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Author(s):
Editor in Chief.
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Cover Pages – International Journal of Literature, Language and Linguistics (Volume 8, Issue 2)
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Cover Pages - International Journal of Literature, Language and Linguistics (Volume 8, Issue 2)
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Author(s):
Ajala Adeola Toyosi (Ph.D.), Adeyanju Adewumi Raphael, Adebagbo Adebanjo.
Page No : 1-20
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Tradition and Culture: A Reflection of African Society in Femi Adebayo’s Film; Seven Doors.
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African traditions and cultural heritage are deeply embedded in the values, beliefs, and practices passed down through generations. Despite the pressures of modernization and globalization, preserving these traditions remains crucial to maintaining African identity. This study examines Seven Doors, a Nigerian limited series directed by Femi Adebayo, as a depiction of cultural artifact that reflects and preserves African heritage. The film, set in the late 1960s and early 1970s, explores themes of monarchy, tradition, morality, and the tension between cultural continuity and modernity. Using the Afrocentric Theory as a framework, the study analyses the film’s narrative structure, symbolic elements, and visual representations to highlight its role in cultural preservation. The research employs a qualitative analysis to highlight the cultural practices and its function in preserving and advancing African heritage. The findings reveal that Seven Doors serves as a medium for promoting African values such as kingship, ancestral reverence, communal responsibility, and indigenous knowledge systems. The film’s depiction of language, rituals, music, and spirituality reinforces the significance of oral traditions and storytelling in African societies. Additionally, the study underscores the challenges posed by cultural erosion and external influences, emphasizing the necessity for continued cultural introspection through creative media. By examining Seven Doors as a cinematic representation of African identity, this research contributes to the discourse on the role of film in safeguarding heritage and fostering cultural pride.
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Author(s):
Ajala Adeola Toyosi (Ph.D.), Alayinde Jemilat Adewunmi.
Page No : 21-40
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Language, Identity, and Religious Bigotry: A Critical Discourse Analysis of Cyberbullying in Nigeria.
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Nigeria’s linguistic and religious diversity has made it a fertile ground for identity-driven discourse, often manifesting in online interactions. This study examines the intersection of language, identity, and religious bigotry in Nigeria’s digital space, using Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA) and Social Identity Theory (SIT) to explore how online discourse shapes and reinforces social divisions. The study critically analyses selected online posts, comments, and video clips to identify patterns of religious intolerance, cyberbullying, and hate speech. Findings reveal that language is not only a medium of communication, but also, a tool for constructing and maintaining social identities. Online platforms amplify religious bigotry by enabling individuals express prejudices, propagate stereotypes, and engage in cyberbullying. Various forms of cyberbullying such as trolling, hate speech, fraping, denigration, exclusion, discrimination, impersonation, to mention a few serves, to deepen religious and ethnic divides. The study highlights the role of social media in both exacerbating and mitigating religious tensions, suggesting that strategic interventions, including digital literacy programs and stricter cyber laws, are necessary for promoting tolerance and interfaith dialogue. By examining the linguistic strategies used in online religious discourse, this research contributes to a broader understanding of how digital interactions influence societal cohesion. The findings advocate for a more responsible use of language in online spaces to promote peace, tolerance, and mutual respect in Nigeria’s pluralistic society.
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Author(s):
Àránsí Ayọ̀ọlá Ọládùnńkẹ́.
Page No : 41-49
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Yorùbá Political Songs: A Communication Tool For Critique and Protest.
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People in contemporary politics are generally demonstrated as self-centered villians whose interests in politics are mainly focused on their personal aggrandizement and not for the masses who are working tirelessly to survive. Among the people are the politicians who depend on the feast of the masses’ daily sweat and who fail to provide for the people and their enviroments’ basic needs. The aim of this paper is to identify and establish that Yorùbá political songs, which is an aspect of Yorùbá literature usually constructed to reflect either positive or negative attitude of their leaders towards the masses and to also counter and disqualify their lacadeisical attitudes of running the government of the people, is seriously affecting the development of their communities and Nigeria as a whole. This paper presents a structural analysis of some selected Yorùbá political songs using linguistic, thematic, and discourse analysis techniques. It also examines politicians’ use of language, how they form their words to reflect the uncare attitude of their leaders. Fifteen political songs were collected from various political followers. Ten of those songs which were imbued with abuse, curse, hatred, riddicle, financial fraud and political shift jubilation were randomly selected. The paper concludes that, in as much as songs promote the well-being of the society and enhance people’s lives, they can also be used to caution bad habits that may have serious negative effects on the society.
