ijlllc.org Title: MASCULINITY CONUNDRUM AND HICCUPS IN MARJORIE OLUDHE’S COMING TO BIRTH Authors: Violet Nasambu Barasa , Kenya Abstract: This paper interrogates the contradictions in the presentation of masculine identities in African literature and Kenyan literature in particular. This is done through a critical reading of Marjorie Oludhe’s Coming to birth. In the main, the paper examines the … Read more
Title: A PARAMETRIC VARIATION OF ENGLISH AND EKPARI INFLECTION SYSTEM Authors: Opeyemi Emmanuel OLAWE Abstract: Inflectional morphemes perform grammatical functions. It is often added to a root word to show a particular grammatical function. The inflection system varies from one language to another. Second Language Learners of English tend to encounter problems due to this variation. Guided … Read more
Title: COVID-19: IMPACTS AND CHALLENGES FOR ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT IN MALI AND AFRICA Authors: Dr Cheick Oumar Kangama Abstract: Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID619° is an infectious disease that refers to « CoronavirusDiseases ». The disease caused by a virus of the family Coronaviridae.This infectious disease is a zoonosis, the origin of which is still debated, emerged … Read more
Title: US HOMELAND SECURITY AND DEMOCRACY IN THE FACE OF VIOLENCE Authors: Didier Arcade Ange LOUMBOUZI and Prefere Gildas OLENGA ,Congo 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 (N=600), living in different accommodation system. The study purports … Read more
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
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
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
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
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
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
