With the assumption that there are structural ambiguities in Dul Johnson's novel 'Across the Gulf', this paper set out to find and disambiguate any sentence that conveys multiple meanings due to its structure. Sixteen ...

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. ...

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 ...

Aim of the Study: This is a fresh perspective on the thematic concern in Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie‟s Americanah and the theme of unfaithfulness in Ngugi Wa Thiong‟o‟s A Grain of Wheat. Methodology: The study seeks to ...

Oral literature has remained a source and material for African literature. The intentions of most African writers are to uphold and ensure that the traditions do not go extinct. This paper maintains that The Marriage ...

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 ...

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 ...

This study investigates how grammatical modifiers influence the propositional content of Niyi Osundare and Ray Ekpu's media essays. In order to accomplish this goal, the study applies the experiential and logical functions ...

‘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 ...

This article investigates the speech by President Joe Biden and Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez to determine the discursive strategies used to construct ingroup and outgroup identity, and the functions that these strategies ...