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Author(s):
Samuel Fubara Joshua, Iniah Barikpe.
Page No : 50-70
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Ideophones in Tee.
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This work presents a morpho-syntactic and semantic analysis of ideophones in Tee. The work used the descriptive research design to describe aspects of the morphological and syntactic structures of ideophones in the language. Data for the work were gathered from the 5 Tee language consultants (native speakers), during oral interviews on the use of fixed expressions in the language. Reference was also made to library materials where necessary. Findings from this research reveal that ideophones in Tee perform grammatical roles through affixation. Prefixes and suffixes were the types of affixes with ideophonic functions in the language. Syntactically. Ideophones in Tee can be found in inchoative sentences, simple phrases and clauses and can also be used as adverbials, adjectivals and interjections. Semantically, ideophones can be active or stative. On the whole, ideophones perform grammatical, stylistic and semantic roles in Tee.
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Author(s):
Evans Ombeng’i Nyachoi, Nancy Ayodi (Ph.D.), Alexander Meitamei (Ph.D.).
Page No : 71-87
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A Comparative Contextual Analysis of the Role of Societal Institutions in Molding Heroism in the Kiswahili Epic Mikidadi and Mayasa and Fumo Liyongo.
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This was a comparative contextual analysis of the role of societal institutions in molding heroism in the Kiswahili Epics of Mikidadi and Mayasa and Fumo Liyongo. The objective of the research was: to comparatively assess the influence of institutions in molding heroism in the Kiswahili Epics of Mikidadi and Mayasa and Fumo Liyongo. The choice of the research topic was informed by the existing academic gap. Even though many researches have been done on heroism, the researcher is yet to encounter a work on the investigation of societal institutions that mold heroism in the Epics of Mikidadi and Mayasa and Fumo Liyongo. This research was guided by the Reader’s Response Theory. The Reader’s Response Theory suggests that, readers bring their unique backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives to the act of reading, shaping their understanding and response to a text. It therefore underscores the significance of reader-centered approaches in literary analysis and the dynamic nature of interpretation. This research was library based. Different libraries including e-library were used. The target population was Kiswahili epics, and the research purposefully sampled the Epic Mikidadi and Mayasa (Bashir 1972) and Fumo Liyongo (1913). Data was collected by use of content analysis by reading the selected Kiswahili epics in depth. Specific data connected with the objective was documented as guided by the theory and then cross checked to confirm how the institutions assisted in depicting a hero. Data was then analyzed descriptively, and results presented in a written document. The research, assessed the influence of themes like culture, economy, death and Betrayal in hero depictions in the selected epics. The result of the research is expected to be an important source of reference to scholars of this topic of heroism in Kiswahili epics. This research is a bridge to future research and it is an important addition to researches already done on heroism in Kiswahili epics.
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Author(s):
Kayode Sangotoro (Ph.D.), Akeem Olatunji Olajide, Marouffe Adeniyi Adegoke.
Page No : 88-99
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Assessing the Level of Endangerment and Revitalisation of the Gure Language of Kaduna State, Nigeria.
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The study aims at assessing the level of endangerment and revitalisation of the Gure language spoken in Lere Local Government Area of Saminaka District of Kaduna State, Nigeria. A descriptive survey research design was adopted, with a structured questionnaire administered to three hundred and eighty-one (381) native speakers of the Gure, selected through simple purposive random sampling technique. The findings of the study indicate that, the Gure language is actually endangered and in the verge of extinction. This is evident in the size of Gure language native speakers and its restricted domains of use. The study recommends the standardisation of the language so that adequate provision for its use in pre-primary and primary school would go a long way in revamping and revitalising the Gure language from total extinction and death.
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Author(s):
Fashion Giobari Zabbey, Paul Burabari Fubara.
Page No : 100-108
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Pidginization and English Language Proficiency: A Study of Nigerian Undergraduates in Rivers State.
