Vol. 20 No. 2 (2017): Journal of the Linguistic Association of Nigeria

Articles

• Error Analysis of Yorùbá-English Subtitles in Nollywood Movies: The Case of Two Grammar Components

  Balogun Temitope Abiodun, Akinmurele Akinyemi Temitope

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• Cohesive Devices in Yoruba Texts: A Study of Ó Le Kú

  Oluwatoyin Titilayo Olakolu, Saka Idayat Oyenike, Asiwaju Jumoke, Oye Taiwo

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• Morphosyntactic Analysis of Fulfulde Voice and Tense in Adamawa Dialect: A Case Study of Yola South

  Abdulmalik Aminu

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• Use of Artifacts in Communication in Tiv

  Alagh Emmanuel Iorhemba

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• Politeness On Facebook: A Pragmatic Study of the Comments on President Buhari’s 2016 Independence Day Speech

  Ayantayo Joshua Sunday, Akintola Adekunbi Eniola

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• La Dévalorisation De La Langue Africaine: L’effet Du Métissage Et Le Mariage Mixte À Travers Loin De Mon Père De Véronique Tadjo

  Daniel Nyitse, Joshua Yango

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• Intertexuality in President Obasanjo’s “Before It Is Too Late”

  Hassan Suleiman, Anumudu Kenneth Uzoma

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• Cultural Conceptualisations of Animal Names: A Semantics Perspective

  Ijeoma Paulette Ezuruike

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• The Numerical Systems in Hausa Sign Language

  Ibrahim Garba Gwammaja

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• Roots in Lexicalism and Non Lexicalism: Examples from Hausa

  Isah Abdullahi Muhammad, Musa Shehu

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• The syntax of Agreement in Tiv Counting System

  Jighjigh Leo Justus Ishima

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• Sound Symbolism in Igbo: A Magnus Approach

  Kalu Mba Idika, Chika Obiageli Ezeudo

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• A Morpho-semantic Study of Adjectives in Fulfulde

  Halima Abdullahi

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• Error Analysis of Yorùbá-English Subtitles in Nollywood Movies: The Case of Two Grammar Components

  Balogun Temitope Abiodun, Akinmurele Akinyemi Temitope

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• ‘All things are possible, if only you believe’: Ideology and Discourse Dimensions in Nigerian Neo-Pentecostal Sermons

  Ngozi U. Emeka-Nwobia

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• Lexical Comparison and Intelligibility between the Tiv and The Ugare Languages

  Orkaan Nelson Alyebo,

• An Ethnographic Analysis of Proverbs in Christian Films: ‘The Missing Link’ as a Case Study

  Oluwadọr ọ Jacob Oludare

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• Sociocultural Perspectives on Orthographic Practices: Implications for Standardisation in Naijá1

  Christine Iyetunde Ofulue

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• Language, Literature and Education for Sustainable Development

  Sanni Isah, Rhema Friday Ekpah Oguche

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• Morphophonemic Realization in Indigenous Languages: The Plural Formation in Tiv Language

  Rosaline Mnguhenen Sokpo, Terwase Sarah Shittu

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• Syllabic Analysis of Selected Bole Ideophones

  Suleiman Musa

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• Language Use and Communication as Determinants for Effective Governance: A Case of Academic Staff Union of Universities and Benue State University Management, Makurdi

  Terseer Jija, Philip Sunday Bagu

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• Elements of film language: The Cinematographer’s tools for visual communication

  Teddy Thaddeus Hanmakyugh

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• The Use of Hausa by the Kano State House of Assembly and Kano Emirate Council: A Revitalization Strategy for Language Sustainable Development

  Sabi’u Alhaji Garba

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• Tense Particles in Ibibio Question-answer Pairs

  Willie U. Willie, Kufre A. Benson

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• The Grammatical Functions of the Particle [Xin] in Hausa

  Yusuf Salisu Sani

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• The Communicative Metaphor in Idoma Idiomatic Expression and English as Panacea for Development Initiatives

  Ocholi Joseph Abraham, Elijah Adakole Friday

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• An Exploration of Exclusion Discourse in Selected Nigerian Dailies: A Discourse Analytical Approach

  Adesanmi T.O.

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• A Functional Approach to Transitivity Patterns in Gimba’s “The Herdman’s Gift” and Sekula’s “Mending the Tear”

  Adewole A. Alagbe, Abashi Attah Michael

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• Eggon Language Counting System and Derivational Processes

  Garba Patience Ashesla

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