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- ItemAN ARCHAEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF ANKUWA HILLTOP SETTLEMENT, KACHIA LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF KADUNA STATE(2021-12)This dissertation titled ‘An Archaeological Survey of Ankuwa Hilltop Settlement, Kachia Local Government Area of Kaduna State’ is an archaeological study of the early settlement site of Ankuwa, which is said to have been inhabited by a group of Adara people. This study was carried out with an aim of reconstructing the past life-ways of the early inhabitants of the site For the sake of this research, historical archaeology’ theory was employed. Methods of research adopted include oral tradition, archaeological survey, written sources, as well as classification and analysis. The research revealed evidence of past human occupation on the site, alongside the spatial distribution between finds and features on the site. Thus the result of the survey was corroborated with those of the oral tradition and reviewed literatures, which led to a conclusion that the early inhabitants of the site of Ankuwa was a well- organized society who lived a sedentary life, in a natural environment which they adapted to by harnessing the resources it provided them in order to survive.
- ItemAN ARCHAEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF ANKUWA HILLTOP SETTLEMENT, KACHIA LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF KADUNA STATE(2021-12)This dissertation titled ‘An Archaeological Survey of Ankuwa Hilltop Settlement, Kachia Local Government Area of Kaduna State’ is an archaeological study of the early settlement site of Ankuwa, which is said to have been inhabited by a group of Adara people. This study was carried out with an aim of reconstructing the past life-ways of the early inhabitants of the site For the sake of this research, historical archaeology’ theory was employed. Methods of research adopted include oral tradition, archaeological survey, written sources, as well as classification and analysis. The research revealed evidence of past human occupation on the site, alongside the spatial distribution between finds and features on the site. Thus the result of the survey was corroborated with those of the oral tradition and reviewed literatures, which led to a conclusion that the early inhabitants of the site of Ankuwa was a well- organized society who lived a sedentary life, in a natural environment which they adapted to by harnessing the resources it provided them in order to survive.
- ItemPA NARRATOLOGICAL STUDY OF EDWIDGE DANTICAT’STHE FARMING OF BONES, THE DEW BREAKERAND BREATH, EYES, MEMORY(2021-04)The research explores some of the basic narratological poetics in Edwidge Danticat‘s narrative texts within the context of Caribbean women narratives in order to, illustrate the extent to which narratology provides deeper understanding of how textual structures of narratives consistently enhance their meaning, demonstrate how the poetics of narratology are viable tools for the examination of how the textual elements of Edwidge Danticat‘s narratives, and show the extent to which, and to what ends the classical narratological poetics of ―narration‖, ―focalization‖, and ―time‖are deployed in the selected texts represent the contextual realities of the Caribbean people. As a result, this dissertation, using Narratology (a text based theory), examines the poetics of narration, focalization and time in Edwidge Danticat‘s The Farming of Bones, The Dew Breaker and Breath, Eyes, Memory. Relying on Gerard Genettean narratological poetics as the framework upon which the analysis is based, the research aimsto validate the extent to which, and to what ends the poetics of narration, focalization and time have been deployed in the selected texts. The dissertation, therefore, adopts the qualitative research methodology which mainly relies on the said primary texts, relevant books, journals, articles, library materials and internet sources as modes of data collection and analysis. The study finds that the application of narration, focalization, and time in The Farming of Bones, The Dew Breaker and Breath, Eyes, Memoryare all intended to capture the realities contained in the narratives. Thus, this dissertation concludes that the effective representation of Haitian/Caribbean contextual realities in The Farming of Bones, The Dew Breaker and Breath, Eyes, Memory are also linked to the effective deployment of the textual poetics of narration, focalization and time in the novel.
- ItemL’ENSEIGNEMENT DES COLLOCATIONS FRANCAISES AUX APPRENANTS DE LANGUE MATERNELLE YORUBA DANS LES UNIVERSITES NIGERIANES(2021-04)This research, which has a pedagogical bias, is based on the teaching of French collocations to Yoruba learners of French in Nigerian Universities. It focused on the teaching of lexical combinations in order to help students master the meaning conveyed by groups of lexis whose components give a specific meaning in a fixed context. The main objective of this research is to promote the teaching and learning of French collocations among Yoruba students of French language, through their previous knowledge of the phenomenon in their mother tongue. The research also aimed at helping the learners overcome the difficulties emanating from French collocations, as well as sharpening their knowledge in the use of this particular subject in their written and oral productions of French. The definition of collocation from different authors‟ views provided an indication of the linguistic impact and the functionality of collocations in a given context. Qualitative and quantitative approaches were adopted in analysing data through personal interview with 40 French Lecturers and through tests administered to 40 students in the four selected Universities. The data collected were also analysed using percentages to accomplish the research objectives The first part of this research was based on collecting data from lecturers through interview.. About 32% of the lecturers interviewed claimed that they taught French collocations while 68% did not. The low rate obtained on the teaching of French collocations was explained by the respondents‟ preference to teaching other subjects. Also, 56% of the lecturers affirmed the importance of integrating collocations in classrooms activities while 44% of them argued that it does not have any effect in enriching the vocabulary of the students. Lastly, 64% of the lecturers affirmed that the limited knowledge of students in this subject could have a negative effect on their general performance. The second part of this research focused on the various tests administered to the students to assess their ability in using collocations. The findings revealed that majority of the problems recorded were from prepositional and verbal collocations, as well as from the test on composition. About 43% of satisfactory responses were recorded for verbal collocations against 57% of unsatisfactory responses; also 38% of satisfactory responses on prepositional collocations were gathered against 62% of unsatisfactory responses. The tests on translation were better answered by the students as 60% satisfactory translated test from English to French while 53% of good answers were recorded from translating from Yoruba to French. These findings conclude that teaching of collocation in Nigerian University is very important in enriching students‟ communication skills in French languages. The study recommends that teaching and learning of French collocations based on contrastive approach should be considered for effective use of collocations. Lecturers should focus their attention more on prepositional and verbal collocations.
- ItemA SOCIOLINGUISTIC STUDY OF AKỤ DIALECT IN AKỤ COMMUNITY OF ENUGU STATE(2020-07)This study is a sociolinguistic investigation of Akụ dialect in Akụ community of Enugu State. Since language can be used to make or mar people, the attempt here is to examine the use of Akụ dialect by men and women ofAkụ community in referenceto one another. In doing so, three specific objectives were stated. They seek information on the form of expressions use by men and women to refer to one another, factors responsible for the use of such expressions by males and females in Akụ community and the effect of the use of such expressions on males and females in Akụ community. In this study, a sample survey design was used. A set of questionnaire and interview technique were employed to collect data. The data collected with the questionnaire was presented and analysed using tables. The interview served as complementary data in the discussion. In the analysis of the data, age, sex and occupation were the demographic variables analysed with frequencies and percentages. Also, the items raised in the study to answer the three research questions were analysed with frequencies and percentages. The findings of the study showed that, there are oppressive and conflict generating words, phrases, statements and proverbs used by men and women to address one another. The factors responsible for the choice of the use of such expressions in Akụ community are: culture, fear for gender equality, fear for male dominance, fear for women dominance, waywardness of men and women, exercise of political power and exercise of academic achievement. The effects of the use of such expressions on males and females in Akụ community are: divorce, domestic violence, poor child upbringing, fight, interfamily and inter village clashes, hatred, mistrust, murder for vengeance,delay and denial of marriage, prostitution, etc