A SOCIOLINGUISTIC STUDY OF AKỤ DIALECT IN AKỤ COMMUNITY OF ENUGU STATE
A SOCIOLINGUISTIC STUDY OF AKỤ DIALECT IN AKỤ COMMUNITY OF ENUGU STATE
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2020-07
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OKPE, Chioma Rita
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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
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A THESIS SUBMITTED TO THE POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL, AHMADU BELLO
UNIVERSITY, ZARIA, IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR
THE AWARD OF THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF ARTS IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE
DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH AND LITERARY STUDIES,
AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY,
ZARIA, NIGERIA
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SOCIOLINGUISTIC STUDY,, AKỤ DIALECT,, AKỤ COMMUNITY,, ENUGU STATE.