Browsing by Author "Babatunde, Sola Timothy"
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Item Acquisition of Pronouns by Yoruba Children(University of Cape Coast, 2012) Arokoyo, Bolanle Elizabeth; Babatunde, Sola TimothyThe purpose of this paper is to examine the emergence of pronominal forms in Yoruba. We also examine the order of acquisition and the frequency of use of pronouns as arguments by Yoruba children. Pronouns are words that do not select a referent from the universe of discourse. A pronoun may get its meaning from another word in the sentence. The transition from nominal person reference to pronominal reference is an important milestone in the language acquisition ability of any child.Item Politeness Strategies in Teacher-Student Conversations in the University of Ilorin(Faculty of Arts, Federal University Lafiya, Nasarawa State, 2018) Babatunde, Sola Timothy; Nurudeen, Monsurat AramidePoliteness is a universal phenomenon which serves as a means of avoiding conflict and promoting smooth communication among interlocutors in the face of complex interactions in the society. This paper therefore examines how politeness operates within the university milieu amongst interlocutors composed of teachers and students. A total of thirty oral discourses were selected between the interlocutors from various strategic locations in the University of Ilorin. Leaning on Brown and Levinson’s Face-threatening acts, Leech’s politeness principle maxims and Thomas’s politeness strategies, the thirty identified conversations were analysed quantitatively and qualitatively to reveal amongst other findings, that face-threatening acts, which underlie impoliteness are frequently used in the conversations. The asymmetric relationships between the interlocutors result in the frequent use of these face-threatening acts, mainly bald on record which is mostly used by the lecturers towards the students. The paper concludes that the increase in the upholding of politeness principle maxims by both interlocutors, especially the lecturers will go a long way to enhance smooth interactions and maintenance of harmonious relationships among discourse participants. In addition, the appreciation of individual self-worth in the university environment will be significantly enhanced if these politeness principle maxims are upheld.