A COMPARATIVE STYLISTIC ANALYSIS OF LANGUAGE USE IN KEN SARO-WIWA’S PITA DUMBROK’S PRISON AND HELON HABILA’SOIL ON WATER
A COMPARATIVE STYLISTIC ANALYSIS OF LANGUAGE USE IN KEN SARO-WIWA’S PITA DUMBROK’S PRISON AND HELON HABILA’SOIL ON WATER
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2019-09
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USOH, Emmanuel Effiong
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Abstract
This work is a textual analysis thataims at comparing language use and examines the extent
to which the lexico-semantic features used by Ken Saro-Wiwa inPita Dumbrok‟s Prison and
Helon Habila inOil on WATER reveal the specific meanings in the selected texts.It
alsoinvolves the analysis of language structure, clauses and sentences used in the texts by the
authors for the realisation of meaning. As its primary source, the work extract its data from
the two texts. The secondary sources of data are textbooks, online resources, articles and
journals. The application of the Systemic Functional Linguistic as a theoretical framework of
this study clearly illustrates the appropriateness of language use in different situations and
contexts. The results of this work show how the linguistic features have helped the writers to
achieve particular effects or to express particular themes.The work concludes that, although
the texts (Pita Dumbrok‟s Prison and Oil on WATER) are concerned with a similar theme,
they differ in terms of their communicative aims and primary audiences which affects the
language use of the authors in their respective novels.
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A DISSERTATION SUMMITTED TO THE SCHOOL OF POSTGRSADUATES
STUDIES, AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY, ZARIA
IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE AWARD OF
MASTER DEGREE IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE
DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH AND LITERARY STUDIES,
FACULTY OF ARTS,
AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY,
ZARIA, NIGERIA
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COMPARATIVE STYLISTIC ANALYSIS,, LANGUAGE USE,, KEN SARO-WIWA’S PITA DUMBROK’S PRISON,, HELON HABILA’SOIL,, WATER.