Explore Project Topics on: Linguistic Analysis of GSM Advertisement on selected Nigeria Newspaper

ABSTRACT In to day’s word of mass media advertisement are ever-present  and influence people to high extent. It can be said that advertising,  as a phenomenon has rapidly developed for the past few decades,  thus becoming a futile ground for good communication, and the starting  point for making sense of what is bees communicated, is  that... Continue Reading

ABSTRACT This research effort sets out to examine the stylistic features employed by Niyi Osundare in the poems, “the Language of Pain”, “Death Came Calling”, “with the Nib of a Borrowed Pen”, “The weeping Book”, and “The Lake came to my House”, culled from the anthology titled “A City Without People”. It also aims at... Continue Reading

ABSTRACT The role of the media in the reportage of any activity or event can never be over emphasised giving their relevance to the society as a whole. Whether social, political or religious activity, the picture painted by the media is always what the entire society and populace most times uphold. In the light of the above assertion, it is the... Continue Reading

ABSTRACT The role of the media in the reportage of any activity or event can never be over emphasised giving their relevance to the society as a whole. Whether social, political or religious activity, the picture painted by the media is always what the entire society and populace most times uphold. In the light of the above assertion, it is the... Continue Reading

ABSTRACT The role of the media in the reportage of any activity or event can never be over emphasised giving their relevance to the society as a whole. Whether social, political or religious activity, the picture painted by the media is always what the entire society and populace most times uphold.  In the light of the above assertion, it is the... Continue Reading

ABSTRACT The role of the media in the reportage of any activity or event can never be over emphasised giving their relevance to the society as a whole. Whether social, political or religious activity, the picture painted by the media is always what the entire society and populace most times uphold. In the light of the above assertion, it is the... Continue Reading

ABSTRACT This research effort sets out to examine the stylistic features employed by Niyi Osundare in the poems, “the Language of Pain”, “Death Came Calling”, “with the Nib of a Borrowed Pen”, “The weeping Book”, and “The Lake came to my House”, culled from the anthology titled “A City Without People”. It also aims at... Continue Reading

(A CASE STUDY OF THE VANGUARD NEWSPAPER) CHAPTER ONE Background to the Study Advertising is a form of communication used to encourage or persuade on audience (viewer, reader or listeners) to continue to take some new action. Most commonly, the desired result is to influence consumers’ behavior... Continue Reading

Content The adverts will be satisfied with the publications, and that the readers’ attention will be captured at the sight of such adverts. Scope of the Study This study is basically limited in space to the Vanguard Newspaper of Nigeria, and also to the world of publication and journalism. Definition of Terms 1.                ... Continue Reading

A PRAGMATIC ANALYSIS OF SELECTED CARTOONS IN VANGUARD NEWSPAPER. CHAPTER ONE 1.0              GENERAL INTRODUCTION Pragmatics is a shift from strict grammatical rules to a situational language use.It is a linguistic theory that studies meaning from the perspectives of language users, communication code and socio-cultural conventions.... Continue Reading

ABSTRACT Artists, especially, cartoonists have made vigorous effort to portray the society by familiarizing people with the on-going events in such society. This work aimed at investigating how pragmatic elements could be deployed to properly interpret the ways in which cartoons and their utterances depict and satirize socio-political realities in... Continue Reading

ABSTRACT Artists, especially, cartoonists have made vigorous effort to portray the society by familiarizing people with the on-going events in such society. This work aimed at investigating how pragmatic elements could be deployed to properly interpret the ways in which cartoons and their utterances depict and satirize socio-political realities in... Continue Reading

  ABSTRACT This research work focuses on the topic   A Linguistic Analysis of the Use of Metaphor in Nigerian Political discourse . Language is a means of communication but the use of metaphor by politicians most often brings misconceptualization of the use of metaphors in which the information conveyed to the public is not exactly what is meant... Continue Reading

  ABSTRACT This research work focuses on the topic   A Linguistic Analysis of the Use of Metaphor in Nigerian Political discourse . Language is a means of communication but the use of metaphor by politicians most often brings misconceptualization of the use of metaphors in which the information conveyed to the public is not exactly what is meant... Continue Reading

