STYLISTIC ANALYSIS OF OKINBA LAUNKO’S IRE AND TSHOTSHOLOZA FROM LEXICAL AND GRAMMATICAL CATEGORIES
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2015
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Published by the Department of Modern European Languages and Linguistics, Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto.
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In this article, linguistic techniques and methods were used for the stylistic analysis of Okinba Launko’s Ire and Tshotsholoza. The purpose of the study was to adopt lexical and grammatical Category aspects of stylistics for an objective analysis of the poems. At the lexical category, it was discovered that, motivated by stylistic factor, the poet employed special lexical items and incongruous lexical combination as meaning-inducing components for theme revelation. Also, the insertion of nativised lexical items was used as a means to celebrate, enshrine and connect the poems to their socio-cultural African root. In terms of the grammatical category, it was discovered that the poet assigned a degree of prominence to certain syntactic features of words and repressed some syntactic aspects in order to heighten meanings through the preferred features. Also, manipulation of sentence word-order was used to provide an effective way to describe the evoked events. The study also discovered that the choice of sentence moods was used to heighten communicative functions of sentences. All these features were found to be exciting, indicating that the poet was audience-conscious. By this stylistic analysis, it has been demonstrated that there is a distinction between language in poetic discourse and language in non-poetic discourse. The study concluded that the manipulation of words at lexical and grammatical category by the poet plays a very important role in meaning making.
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Olaleye, J. I. Stylistic Analysis of Okinba Launko’s Ire and Tshotsholoza from the Perspective of Lexical and Grammatical Categories. A Journal of Languages and Literature, 6. 104-120.