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This paper examined pidginization and English language proficiency: a study of Nigerian undergraduates in Rivers State. The population of the study consisted of four hundred and eighty seven (487) undergraduates from Ignatius Ajuru of Education, Port Harcourt. The sample size was forty-nine (49). The data for analysis was elicited through recording of undergraduates conversations in Nigerian pidgin (NP). The recorded conversation was later transcribed and translated into Standard English. Our aim was to investigate if the frequent use of Nigerian pidgin by undergraduates can have any negative implications on their English proficiency. From this research, we discovered that Nigerian Pidgin has greatly affected the English proficiency of many undergraduates. Our findings revealed that most undergraduates begin a sentence with ‘me’ instead of ‘I’ which is a lift from Nigerian pidgin. Again, the expressions of most undergraduates lack the s – marker in the simple present tense and in the case of plurality. It was also observed that most undergraduates replace stress and intonation with tone since Nigerian pidgin is a tonal language. It was therefore recommended that lecturers who teach English to first – year students should discourage them from using Nigerian Pidgin frequently; Nigerian pidgin should be restricted to domains where it will not affect undergraduate’s English proficiency.
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Author(s):
Yepdia Leundjeu Walter.
Page No : 109-129
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Power Dynamics in the Context of Politics Identity in Bole Butake’s Dance of the Vampires: Dominance, Manipulation and Resistance.
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Daily conversations are charged with nuances of symbolic power, evenly or asymmetrically distributed, shaping social relationships between groups or individuals. This sociolinguistic inquiry examines top-down and bottom-up power dynamics, manipulation and resistance in Bole Butake’s Dance of the Vampires, a political play portraying a monarch who sacrifices his people for the quest of absolute power. The study is a trimodal investigation which extends beyond the usual monolithic treatment of language-power relationships by including manipulation and resistance in power dynamics analysis. Power dynamics, manipulation and resistance variations in the examined play were analysed through the lens of Foucault’s social theory of power and Van Dijk’s socio-cognitive framework. The content analysis method was used to analyse selected power variables. The findings reveal that power exercise among characters in the scrutinized play is multifold. Power dynamics variations in top-down relationships express power asymmetry manifested through critiques, honorifics, commands, royal proclamation, destitution decree, signature and seal, questioning, warning, threat and conditioning. Resistance to power hierarchy in bottom-up relationships is exercised through disapproval of orders, arrest and destitution of the ruler. Manipulation is orchestrated by the monarch to control the thoughts of his subordinates, using devices such as corruption and gaslighting. It emerges from the writer’s political ideology that social contract, collectivism and egalitarianism should guide political rulers in governance. The study concludes that the language of power in creative writing reflects hierarchical and top-down models’ power in intergroup communication and institutional structures.
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Author(s):
Nyachoi Evans Ombengi (Ph.D.), Lore Catherine Okemba.
Page No : 130-152
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A Comparative Analysis of African Epic Hero Trait Depictions in the Epics of Fumo Liyongo, Mikidadi Na Mayasa and Swifa Ya Nguvumali.
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This research was a comparative study on the depiction of heroism in selected Kiswahili epics of Fumo Liyongo, Mikidadi na Mayasa and Swifa ya Nguvumali. The objective of the research was to comparatively identify heroes and heroines according to universal traits of African heroes in the selected Kiswahili epics. The choice of the research topic was informed by the existing academic gap. Even though many researches have been done on heroism, the researcher is yet to encounter a research work on the comparative analysis in depicting heroism in selected Kiswahili epics of epic of Fumo Liyongo, the epic of Mikidadi na Mayasa and the epic of Swifa ya Nguvumali. This research was guided by mythology theory by Rank (1909) and Raglan (1936), and later expounded by Okpewho (1979) and Mulokozi (2002). This theory has identified and listed specific traits that an African epic hero or heroine should be depicted with. This research was library based. Different libraries including e-library were used. The research target population was Kiswahili epics, and it purposefully sampled three Kiswahili epics. The selected epics were; epic of Fumo Liyongo, (Kijumwa, 1913) epic of Mikidadi na Mayasa (Bashir 1972), and epic of Swifa ya Nguvumali, (Ismaili 1968). Data was collected by use of content analysis. The selected Kiswahili epics were read in depth. Specific data connected with the objectives was documented as guided by the three theories and then cross checked in a comparative way. Data was then analyzed descriptively, and results presented in a written document. The research identified heroes and heroines as guided by universal traits of an African epic hero in the selected Kiswahili epics. The research concluded that not all heroes and heroines have all the universal African hero traits in the selected Kiswahili epics. The results of the research are expected to be an important source of reference to scholars on the topic of heroism in Kiswahili epics. This research is a bridge to future research and an important addition to researches already done on heroism in Kiswahili epics.