A  PRAGMATIC ANALYSIS OF POLITICAL INTERVIEWS IN A SELECTED DAILY NEWSPAPER. (THE PUNCH) CHAPTER ONE GENERAL INTRODUCTION  Language is an instrument of thought or concept which gives clear and vivid meaning of human expression for the purpose of human interaction.  In any speech community, if there must be interaction, language must be in... Continue Reading

ABSTRACT Language is an integral part of our socio-cultural heritage that serves as the primary medium of communication for mankind. Pragmatics evolved to drill out meanings and to give interpretations to utterances beyond what is literarily said. This research work was carried out in order to give light to political interviews and to bring out... Continue Reading

ABSTRACT       Language is an integral part of our socio-cultural heritage that serves as the primary medium of communication for mankind.  Pragmatics evolved to drill out meanings and to give interpretations to utterances beyond what is literarily said.  This research work was carried out in order to give light to political interviews and to... Continue Reading

CHAPTER ONE 1.1       INTRODUCTION Language is the only endowment from God to humans, which makes us totally different from other creatures. Though, these other creatures have a language, yet they do not communicate intentionally, habitually and... Continue Reading

CHAPTER ONE 1.0     INTRODUCTION Editorial  freedom  or  independence  is  the  concept  that editors-in-chief should have full authority over the editorial content  of  their  journal.  Like individual and  national freedom or... Continue Reading

INTRODUCTION This chapter presents the general overview of this research work as well as its significance and statement of problems,and also possible solution to those problems as this study is aimed to achieve. ... Continue Reading

ABSTRACT The aim of this research was to do an in-depth study of the variations in language as used by the various novelists in the novels selected for this study. The objectives of the study were to investigate the divergent ways in which these writers have creatively used English to perform the functional role of communication in a non-native... Continue Reading

ABSTRACT The Black Boy by Richard Wright is an African American novel. It is often written by an African American Writer .This story entails the sufferings that a black American boy encountered from the White. It is often a pathetic story with pathetic treatments. These treatments are often conveyed in form of expressions. And they are examined in... Continue Reading

ABSTRACT The Black Boy by Richard Wright is an African American novel. It is often written by an African American Writer .This story entails the sufferings that a black American boy encountered from the White. It is often a pathetic story with pathetic treatments. These treatments are often conveyed in form of expressions. And they are examined in... Continue Reading

ABSTRACT More often than not, sexuality and appurtenant topics are publicly downplayed or avoided in the Nigerian society. The present study was hinged on the assumption that alternative sexualities, specifically homosexuality, are portrayed through the postmodernist prism of the ‘ Other’ . This study examined how language is used to express... Continue Reading

ABSTRACT More often than not, sexuality and appurtenant topics are publicly downplayed or avoided in the Nigerian society. The present study was hinged on the assumption that alternative sexualities, specifically homosexuality, are portrayed through the postmodernist prism of the ‘ Other’ . This study examined how language is used to express... Continue Reading

ABSTRACT Most of the theories on the origins of language have all shown that language arose of man's desire to adapt to his environment. For instance, the cooperation and contact theories show that language (speech) came into being out of the human instinct for survival and contact. One of the... Continue Reading

                                    A LINGUISTIC STYLISTIC ANALYSIS OF THE CAMPAIGN   SPEECHES OF TWO PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES IN THE 2011                                                                                 ELECTIONS CHAPTER ONE... Continue Reading

ABSTRACT  This project examines the linguistic persuasive strategies of president Obama’s speech as well  as  the  secluded  philosophy  enshrined  in  his  Cairo  address  to  Muslim  world.  It represents  the  American  vision  of  Muslims  by  re-introducing  herself  to  the  world [Muslims] at large. In this Cairo... Continue Reading

ABSTRACT  This project examines the linguistic persuasive strategies of president Obama’s speech as well  as  the  secluded  philosophy  enshrined  in  his  Cairo  address  to  Muslim  world.  It represents  the  American  vision  of  Muslims  by  re-introducing  herself  to  the  world [Muslims] at large. In this Cairo... Continue Reading

ABSTRACT  The press sensationalizes crime stories, over reports violent crime stories like homicide, assault, etc. in comparison to non-violent stories and that violent stories are usably reported disproportionately compared to their incidence in official crime statistics or victims surveys, and that sensational reporting of crime contribute to... Continue Reading