Abstract Syntax is a major unit of language; and that of a text inclusive. Trope, on the other hand, is one of the distinguishing features of literary language, especially that of prose. To study syntax and trope of a prose work, therefore, is to examine its language. This work investigates the style of the language of Adichie’s Purple Hibiscus with particular reference to syntax and trope routing its findings through the Systemic Functional Theory mainly. Adichie’s perception and experi...
AbstractThe purpose of this research study is to examine the influence of Social Media and Academic Performance Of students in University of Lagos. Five Research questions and five Research hypotheses guided the study. To achieve this, the descriptive survey research design was adopted. The study focused on University of Lagos hence, population consists of all the 24,661 full-time undergraduate students. The simple random sampling technique was used to select a sample of 378 students. A four ...
ABSTRACT This research effort sets out to examine the stylistic features employed by Niyi Osundare in the poems, “the Language of Pain”, “Death Came Calling”, “with the Nib of a Borrowed Pen”, “The weeping Book”, and “The Lake came to my House”, culled from the anthology titled “A City Without People”. It also aims at analyzing the identified stylistic features, with a view to relating them with how they contribute to the messages of the poems and their readability. Th...
TABLE OF CONTENTS Declaration .................................................................................................... Ii Dedication .................................................................................................... Iii Acknowledgements ................................................................................... Iv Abstract ...................................................................................................... Xii Chapter...
This study determined the linguistic devices manifested in the corpus of crime news broadcasts and investigated the strategies employed by the Filipino Journalists in constructing the crime news broadcasts. This study is descriptive - qualitative in nature employing Linguistic Analysis framework, which brought the analysis to two (2) levels: analysis of the devices and on the strategies. The study gathered and transcripted twenty-five (25) mainstream crime news broadcasts from the different t...
Periodicalsare the bedrock of research activities. These periodicals can be acquiredthrough subscriptions; these could be through overseas, agents, gifts purchase,standing orders, donations membership of an association. Periodicals serve as atool of dissemination of knowledge in the library and in the society.Periodicals could be acquired through the use of selection tools like BritishNational Bibliography (BNB), African Book-in-Print (ABP) but rarely byexchange, catalogue, book agent/vend...
ABSTRACT This long essayproposes an analytic and a cross-analytic review of the language choice ofenvironment in Ayi Kwei Armah’s The Beautyful Ones Are Not Yet Born. The novel tellsthe story of a character, simply called “the Man” who is surrounded bycorruption in a corrupt West African state, and how he (the Man) struggles tokeep out of the overpowering mess. It also presents the story of a man’sloneliness and anguish at the physical and social filth around him, and aboutwhich...
CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION 1.1Background of the Study Withinlibrary Technology, serial publications have been considered traditionally as a separately distinguishable library resource because there are differences in their contents, format, bibliographical relationships, and the methods of acquisition and service. Definitions of the term “serial” vary from authority to authority and from library to library, as A. Osborn makes clear in his study.’ For this article the term is used to incl...
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AbstractThestudywas on theInfluenceofTelevision on Consumer BuyingHabits of Guinness Stoutin Ikeja CommunityofLagos State.It started with general introduction to the research, statement ofthe problem and purposeof thestudy. This wasfollowed bycomprehensive literaturereview oftelevision advertising on consumer buyinghabits of Guinness StoutinIkejacommunityof Lagos State. Theresearcher madeuseof thesurveydesignto gather necessaryinformation. Simple random sampling was used to select a sample of...
ABSTRACT This study examines the proper use and management of instructional materials for English language teaching in some selected secondary schools in Udi Local Government Area of Enugu State. An intensive review of related literature was carried out to throw more light in the problem under investigation. Research questions were formulated to guide the investigation. The questionnaire titled instructional materials for English language teaching was designed for the study. The secondary sch...
ABSTRACT This study examines the proper use and management of instructional materials for English language teaching in some selected secondary schools in Udi Local Government Area of Enugu State. An intensive review of related literature was carried out to throw more light in the problem under investigation. Research questions were formulated to guide the investigation. The questionnaire titled instructional materials for English language teaching was designed for ...