A CRITICAL DISCOURSE ANALYSIS OF MILITARY PARADE LANGUAGE AT THE NIGERIAN MILITARY SCHOOL, ZARIA
A CRITICAL DISCOURSE ANALYSIS OF MILITARY PARADE LANGUAGE AT THE NIGERIAN MILITARY SCHOOL, ZARIA
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2019-07
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NDAMBABO, Yahaya
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Abstract
The Language of the Military in Parade is usually forceful no doubt. However, this study
investigates the aspect of ideology vis-à-vis dominance in the language. The study uses the
framework of Critical Discourse Analysis henceforth CDA.The researcher is of the opinion that
the language of the military in parade is laced with ideological prejudices of the Military
institution and asymmetric power relation of the institution. The data collected for the study
have been extracted from a purposive video record of 2016 passing out Parade of the Nigerian
Military School; Zaria which was obtained in a CD from the archive of the school. Using
Fairclaugh 1989 three-dimensional model of CDA analysis as a framework, the data was
analyzed based on the following grammatical Units: Morpheme, Word/Jargon, Phrase and
clause/sentence. The researcher finds out that, certain linguistic tools are employed to entrench
the ideological prejudices and asymmetric power relation in the Military institution. The study
concludes that Military parade discourse is a verbal or rather a linguistic representation of the
Military ideology, values, culture, tradition and dominance. Thus, in every instance of language
use in the Military parade, there exist elements of ideology vis-à-vis dominance.
Description
A DISSERTATION SUBMITTED TO THE SCHOOL OF
POSTGRADUATE STUDIES AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY, ZARIA IN
PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE AWARD
OF MASTER OF ARTS DEGREE IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE
DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH AND LITERARY STUDIES,
FACULTY OF ARTS,
AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY,
ZARIA, NIGERIA
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CRITICAL DISCOURSE ANALYSIS,, MILITARY PARADE LANGUAGE,, NIGERIAN MILITARY SCHOOL,, ZARIA.