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Autor:
Samuel Oyeyemi Agbeleoba, Damilola Fafiyebi, Omolade Bamigboye, Olaitan Feyisara, Toyin Bamisaye
Publikováno v:
Global Journal of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences. 11:32-40
Text and context, mind, and domination are key concepts whenever we consider language and politics. This study examines the ways in which political and ideological undertones were conveyed in political speeches, as well as how texts reproduce and mai
Publikováno v:
British Journal of English Language Linguistics. 11:27-36
The paper investigates the semantic evolution that has characterised the word ‘change’ in the Yorùbá-English speech community. It undertakes this descriptive effort through pragmatic and sociolinguistic perspectives that give credence to the
Publikováno v:
European Journal of English Language and Literature Studies. 10:1-12
The paper examines Stephen’s defense to the 'false charges' brought against him in the Bible vis-a-vis his death through stoning. Although few scholars have written some things on Stephen and his defense speech, none has linked his death to the con
Publikováno v:
European Journal of Literature, Language and Linguistics Studies. 6
The paper investigates how Wole Soyinka builds his satire on the foundations of extreme humour, pun and self-deprecation in Alápatà Àpáta. Using the theory of incongruity, purposively selected excerpts from the play are subjected to analysis whic
Autor:
Omolade Bamigboye
Publikováno v:
Journal of Language and Literature. 20:113-121
This paper investigates how Boko-Haram uses language to create terror in the minds of Nigerians. Boko-Haram, an Islamic terrorist organisation based in Nigeria and some other West African countries, periodically releases videos in which threats are m
Publikováno v:
Journal of Language and Literature. 19:98-107
The paper investigates the role of textual foregrounding in the understanding of cartoons in The Guardian, a Nigerian daily newspaper. To achieve this aim, Ballys stylistics of humor is used as theoretical basis. Ballys theory claims that there is a
Autor:
Omolade Bamigboye
Publikováno v:
JOURNAL OF ADVANCES IN LINGUISTICS. 4:370-375
The paper adopts a pragmatic approach to the understanding of a question posed by the late Fela Anilulapo-Kuti in one of his evergreen musical compositions. The underlying meaning of a borrowed word in the expression is systematically investigated wi
Autor:
Omolade Bamigboye
Publikováno v:
Theory and Practice in Language Studies. 9:1081
This paper critically examines the stylistic traditions and innovations inherent in the poetics of Niyi Osundare, one of Africa’s most renowned literary-linguistic artists. Using the Text World Theory (TWT) as conceptual framework, it penetrates in