A Lexico-Semantic Analysis of Eyoh Etim’s Don’t Marry Angelica

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doi:10.52589/IJLLL-HZ3Y7432

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A Lexico-Semantic Analysis of Eyoh Etim’s Don’t Marry Angelica

International Journal of Literature, Language and Linguistics

Vol. 6Issue 12023pp. 32–45Published 3 February 2023

DOI 10.52589/IJLLL-HZ3Y7432

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Abstract:

This work attempts a lexico-semantic analysis of ‘Don’t Marry Angelica’ in order to reveal the author’s creative deployment of language to foreground his pre-determined intentions in the text. The study, which adopts Halliday’s Context of Situation as a theoretical framework, shows how the author uses his vast knowledge of linguistic techniques and fecundity of his mental construct to expose the ills of the African society through the use of figures of speech, connotations, direct translations and creative coinages among others in the text to develop the themes of poverty, under-development and his criticism against stigmatization of adoption, abortion and other social practices against women and children in the society, among others.

Keywords:Lexico-Semantic Foregrounding Context of Situation and Stigmatization.

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