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Deeper into the Night

JOHNSON, Dul (Ahmadu Bello University Press Limited, 2014)

The sharp cry of a baby jolted Old Gwangtim from his sleep-wake state in which he had been for hours. He rose slowly to a sitting position and listened. A second cry came. It was sharper than the first, and then a third; ...
The Critical Imagination In African Literature

JOHNSON, Dul (Syracuse University Press, 2015)

Politics can be defined not only as that profession devoted to govern¬ing affairs or opinions about politics but also as the understanding of the prevailing social order that regulates or shapes the writer's world, and his ...
A Corpus-based Approach to the Linguistic Features in Nigerian and American Presidential Speeches

ALUYA, Isaiah (Journal of Linguistics, Language and Culture, 2016)

Previous studies on political discourse in Nigeria have dwelt on the application of manual approaches to the analysis of political speeches with little or no attention on a corpus-based approach. This study aims to demonstrate ...
Graphic devices as signallers of meaning in Osundare’s Dialogue with my country

ALUYA, Isaiah (Akwa Journal of Linguistics and Languages, 2016)

This paper focuses on graphic signs as signallers of meaning in Osundare’s ‘Dialogue with my country’. It has been observed that Osundare’s literary work mirrors Nigeria’s social and economic challenges of grave concern, ...
Still in the Woods: a Stylistic Reading of Osundare’s Essays

ALUYA, Isaiah (Ihafa: A Journal of African Studies, 2016-12)

Most stylistic investigations in literature have dwelt on the analysis of the major literary genres – poetry, drama and prose-fiction - which enjoy wide readership from the public and frequent patronage from stylisticians. ...
ACROSS THE GULF

JOHNSON, Dul (SEVHAGE, 2017)

What had started as the beginning of a blissful life ended up as the beginning of pains, sorrow and loss that would dog her all her life; the beginning of a ruined future of a family about to be born. It was a moment of ...
Orality in the Era of Globalisation: A Reading of Efua Sutherland’s The Marriage of Anansewa

Prisca Godspower Ochulor, Mary Adebayo (IJLL, 2017-06-12)

Oral literature has remained a source and material for African literature. It forms part of the repertoire that maintains a society aimed at curbing social ills. Hence, African writers use this form of literature in ...
MELANCHOLIA

JOHNSON, Dul (SEVHAGE, 2018)

It is early in the morning. The living room of DANGIWA, obviously a politician. The number of posters and calendars that adorn the walls of the parlour, mostly outdated, announce this. Enter MUMUDE BAWA, a middle-aged ...
The Semantics of Incongruous Collocations in Chimamanda Adichie’s Half of a Yellow Sun

ALUYA, Isaiah (Unizik Journal of Arts and Humanities, 2018)

Commenting on the significance of collocation to the study of the language of literature, Spencer and Gregory (1978) assert that the creative writer often realizes some of his effects through the interplay between congruous ...
Research Methods and the Confusion in Humanities Studies in Nigeria: The Example of Literary Studies

Mary Adebayo; JOHNSON, Dul (Brystevand Publishers, 2018-05-04)

Research remains an integral and critical concern in the academia, and it is the mainstay of all disciplines. But different disciplines have different ways of research, the reason why there are different styles, methods, ...
Gender Variations in Language Use: An Analysis of Chimamanda Ngozi Adiche’s Purple Hibiscus

OCHULOR, PRISCA GODSPOWER (Brystevand Publisher, 2018-09-19)

Abstract Language is the birthright of every human being regardless of gender. Sociolinguistic studies of gender show that variations in the use of language reflect social inequality and male dominance in so many societies. ...
Representing the Environmentalism of the Poor in Taniire Ojaide’s The Endless Song

Isaiah Aluya, Mary Adebayo (IJOLAC, 2019-04-14)

Environmentalism in the oil-rich Niger Delta has continued to generate literary responses from scholars and well-meaning Nigerians who feel that with the region’s enormous contribution to the growth and development of ...
Style in Selected Headlines of Niyi Osundare’s Columns in Newswatch

ALUYA, Isaiah (Journal of Languages, Linguistics and Literary Studies (JOLLS), 2019-06)

This study examined 86 headlines in the columns of Newswatch by Niyi Osundare which had been relatively underexplored. The aim was to determine their functional significance based on their peculiar stylistics choices. The ...
‘Pragmatic Face and Ideology in Selected Speech Discourses of President Muhammadu Buhari

ALUYA, Isaiah (Ife Journal of Languages and Literatures, 2019-06)

‘Face’ an attribute of politeness theory is one of the most considerable frameworks for the analysis of social interaction. The proclivity of this study unveils how President Muhammadu Buhari (henceforth PMB) deploys ...
Style in Selected Headlines of Niyi Osundare’s Columns in Newswatch

ALUYA, Isaiah; TERVER, Jime (Journal of Languages, Linguistics and Literary Studies (JOLLS), 2019-06)

This study examined 86 headlines in the columns of Newswatch by Niyi Osundare which had been relatively underexplored. The aim was to determine their functional significance based on their peculiar stylistics choices. The ...
CONCURRENT MEDIATED LITERARY RESPONSE TO INTERNAL SECURITY CHALLENGES IN ELNATHAN JOHN'S "BORN ON A TUESDAY"

JOHNSON, Dul (Bineham Journal of Humanities, Social and Management Sciences (BJHSMS),, 2019-12)

Literature is not taken as seriously as it ought to be. Most people tend to think that all literature is mere fantasy "stories" to be read or listened to, to while away time, and therefore it is nothing other than entertainment ...
Discourse Dimensions of Dominance Relations in Dul Johnson's Across the Gulf

ALUYA, Isaiah (International Journal of Linguistics and Communication (IJOLAC), 2020)

That discourse and dominance are closely linked and in various ways inseparable is undeniable. This paper examines the relations between both constructs paying particular attention to how the former contributes to the ...
Non-Verbal Cues as Discourse Strategy in Soyinka's Death and the King's Horseman

ALUYA, Isaiah (Journal of Languages, Linguistics and Literary Studies (JOLLS), 2020-06)

This article examined Soyinka’s Death and the King’s Horseman from a non-verbal communication perspective. The purpose was to demonstrate how non-verbal elements have aided the conveyance of meanings in the dramatic text. ...
Resourcefulness of Figurative Language in Selected Essay Discourses of Niyi Osundare and Ray Ekpu

ALUYA, Isaiah (Ife Journal of Languages and Literatures, 2020-06)

‘Figurative language,’ a potent resource indispensable to all modes of discourse, is one of the stylistic devices with which creative writers articulate more than they literary mean. This study seeks to account for the ...
Grammatical Deviation in Niyi Osundare’s Essays as a Tool for Foregrounding Socio-political Challenges in Nigeria

ALUYA, Isaiah (UJOLL: Uturu Journal of Languages and Linguistics, 2021)

This article investigates grammatical deviation in selected socio-political essays of Osundare in order to highlight some socio-political challenges which these deviations are deployed to communicate. Drawing on content ...

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