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ABSTRACT The research is aim to find out the relevance of reading newspapers among  students. The majority of students agree that reading newspapers enhancing their  reading ability and its develop their grammatical structure, semantic knowledge  and creative ability as well as lexical items.... Continue Reading

ABSTRACT The thrust of this study is a sociolinguistic analysis of the gender on language use. The method of investigation used for this study is questionnaire and audio-recoding. This study has established the fact that the differences between male and female in ways of interacting often leads to wrong notions, meanings and interpretations given... Continue Reading

CHAPTER ONE 1.0      INTRODUCTION 1.1      BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY Over half the world’s population is bilingual and many people are multilingual. They acquire a number of languages because they need them for different purposes in their everyday interactions. The research had it that most of African nations are multilingual. Nigeria is... Continue Reading

CHAPTER ONE 1.0 INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background to the study n the United States, the Centre for Minority Education and Research of the University of California an·ied out one of the most comprehensive longitudinal studies (1981-91) of bilingual education programs to date. The objective of the study was to determine whether teaching Spanish-speaking... Continue Reading

ABSTRACT Language plays an important role in the society and this leads to the study of code mixing in relation to sociolinguistics and how code mixed utterances have been triggered as a result of language gap, stylistic motivations, domains, societal factors, message intrinsic factors, physical settings and situational factors. This work examined... Continue Reading

ABSTRACT Language plays an important role in the society and this leads to the study of code mixing in relation to sociolinguistics and how code mixed utterances have been triggered as a result of language gap, stylistic motivations, domains, societal factors, message intrinsic factors, physical settings and situational factors. This work examined... Continue Reading

ABSTRACT Language plays an important role in the society and this leads to the study of code mixing in relation to sociolinguistics and how code mixed utterances have been triggered as a result of language gap, stylistic motivations, domains, societal factors, message intrinsic factors, physical settings and situational factors. This work examined... Continue Reading

ABSTRACT  Generally speaking, it seems unlikely that English will cease to be used elaborately in Nigeria in a foreseeable future. This research work therefore will find out if students in the University of Ilorin borrow words from English in to Yoruba in their day to day interaction and if they do to identify this borrowings. The sample... Continue Reading

ABSTRACT             Generally speaking, it seems unlikely that English will cease to be used elaborately in Nigeria in a foreseeable future. This research work therefore will find out if... Continue Reading

ABSTRACT For communication to be effective in any human society, the appropriate language must be put in to use in the appropriate context. This work examined the motivation for code-mixing and code-switching among undergraduates. The natural conversations of some... Continue Reading

ABSTRACT    For communication to be effective in any human society, the appropriate language must be put in to use in the appropriate context. This work examined the motivation for code-mixing and code-switching among undergraduates. The natural conversations of some undergraduates of the University of Ilorin were recorded, and analysed and it... Continue Reading

ABSTRACT    For communication to be effective in any human society, the appropriate language must be put in to use in the appropriate context. This work examined the motivation for code-mixing and code-switching among undergraduates. The natural conversations of some undergraduates of the University of Ilorin were recorded, and analysed and it... Continue Reading

ABSTRACT The summary of this finding is on teachers and students perception of factors affecting  students performance  in Geography Examinations .  The study has been able to identify the three hypotheses statement that were tested and rejected using chi-square methods of statistics.  Hence, the three hypotheses were rejected.  ... Continue Reading

ABSTRACT The summary of this finding is on teachers and students perception of factors affecting students performance in Geography Examinations. The study has been able to identify the three hypotheses statement that were tested and... Continue Reading

Abstract The presence and the use of the English language in Nigeria has been seen as a threat to the indigenous languages. The truth lies in the fact that Nigeria has adopted the language of her colonial master and has given it priority over the indigenous languages that were in existence before her existence. This act can lead to loss of... Continue Reading

ABSTRACT This research work is on  Sociolinguistic Investigation of Some Hausa Proverbs.  The Hausa term for proverb is Karin Magana and they are one of the oldest and most important types of myth, which form part and parcel of the Hausa culture. These wise sayings form a very crucial phase of the ways of life of the people who use them. They... Continue Reading

