Browsing by Author "Durosinmi, Muhideen Ola"

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    Morphology: Some Basic Concepts
    (General Studies Division, University of Ilorin, Ilorin, 2018-10-15) Durosinmi, Muhideen Ola
    MORPHOLOGY: SOME BASIC CONCEPTS Introduction Linguistics is a fascinating subject that embodies other important fields. It is generally defined as the scientific study of language. Language remains the essential tool in the study of levels of linguistic analysis namely: Phonetics and phonology (i.e. the study of sound units and its organisation); Morphology (the study of word formation); Syntax (also grammar; the study structural rules guiding sentence formation); Semantic (the study of meaning); and Pragmatics (the study of meaning in context). This chapter focuses on morphology which is a branch of linguistics that is concerned with the formation of words, usage and application of different morphemes. The term “Morphology” is a Greek-based word parallel to the German “Formenlehre”. The study of the forms that gained prominence in the 19th Century (Mathew, 1974, p.2).
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    Multimodal Discourse Analysis of Nigerian Currency Notes
    (English Language Unit, Department of Educational Foundations and General Studies, University of Agriculture, Makurdi, 2017-12) Nurudeen, Monsurat Aramide; Durosinmi, Muhideen Ola
    Currency as a generally accepted form of money is a legal tender that serves as an individual’s “life support” and gives access to necessities of life. In most parts of the world, the presentation of notes and coins in exchange for goods and services forms the basis of communication between and amongst wide range of users. To a large extent, the Nigerian naira currencies are imbued with non-verbal cues such as symbols, graphics, images, text, colour and other super-imposed inter-related elements of composite language which provides various forms of meaning potentials. Apparently, the sole study of language via syntax cannot achieve the requirements of a comprehensive interpretation of the meaning of the expression in the various modes. Hence, this paper leans on multimodal discourse analysis as a theoretical basis and method of analysis by borrowing insights from Kress and van Leeuwen’s (1996/2006) social semiotic visual framework and Barthes (1977) concept of anchorage and relay to analyse Nigerian currency notes with the aim of unraveling the imports of multimodality borne by the currency notes to project meaning. Eight (8) Nigerian currency notes currently in circulation are identified and analysed qualitatively. It is observed that the currencies express the ideology of unity, socio-cultural identity, patriotism and nationism. The paper concludes that complementary meanings are distributed in the visual and verbal contents of the notes and are purportedly produced in both convergent and divergent forms.
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    Multimodal Discourse Analysis of Nigerian Currency Notes
    (English Language Unit, Department of Educational Foundations and General Studies, University of Agriculture, Makurdi, 2017-12-15) Durosinmi, Muhideen Ola; Nurudeen, Monsurat Aramide
    Multimodal Discourse Analysis of Nigerian Currency Notes Abstract Currency as a generally accepted form of money is a legal tender that serves as an individual’s “life support” and gives access to necessities of life. In most parts of the world, the presentation of notes and coins in exchange for goods and services forms the basis of communication between and amongst wide range of users. To a large extent, the Nigerian naira currencies are imbued with non-verbal cues such as symbols, graphics, images, text, colour and other super-imposed inter-related elements of composite language which provides various forms of meaning potentials. Apparently, the sole study of language via syntax cannot achieve the requirements of a comprehensive interpretation of the meaning of the expression in the various modes. Hence, this paper leans on multimodal discourse analysis as a theoretical basis and method of analysis by borrowing insights from Kress and van Leeuwen's (1996/2006) social semiotic visual framework and Barthes (1977) concept of anchorage and relay to analyze Nigerian currency notes with the aim of unraveling the imports of multimodality borne by the currency notes to project meaning. Eight (8) Nigerian currency notes currently in circulation are identified and analyzed qualitatively. It is observed that the currencies express the ideology of unity, socio-cultural identity, patriotism and nationism. The paper concludes that complementary meanings are distributed in the visual and verbal contents of the notes and are purportedly produced in both convergent and divergent forms.
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    A Pragmatic Study of Photo News Reports on the Abducted Chibok Girls in Nigeria
    (Language Study Group of Nigeria, Kaduna State University, Kaduna, 2017-09-02) Durosinmi, Muhideen Ola; Omolabi, Ibrahim
    A PRAGMATIC STUDY OF PHOTO NEWS REPORT ON THE ABDUCTED CHIBOK GIRLS IN NIGERIA Abstract The use of photo news photo is becoming very prominent because it is capable of presenting the news story or situation live and able to generate diverse interpretations. The study explores the various pragmatic acts performed in visual news reports on the abducted Chibok girls in Nigeria, especially the construction of acts or meaning through visual codes. The study drew insight from Mey (2001) aspects of Pragmatic acts and Hoye and Kaiser’s (2007) visual acts as the theoretical framework underpinning the study. A total of (8) visual news reports relating to the stories of the abducted Chibok girls were purposively selected from two Nigerian newspapers (Guardion & Dailytrust) and analysed from the points of pragmatic acts and visual acts theories. The study revealed that pictures are capable of performing many of the same complex pragmatic acts of urging, indicating, condemning, accusing protesting, challenging, wearing, shaming which are often suggested in picture captions. The study also revealed that visual representation in Nigerian newspaper is far from being straightforward. It goes beyond choosing and placing specific photographs forgetting readers' attention, or for authenticating verbal reports. Some pragmatic acts are craftily performed through the pictures and they are meant to surreptitiously control readers’ evaluation, opinion and action about the news report on the abducted Chibok girls.
