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'Times New Roman'' lang='EN-GB'>ABBREVIATIONS AND TONE MARKING CONVENTION mso-fareast-font-family:'Times New Roman'' lang='EN-GB'>   The work adopted Welmer’s tone marking convention which states that only the first of the sequence of syllables on the same pitch level is marked leaving the subsequent ones unmarked until a contrasting... Continue Reading

  This project examines the linguistic persuasive strategies of president Obama’s speech as well  as  the  secluded  philosophy  enshrined  in  his  Cairo  address  to  Muslim  world.  It represents  the  American  vision  of  Muslims  by  re-introducing  herself  to  the  world [Muslims] at large. In this Cairo... Continue Reading

  ABSTRACT This research work focuses on the topic   A Linguistic Analysis of the Use of Metaphor in Nigerian Political discourse . Language is a means of communication but the use of metaphor by politicians most often brings misconceptualization of the use of metaphors in which the information conveyed to the public is not exactly what is meant... Continue Reading

This study focuses on . It aims at comparing overt semantic features of culinary terms and the objectives are to identify the lexico-semantic components, distinguish these, owing to how they point to culture variation between Zaar and English. The Semantic Field and... Continue Reading

TENSE AND ASPECT IN OGBUNIKE IGBO Igbo language is made up of so many dialects that comprise the Igbo speaking areas of the country and is marked by certain tense and aspect just as in every other language of the world, which are used to indicate the time of events/ actions as well as the duration, inception , continuity and completion of... Continue Reading

TABLE OF CONTENT Title page    i Approval page     ii Dedication     iii Acknowledgement     iv Table of Content     v CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION 1.0 Introduction     1 1.1 Statement of the problem     2 1.2 purpose of the study     3 1.3 The significance of the study     3 1.4 Objectives of the study     4 1.5 Research... Continue Reading

TABLE OF CONTENTS Title Page - - - - - - - - i Approval Page - - - - - - - - ii Dedication - - - - - - - - iii Acknowledgements - - - - - - - iv Table of Contents - - - - - - - vi CHAPTER ONE 1.0 Introduction - - - - - - - 1 1.1 background of the study - - - - - - 2 1.2 Objectives of the Study - - - - - - 3 1.3 Significance of the Study - - - - -... Continue Reading

This study has set to find out 'an investigation on the level of phonological  interference in the speech of Hausa-English bilingual: A case study of  Usmanu Danfodiyo University Sokoto'. It was to find out the features that  distinguish Hausa accent from the Received Pronunciation. The Recorded  speech of ten selected native... Continue Reading

This project analyses semantic ambiguous headlines stating their communicative effectiveness with regards to print media. Using data from Vanguard and Daily Trust newspapers, the study discovered that ambiguities are prevalent in the newspaper headlines as a result of various manipulations on sentences and lexical choice. This leads to... Continue Reading

This research studies the occurrence of the constructions and functions of NPs in English and Hausa languages, and finds out the similarities and differences that exist between them. Data are collected from primary and secondary sources, i.e. published Grammar, Linguistics and Comparative Analysis, unpublished lecture note; internet based... Continue Reading

This study examined the Correlation between English – language and literature – English: A case study of MELL, UDUS, Sokoto. The research centers on finding out the reason why most students in tertiary institutions being scared of some aspects of the genres of literature with emphasis majorly on poetry. Research questions were... Continue Reading

S This research is designed to examine language variation in relation to gender as a social factor, the thrust of this study is a sociolinguistic analysis of gender on language use. The research through its data that encompasses various languages has proved beyond every doubt the existence of gender variation in language use.... Continue Reading

This research work is titled “lexico-semantic analysis of Banking registers a case study of Guaranty Trust Bank, UDUS branch”. The analysis of some selected Banking registers and their meaning outside Banking, how language is expanded and changed or modify the existing structure, which reflect with dynamic creative, productive and... Continue Reading

The primary focus and interest of stylistics has been the analysis of style in any instance of language use, it examines both oral discourse and written text in order to ascertain the form and effect of choices and to determine essential linguistic properties, structures and patterns influencing perception of oral and textual discourses.... Continue Reading

INTRODUCTION This project is on the power relation in courtroom language. Chapter one covers the general overview of the subject matter. It comprises the background to study, statement of research problems, aim and objective of the study, purpose of the study, significance of the study and scope and limitations.... Continue Reading

BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY Language is generally used for the purpose of interaction among people in the society. It is also used to differentiate people by sex, age and social status within a particular society. Language serves as a tool for development in every society. It develops nations or societies socially and particularly for the purpose of... Continue Reading

This study analyses some selected Nigerian English expressions. The expressions context are made up of forty (40) established English expression interpreted based on meaning and level of intelligibility which access whether they are typically Nigerian English expressions or not. In presenting the data, table were used, this enabled the... Continue Reading

 Introduction This work is a comparative study of the numeric system of two of the most widely spoken languages not only in Nigeria but Africa and the world as a whole. It is to explain the styles adopted by the speakers of both languages in expressing numeral situations. In the early days of some comparison between languages, some scholars had... Continue Reading

This study aims to present a particular view of second language pedagogy. Teaching English as a second language is a quite complex task for a teacher. Language learning should be more fun and enjoyable for students to learn. Teachers need to have effective teaching strategies in order for students to grasp better in learning English. The... Continue Reading

The study is concerned with the use of figure of speech in the language of  politics.  The study is divided into five chapters. Chapter one introduces with what  language is and the problem of the issue of political language. In this chapter  aim and objectives of the project are clearly stated  Literature review forms the background... Continue Reading

TABLE OF CONTENTS Title page ………………………………………………….…….…..…i Approval Page……………………………………………………..…..…ii Dedication……………………………………………………….…...…..iii... Continue Reading

The research is aim to find out the relevance of reading newspapers among  students. The majority of students agree that reading newspapers enhancing their  reading ability and its develop their grammatical structure, semantic knowledge  and creative ability as well as lexical items.... Continue Reading

In to day’s word of mass media advertisement are ever-present  and influence people to high extent. It can be said that advertising,  as a phenomenon has rapidly developed for the past few decades,  thus becoming a futile ground for good communication, and the starting  point for making sense of what is bees communicated, is  that... Continue Reading

The study aims to draw attention to the need to have correct and  appropriate subtitling in Kannywood movies, so as to elevate its status and  promote better grasp of its aesthetics. To highlight the historical  background of Kannywood movie industry. Researcher reaches that good  and correct subtitling may further enhance... Continue Reading

Communication is an act of exchanging information from one point to  another; it is a very important activity of life. Humans and animals  communicate in different ways and for different purposes. Communication  could be either oral or written. However, the major concern of this work is  the written form of communication. Written... Continue Reading