Department: ENGLISH LANGUAGE & LITERATURE

Politeness In Language Use: A Sociolinguistic Study Of Undergraduates In Selected Universities In Anambra State, Nigeria

Face, an aspect of politeness, is fundamental in human relationship. Face as conceived in this study...

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Nativised English In Selected Nigerian Literary Texts

Language is used to construct every literary text. Some African writers that must use English model ...

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Characters And Voices: The Bildungsroman Tradition In Selected Third Generation Nigerian Novels

This research examines the Bildungsroman tradition, which originally is German, European and patriar...

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A Comparative Analysis Of Rhetorical Devices In Selected Political Speeches Of Nelson Mandela And Nnamdi Kanu

This research investigated the use of rhetorical devices in the political speeches of two African po...

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Language Use By Terrorists: An Analysis Of The Speeches Of Abubakar Shekau, Osama Bin Laden And Abubakar Al-baghdadi

Terrorist activities have caused severe destruction of lives and property and have continued to cons...

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Trauma And Identity Crisis Of Female Characters In Selected African Novels

The creation of characters that are under the workings of many unconscious elements beyond the chara...

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Acquisition Of Morphological Competence In Spelling As A Developmental Process

It is commonly believed that learning to spell English words demands an understanding of the relatio...

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Analysis Of Internet Utilization And Its Influence On Undergraduate Students’ Reading Habits And Reading Comprehension

This work is focused on analysis of internet utilization and its influence on undergraduate students...

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Ecocritical Study Of Selected Poems Of Niyi Osundare, Tanure Ojaide And Nnimmo Bassey

This thesis examines the human impact on the environment, especially on the Niger Delta region of Ni...

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Violation Of Child’s Rights In Africa: A Study Of Some Selected African Novels

This research investigated the violation of child rights in Africa. In an effort to ascertain the le...

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Women As Victims Of Environmental Degradation In The Niger Delta

This research examines the female folk as victims in the degraded Niger Delta of Nigeria, using sele...

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Rhetoric In African Fiction: A Postcolonial Analysis To Ngugi’s A Grain Of Wheat, Petals Of Blood, Devil On The Cross And Wizard Of The Crow

Rhetoric is the study of language aimed at analyzing persuasive oral discourse and the effects of la...

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Lexicogrammatical Analysis Of News Reporting Of 2015 General Elections In Some Nigerian Newspapers

This study investigates the news reporting of 2015 General Elections in some Nigerian newspapers usi...

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Politeness In Language Use: A Sociolinguistic Study Of Undergraduates In Selected Universities In Anambra State, Nigeria

Face, an aspect of politeness, is fundamental in human relationship. Face as conceived in this study...

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Expression Of Temporality In The English Language: A Functional Approach

Time and temporality are mutually related .While time is an uninterrupted period, temporality is the...

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Language Use By Terrorists: An Analysis Of The Speeches Of Abubakar Shekau, Osama Bin Laden And Abubakar Al-baghdadi

Terrorist activities have caused severe destruction of lives and property and have continued to cons...

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Rhetoric In African Fiction: A Postcolonial Analysis To Ngugi’s A Grain Of Wheat, Petals Of Blood, Devil On The Cross And Wizard Of The Crow

Rhetoric is the study of language aimed at analyzing persuasive oral discourse and the effects of la...

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Lexicogrammatical Analysis Of News Reporting Of 2015 General Elections In Some Nigerian Newspapers

This study investigates the news reporting of 2015 General Elections in some Nigerian newspapers usi...

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Use Of Stress And Intonation Among Igbo Speakers Of English: Gender Perspective

The use of stress and intonation is not fully observed among Igbo speakers of English. This, accordi...

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Characters And Voices: The Bildungsroman Tradition In Selected Third Generation Nigerian Novels

This research examines the Bildungsroman tradition, which originally is German, European and patriar...

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A Comparative Analysis Of Rhetorical Devices In Selected Political Speeches Of Nelson Mandela And Nnamdi Kanu

This research investigated the use of rhetorical devices in the political speeches of two African po...

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Trauma And Identity Crisis Of Female Characters In Selected African Novels

The creation of characters that are under the workings of many unconscious elements beyond the chara...

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Violation Of Child’s Rights In Africa: A Study Of Some Selected African Novels

This research investigated the violation of child rights in Africa. In an effort to ascertain the le...

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A Pragmatic Analysis Of Nigerian Pidgin In Selected Stand-up Comedies

Stand-up comedies, an oral performance formally enacted by solo-performance before a live audience, ...

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Women As Victims Of Environmental Degradation In The Niger Delta

This research examines the female folk as victims in the degraded Niger Delta of Nigeria, using sele...

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Violence And The Girl-child In Selected Novels Of Buchi Emecheta, Yvonne Vera, Nuruddin Farah And Ikechukwu Asika

This research titled “Violence and the Girl-Child in Selected Novels of Buchi Emecheta, Yvonne...

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Use Of Stress And Intonation Among Igbo Speakers Of English: Gender Perspective

The use of stress and intonation is not fully observed among Igbo speakers of English. This, accordi...

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A Speech Act Analysis Of Speeches On Insurgency In Nigeria

Nigeria is still battling with the problem of insurgency. Pictures of bloody acts of violence by ins...

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Characters And Voices: The Bildungsroman Tradition In Selected Third Generation Nigerian Novels

Abstract This research examines the Bildungsroman tradition, which originally is German, European a...

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A Comparative Analysis Of Rhetorical Devices In Selected Political Speeches Of Nelson Mandela And Nnamdi Kanu

Abstract This research investigated the use of rhetorical devices in the political speeches of two ...

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Characters And Voices: The Bildungsroman Tradition In Selected Third Generation Nigerian Novels Egbedi

This research examines the Bildungsroman tradition, which originally is German, European and patriar...

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Accommodationist Styles In Selected Works Of Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie And Akachi Adimora-ezeigbo

This research intentionally investigated the literary works of Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s Half...

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A Pragmatic Analysis Of Nigerian Pidgin In Selected Stand-up Comedies

Stand-up comedies, an oral performance formally enacted by solo-performance before a live audience, ...

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Communicative Needs In English For Students Of Science And Technology: A Study Of Akanu Ibiam Federal Polytechnic Unwana

This study centered on the communicative needs of students of Akanu Ibiam Federal Polytechnic, Unwan...

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A Comparative Study Of Nigerian, American And British Nonverbal Communications

This research provides a descriptive analysis of Nigerian, American and British nonverbal communicat...

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Intra Gender Subjugation In Selected African Female Writers’ Novels

Most African female writers have over the years portrayed patriarchal structures as the major and on...

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The Use Of Igbo Proverbs In Select Plays Of Zulu Sofola

The use of oral traditions like proverbs, riddles, songs, tales and poetry has generally influenced ...

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Diasporic Tensions In Selected Postcolonial Novels

The stories of Africans affirm a lot of economic, social and political changes from pre-colonial tim...

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Conceptual Metaphors Of Corruption In Selected Newspapers In Nigeria

The use of metaphor, a subtle way of presenting meaning in social discourse and cultural presumption...

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Transitivity Analysis Of Four Short Stories In Love Strokes And Other Stories

ABSTRACT This dissertation explores the transitivity analysis of four short stories in Love Strokes...

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