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TEACHING READING COMPREHENSION IN BASIC TWO: A CASE STUDY OF THE UNIVERSITY BASIC SCHOOLS, LEGON

ABSTRACT The study examined the effect of the Schema Reading Approach on pupils i

ELICITATION AND RESPONSE STRATEGIES IN COURTROOM CROSS-EXAMINATION: A CRITICAL DISCOURSE ANALYSIS

ABSTRACT The right to fair hearing as enshrined in the Universal Declaration for

LANGUAGE AND POWER IN ACADEMIC DISCOURSE: A CRITICAL DISCOURSE ANALYSIS OF THESIS DEFENCE IN A GHANAIAN UNIVERSITY

ABSTRACT Language use in academic discourse has received considerable attention f

TENSE IN ACADEMIC DISCOURSE: A STUDY OF TWO DISCIPLINES

ABSTRACT The study examined the types of tense used in the results and discussion

DIALOGIC POSITIONING IN LITERATURE REVIEWS OF MASTERS’ THESES IN A GHANAIAN UNIVERSITY

ABSTRACT Following insights from disciplinary variation studies on writer’s posit

ECHOES OF EMERSON IN WALT WHITMAN’S “SONG OF MYSELF”

ABSTRACT This study explores fundamental relationships existing in the works of t

DISCOURSE STRATEGIES AND THE EVOCATION OF SOLIDARITY IN CHIMAMANDA NGOZI ADICHIE’S NOVELS

ABSTRACT Solidarity within social groups is a prominent thematic preoccupation in

Rethinking the Wound: A Reading of Trauma in James Matthews' Poems From a Prison Cell and Kofi Awoonor's The House By the Sea

ABSTRACT This research explores the possibility of expressing and confronting tra

ARMAH’S TWO THOUSAND SEASONS, OSIRIS RISING AND KMT: IN THE HOUSE OF LIFE AS A SINGLE PAN-AFRICAN EPIC STORY

ABSTRACT The epic is quite familiar in literary study and criticism. Its Western

CODE-SWITCHING IN CONTEMPORARY NIGERIAN HIP HOP SONGS

ABSTRACT Most Nigerian hip hop artistes use a combination of English and one or m

TEN EARLY WORDS OF INFANTS AGED TWELVE TO EIGHTEEN MONTHS IN TWI

ABSTRACT Background: Children imitate, and model adult speech as noted in Skinner

ANALYSIS OF NARRTIVE DISTANCE IN HENRY JAMES’ THE PORTRAIT OF A LADY

Abstract: This study seeks to study narrative distance in Henry James’ The Portra

A SOCIOLINGUISTIC ANALYSIS OF LAFA: A LOCALLY ACQUIRED FOREIGN (AMERICAN) ENGLISH ACCENT IN GHANA

ABSTRACT It has been observed that some Ghanaians try to speak English with a for

A Pragmatic Analaysis of Negation in Selected U.S and Nigerian Presidential Speeches

Abstract This study analyses and discusses the pragmatical negation in selected U

A Linguistics Analysis of Television Talk Show: A Case Study of Nigeria Television Authority (NTA) Kaduna

ABSTRACT This study seeks to make a linguistic analysis of television talk show,

A Lexico-Semantic Study of the Language of Advertisement in Pidgin English: A Case Study of Radio Nigeria Pride FM, Gusau, Zamfara State

ABSTRACT This work concern on how the meaning of the words/lexis can be utilized

A Critical Evaluation of Two of the Theories of Language Acquisition: (Behaviourism and Mentalism)

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A VISION OF SELF-REDEMPTION: A THEMATIC STUDY OF RESISTANCE TO SLAVERY IN THE WORKS OF TWO CONTEMPORARY GHANAIAN WRITERS

ABSTRACT This study revisits the Trans-Atlantic slavery and analyses themes in sl

A Survey of Varieties of Written English in Nigeria

ABSTRACT The study postulates three varieties of English perfomance in the writin

DURATION AS A DETERMINING FACTOR IN EDUCATED EDO ENGLISH RHYTHM DESCRIPTION

ABSTRACT Duration, the length of time used in speech production, is a significant

NegoFeminism in the Works of Selected Anglophone and Francophone Women Novelists

ABSTRACT The portrayal of women in fictional works is still a contentious ground.

SOCIOLINGUISTIC DIMENSIONS OF SPOUSAL COMMUNICATION IN BUCHI EMECHETA’S SECOND-CLASS CITIZEN AND AKACHI ADIMORAEZEIGBO’S THE LAST OF THE STRONG ONES

ABSTRACT Spousal communication, a feature of language, which unravels certain soc

CRIME AND PUNISHMENT IN SELECTED MODERN AFRICAN NOVELS

ABSTRACT Crime, an act that contravenes societal values, and punishment, the pena

PEER INFLUENCE AND STUDENTS’ BELIEF ABOUT THE VALUES OF PROSE LITERATURE AS PREDICTORS OF STUDENTS’ ACHIEVEMENT IN PROSE LITERATURE-IN-ENGLISH IN IBADAN METROPOLIS

ABSTRACT The importance of prose literature to the students’ academic and moral l

DISLOCATION AND STRATEGIES FOR BELONGING IN SELECTED SHORT STORIES OF NIGERIAN MIGRANT WRITERS

ABSTRACT The dislocation of individuals from homeland and attempts to belong in t

Rhetorical Strategies in Secondary News Presentation by Radio Stations in Oyo State, Nigeria

Abstract Secondary gatekeeping—a practice where a news medium selects and broadca

CONTEXTS AND FUNCTIONS OF PROVERBS IN SELECTED PLAYS OF OLA ROTIMI

ABSTRACT Proverbs describe, classify and judge a given situation with emphasis on

A SOCIOPHONETIC INVESTIGATION OF STANDARD BRITISH ENGLISH CONNECTED SPEECH PROCESSES IN NIGERIAN ENGLISH

ABSTRACT Connected speech processes (CSPs) account for sound modifications and si

INTERACTION STRUCTURE AND PRAGMATIC FEATURES IN THE 2008 NATIONAL QUASI-JUDICIAL PUBLIC HEARING ON THE FEDERAL CAPITAL TERRITORY ADMINISTRATION IN NIGERIA

Abstract Studies on quasi-judicial public hearings have focused on rhetorical, so

SELF AND CULTURE IN NIGERIAN MIGRANT AND TRAVEL ETHNO-AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL POETRY IN ENGLISH

ABSTRACT Ethno-autobiographical poetry is a culturally constituted autobiographic