper carefully examines the effect of the Nigerian pidgin english on the academic performance of university students using University of Uyo as a case study. The current status of pidgin english mostly used by students was also analysed Continue Reading
ABSTRACT This paper duels on women’s lamentation over male subjugation. Women\'s lamentation over male subjugation has in recent years filtered into a determination to abnegate sexism. With this stand, their former conciliatory position becomes superseded by a current of revolt against man and tradition as highlighted through semantic compound... Continue Reading
ABSTRACT The study uses various write ups from high profile Nigerian writers such as Chinua Achebe and Okey Ndibe. The main source of this research work is textual analysis of The main source of this research work is textual analysis of The Activist by Tanue Ojaide and Arrow of Rain by Okey Ndibe. Concerning methodology, The secondary materials... Continue Reading