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    Rudiments of Communication
    (Communication, Culture and Conflict Circle (C4), Centre for Peace and Strategic Studies, University of Ilorin, Ilorin, 2017-10-15) Durosinmi, Muhideen Ola
    RUDIMENTS OF COMMUNICATION Introduction The art and act of sending information from one person to another is referred to as communication. It is an act of conveying meaningful information from an encoder to the decoder. A slogan reads: “No communication, No society.” Hence, the society depends largely on communication to enhance both human and capital development. Communication is the means through which people get access to information in the society. Is there anything that makes humans unique among other creatures other than language? Language, on one hand, is the vehicle of thought and communication. It provides the wheel through which ideas are transported from one person to another or from one generation to another. Speech and writing provide the channels through which thoughts are communicated. Writing therefore, is the graphic representation of the appropriate codes so selected by a writer. Hence, the task of writing is elaborative in the sense that the writer has to follow the structural rules of writing.
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    Rudiments of Communication
    (Communication, Culture and Conflict Circle (C4), Centre for Peace and Strategic Studies, University of Ilorin, Ilorin, 2017-10-15) Durosinmi, Muhideen Ola
    RUDIMENTS OF COMMUNICATION Introduction The art and act of sending information from one person to another is referred to as communication. It is an act of conveying meaningful information from an encoder to the decoder. A slogan reads: “No communication, No society.” Hence, the society depends largely on communication to enhance both human and capital development. Communication is the means through which people get access to information in the society. Is there anything that makes humans unique among other creatures other than language? Language, on one hand, is the vehicle of thought and communication. It provides the wheel through which ideas are transported from one person to another or from one generation to another. Speech and writing provide the channels through which thoughts are communicated. Writing therefore, is the graphic representation of the appropriate codes so selected by a writer. Hence, the task of writing is elaborative in the sense that the writer has to follow the structural rules of writing.
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    Rudiments of Communication
    (Communication, Culture and Conflict Circle (C4), Centre for Peace and Strategic Studies, University of Ilorin, Ilorin, 2017-10-15) Durosinmi, Muhideen Ola
    RUDIMENTS OF COMMUNICATION Introduction The art and act of sending information from one person to another is referred to as communication. It is an act of conveying meaningful information from an encoder to the decoder. A slogan reads: “No communication, No society.” Hence, the society depends largely on communication to enhance both human and capital development. Communication is the means through which people get access to information in the society. Is there anything that makes humans unique among other creatures other than language? Language, on one hand, is the vehicle of thought and communication. It provides the wheel through which ideas are transported from one person to another or from one generation to another. Speech and writing provide the channels through which thoughts are communicated. Writing therefore, is the graphic representation of the appropriate codes so selected by a writer. Hence, the task of writing is elaborative in the sense that the writer has to follow the structural rules of writing.
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    Syntactic Units
    (General Studies Division, University of Ilorin, Ilorin, 2018-10-15) Durosinmi, Muhideen Ola
    SYNTACTIC UNITS Introduction Language is purely conventional and systematic. There is nothing sacrosanct about the convention of a given language than its acceptability over a given period of time. Learning the rules governing the construction of a given language usually has a great impact on an individual’s language skills. According to Robins (1985) cited in Syal and Jindal (2001, p.3); “language is a symbol system based on pure or arbitrary conventions... infinitely extendable and modifiable according to the changing needs and conditions of the speakers.” In English, there are five levels of grammatical analysis namely: morpheme, word, phrase, clause and sentence. These levels are in layers and each constitutes the building block of language. To construct an error free sentence, words are put together in a rule-governed way. The third level of the grammatical analysis is known as the phrase. When one talks about a word, one is talking about a part of speech but the moment one begins to talk about more than one word, one has begun to talk about a phrase or a clause. In other words, both the phrase and the clause are usually made up of more than one word. A phrase is therefore defined as a syntactic unit/group of words without a finite verb. For example, the word ‘man’ is a noun (part of speech) but the moment one adds a grammatical element like ‘the’ to form ‘the man’, this will no longer be regarded as a word but a phrase. A word, however, can constitute a phrase where there is zero satellite, e.g. the underlined (Bola) is a noun phrase in the context of the sentence: Bola is here.