AN ONLINE SPACE-TIME BUDGET AND PROPENSITY FOR CYBERCRIME BY STUDENTS OF TERTIARY EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS IN JIGAWA STATE, NIGERIA

Title: AN ONLINE SPACE-TIME BUDGET AND PROPENSITY FOR CYBERCRIME BY STUDENTS OF TERTIARY EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS IN JIGAWA STATE, NIGERIA Authors: Dr. Danladi Sa’adu Ibrahim and Mohammed Mamun Usman , Nigeria Abstract: This study investigated the time budget on internet-based social networking and tendency for deviance interaction among students of various tertiary educational institutions in Jigawa state Nigeria … Read more

LIVED EXPERIENCES OF PUBLIC ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TEACHERS IN TEACHING ENGLISH PRONUNCIATION

Title: LIVED EXPERIENCES OF PUBLIC ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TEACHERS IN TEACHING ENGLISH PRONUNCIATION Authors: Jerome A. Puntod ,Philippines Abstract: The teaching of pronunciation is one integral component in English instruction. This phenomenological inquiry, anchored on Blumer’s theory of Symbolic Interactionism, explored the elementary teachers’ lived experiences on the teaching of English pronunciation. Results of the interview and focus … Read more

THE STYLOMETRY OF RETROSPECTIVE MODEL NARRATIVE AND THE TELEGRAPHIC STYLE OF EXPERIENCE IN NAWAL EL SAADAWI’S WALKING THOUGH FIRE: THE LATER YEARS OF NAWAL EL SAADAWI (2002)

Title: THE STYLOMETRY OF RETROSPECTIVE MODEL NARRATIVE AND THE TELEGRAPHIC STYLE OF EXPERIENCE IN NAWAL EL SAADAWI’S WALKING THOUGH FIRE: THE LATER YEARS OF NAWAL EL SAADAWI (2002) Authors: Souleymane Diallo ,Senegal Abstract: Through a multidimensional model’s analysis, inside a multifunctional narrative organization and within a multiform structural analysis, the framework of stylistics in the esoteric knowledge … Read more

CONGOLESE LANGUAGES VIS-À-VIS FOREIGN LANGUAGES: STATUS, FORMS AND FUNCTIONS

Title: CONGOLESE LANGUAGES VIS-À-VIS FOREIGN LANGUAGES: STATUS, FORMS AND FUNCTIONS Authors: KIMBOUALA NKAYA*, Didace MOUHOUELO and Merveille NGOULOU ,Republic of Congo Abstract: The existence of African native languages deteriorates vis-à-vis foreign languages such as English, French, Portuguese and Spanish. The former colonies keep using the later as their official languages. The status of the African native languages … Read more

SUICIDE IN AN AKAN LANGUAGE NOVEL: A FOCUS ON L. D. APRAKU’S AKU SIKA

Title: SUICIDE IN AN AKAN LANGUAGE NOVEL: A FOCUS ON L. D. APRAKU’S AKU SIKA Authors: Mensah Adinkrah, Ph.D., M.A., M.A., B.A. (Honors) , USA Abstract: Suicide in fiction can promote insights into perceptions of, and attitudes about suicide ideation and behavior in a society. This article uses the novel Aku Sika as a case in point. … Read more

PALATALISATION IN THE TIV PHONOLOGY

Title: PALATALISATION IN THE TIV PHONOLOGY Authors: Terfa AOR Ph.D, Margaret Nguemo IOREMBER and Moses TSEVENDA , Nigeria Abstract: Palatalisation is a well-known phonological process and a repairing strategy in the Tiv phonology which has not been adequately explored. Palatalisation in the Tiv phonology examines the phonotactic constraints of palatalisation and explores the functions that palatalisation performs … Read more

EXPLORING THE EFFECT OF LINGUISTIC VARIABLES ON THE RECALL TASK

Title: EXPLORING THE EFFECT OF LINGUISTIC VARIABLES ON THE RECALL TASK Authors: Abhishek.B.P * Abstract: Recall is the process of re-accessing a sensory experience or events which an individual would have confronted in the past. In lay man terms it is referred to as remembering. Recall abilities are influenced by many subject related, stimulus related and linguistic … Read more

GENDER ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND WEALTH CREATION: A FEMINIST STUDY OF MNGUEMBER VICKY SYLVESTER’S LONG SHADOWS

Title: GENDER ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND WEALTH CREATION: A FEMINIST STUDY OF MNGUEMBER VICKY SYLVESTER’S LONG SHADOWS Authors: Iorwuese GOGO and Afodiya JEREMIAH ,Nigeria Abstract: This paper examines Mnguember Vicky Sylvester’s novel, Long Shadows, within a context and analyses the social status and entrepreneurial activities of women characters like Ayima, Awange, Mary and Maria, Mnguemo, Dooshima and Torkwase. This … Read more

ORAL VERSUS WRITTEN DISCOURSE IN L1 AND L2

Title: ORAL VERSUS WRITTEN DISCOURSE IN L1 AND L2 Authors: Shyam Kishore, Vismaya and Abhishek.B.P * Abstract:Language is described as a system of arbitrary symbols used by group of people for the purpose of communication. Discourse is considered as a highest ability of language. It can be elicited on tasks like picture description, narration and conversation like … Read more