GENERAL INTRODUCTION: Language is a major and an indispensable tool in human existence. No wonder Microsoft Encarta (2009) defines it as “the principal means used by human beings to communicate with one another”. Language is primarily spoken, although it can be transf...

ABSTRACT: Style refers to an individual's unique approach or manner of accomplishing a task. The various aspects of human behaviour, such as dressing, speaking, acting, teaching, and writing, are influenced by a multitude of factors and ideol...

ABSTRACT: The present investigation entails a comprehensive lexico-semantic analysis of the literary work titled "Half of a Yellow Sun" (ọkara nke an odo anyanwụ).The objective of this research is to analyse and determine the organisation and categorization of identifie...

Background of the study: In Nigeria, English is considered a second language by most people. Because Nigerians already had their first language, also known as their Mother Tongue (L1), before the introduction of the alien language known as "English" into the nation, it...

ABSTRACT: Words form the basis for a Linguistic analysis at any level of language study. The aim of this essay was to identify the various Lexical and Syntactic elements that make up personal text messages among the students of the University of Ilorin. Lexical features, Lexical...

CHAPTER ONE

INTRODUCTION

Background to the study: One sociolinguistic implication of the diffusion of English language - an amalgam of the three paltry languages of the J...

CHAPTER ONE

INTRODUCTION

This chapter presents the background to the study, statement of the problem, objectives of the study, research questions, significance of the study, scope of the study, delimitation, limitation and the definition of te...

ABSTRACT

This work is a linguistic stylistic study of Chukwuemeka Ike’s novels. It involves a rigorous analysis and synthesis that examine how a special configuration of language has been used in the realization of a particular subject matter, quantifying all the linguistic means...

1.1Introduction

This research is an investigation into the linguistic issues (stylistic and semantic) that are involved in literary translation. The main focus of the work is the study of aspects of style in relation to the functions of language as portrayed in the translated proverbs a...

ABSTRACT

Conflicts precipitated by religious discords or under such pretext, have resulted in the deaths of thousands of people and destruction of property worth billions of dollar in Nigeria, brewing mutual suspicion among its heterogeneous citizens, shipwrecking, ultimately, their cor...

1.1Background to the Study

The English language has become an international medium of communication among people on earth. The mastery of good English is deemed necessary for bringing a lot of advantages in many ways. This international language is not only used for communication purpos...

An investigation of the adaptation of foreign phonological patterns in Nigerian English among urban youths

Background of the study
Urban youths in Nigeria are increasingly exposed to a myriad of linguistic influ...

An assessment of tone sandhi phenomena in indigenous Nigerian languages among the Edo

Background of the study
Tone sandhi, the alteration of tone in specific linguistic contexts, is a significant phonological ph...

An examination of the role of prosody in shaping phonological structures in Yoruba language

Background of the study
Prosody, the rhythm, stress, and intonation of speech, is fundamental in shaping the phonologic...

An assessment of the phonological implications of language borrowing in Igbo communities

Background of the study
Language borrowing is a pervasive phenomenon in Igbo communities, where historical and contemporar...

The impact of digital communication on the evolution of phonological systems among Nigerian youth

Background of the study
Digital communication has revolutionized how language is used and transmitted, especially...

The impact of morpheme structure on vocabulary development among Yoruba children in Ibadan

Background of the study
Morpheme structure, the smallest units of meaning in a language, plays a crucial role in vocabul...

An evaluation of compound word formation in Hausa language in Kano

Background of the study
Compound word formation is a dynamic morphological process that contributes significantly to the expressive capacity of...

An appraisal of derivational morphology in Efik language: A study in Calabar

Background of the study
Derivational morphology involves the creation of new words through the addition of affixes that alter meaning...

An assessment of the role of compounding in the development of Nigerian Pidgin vocabulary

Background of the study
Compounding, the process of combining two or more words to create new lexical items, is a promine...

A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF LINGUISTIC SIMILARITIES BETWEEN HAUSA AND FULFULDE LANGUAGES AND THEIR ROLE IN INTER-ETHNIC RELATIONS IN NORTHERN NIGERIA

CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION

1.1 Background of the Study

Language is not merely a tool for communication but a central compon...