Abstract Nigerian English coinages have been widely investigated in different literatures ranging from studies in Sociolinguistics, Semantics, Pragmatics, and Syntax to Metaphors and Cognitive linguistic studies. This present paper is a re-visitation of the Nigerian English lexicon, taking cue from the lexicographic efforts of Igboanusi (2002). We... Continue Reading

CHAPTER ONE 1.1  Introduction This work is a comparative study of the numeric system of two of the most widely spoken languages not only in Nigeria but Africa and the world as a whole. It is to explain the styles adopted by the speakers of both languages in expressing numeral situations. In the early days of some comparison between languages,... Continue Reading

ABSTRACT This research work is divided into five sections. Section 1- 5 and are referred to as Chapters wheel the last part deal with bibliography. The first chapter is background of the study, statement of the problem, statement of hypothesis, purpose of the study, significance of the study and lastly scope and limitation of the topic. The third... Continue Reading

 Introduction This work is a comparative study of the numeric system of two of the most widely spoken languages not only in Nigeria but Africa and the world as a whole. It is to explain the styles adopted by the speakers of both languages in expressing numeral situations. In the early days of some comparison between languages, some scholars had... Continue Reading

Topic: A Comparative Study of Affixation Processes in Swahili and Hausa Languages,  is a research project compiled by Usamatu Suleiman Maiyama a student from Usmanu Danfodiyo University Sokoto, Nigeria. The research is at aiming to findout the possible distinctions,  relationship and similarities there present in both languages (Swahili and... Continue Reading

Topic: A Comparative Study of Affixation Processes in Swahili and Hausa Languages,  is a research project compiled by Usamatu Suleiman Maiyama a student from Usmanu Danfodiyo University Sokoto, Nigeria. The research is at aiming to findout the possible distinctions,  relationship and similarities there present in both languages (Swahili and... Continue Reading

ABSTRACT This work aims at investigating the relationships that exist between the English and the Hausa languages at the level of their morphological processes; and the implication this relationship will have on the teaching and learning situation. The study adopted a contrastive analysis theory cum contrastive analysis hypothesis which is an area... Continue Reading

ABSTRACT Language is learned, shared, and it is an arbitrary system of vocal symbols through which human beings in the same speech community or     sub-culture interact and hence communicate in terms of their common experience and expectations. Sociolinguistics is the study of any or all aspects of the society, including cultural norms, values,... Continue Reading

ABSTRACT This research carries out a sociolinguistic phenomenon of code switching in Urhobo language. Its aim is to explore and analyze Urhobo language from a sociolinguistic perspective in the context of English as a second language in Nigeria. This will go a long way to offer a sociolinguistic insight to the contributions of Urhobo language,... Continue Reading

ABSTRACT This research carries out a sociolinguistic phenomenon of code switching in Urhobo language. Its aim is to explore and analyze Urhobo language from a sociolinguistic perspective in the context of English as a second language in Nigeria. This will go a long way to offer a sociolinguistic insight to the contributions of Urhobo language,... Continue Reading

ABSTRACT Language is learned, shared, and it is an arbitrary system of vocal symbols through which human beings in the same speech community or sub-culture interact and hence communicate in terms of their common experience and expectations. Sociolinguistics is the study of any or all aspects of the society, including cultural norms, values, and... Continue Reading

ABSTRACT Language is learned, shared, and it is an arbitrary system of vocal symbols through which human beings in the same speech community or     sub-culture interact and hence communicate in terms of their common experience and expectations. Sociolinguistics is the... Continue Reading

CAUSES AND CONSEQUENCES OF EXAMINATION MALPRACTICE AMONG STUDENTS OF COLLEGE OF EDUCATION EKIADOLOR-BENIN ABSTRACT The purpose of this research work is to find out the course and consequences of examination malpractice among students in College of Education, Ekiadolor-Benin, using some selected department in the school. A total of 100 students and... Continue Reading

ABSTRACT This study is focused on the causes of examination malpractice among secondary school students in Enugu Education zone of Enugu State. It had become a general view to accept that the last two decades have witnessed high rate of several incidents of examination misconduct; more especially at post primary education level. According to... Continue Reading