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ANSU Journal of Language and Literary Studies (AJLLS) Vol. 1 No. 2 December, 2015 © Department of English Chukwuemeka Odomegwu Ojukwu University, Anambra State. i OBJECTIVES ANSU Journal of Language and Literary Studies (AJLLS) is a peer reviewed Journal geared to sustaining progressive analytical and well researched papers in the studies of Language and Literature. It also publishes well written expository essays, reviews, poems and short stories in English and indigenous languages. SUBMISSION OF MANUSCRIPT Manuscript should be submitted for peer reviewing to:[email protected]. The AJLLS adopts the Modern Language Association MLA document style 6th or 7th edition or the latest edition of APA. Any case of piracy is solely at the risk of the individual contributor so accused. AJLLS is published twice a year June and December by the Department of English, Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University. ANSUJLLS ISSN 2465 - 7352 ii Editor-in-Chief Dr. Echezona Ifejirika Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University, Igbariam. Editor Dr. Ngozi Chuma-Udeh Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University, Igbariam. Associate Editor Dr. Ngozi Madu Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University, Igbariam. Editorial Members Dr. Anthonia Ezeugo - Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University, Igbariam. Dr. Chukwueloka Christian Chukwuloo - Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University, Igbariam. Okeke Fidelia - Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University, Igbariam. Ofoegbu Cyril - Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University, Igbariam. Editorial Secretary Dr. Asika Emmanuel Ikechukwu Consulting Editors Professor Charles Ekwusiaga Nnolim - University of Port Harcourt, Nigeria Professor Chidi Maduka - University of Port Harcourt, Nigeria Professor Nicholas Akwanya - University of Nigeria, Nsukka Professor Damian Opata - University of Nigeria, Nsukka. iii MISSION STATEMENT FROM THE DESK OF THE EDITOR-IN-CHIEF We in the ANSU Journal of English Language and Literary Studies are perfectly aware that from the classical period (Greek-Roma era) to the Mediaeval (Dark Age) through the Renaissance, down to the Neo-Classical period to the Romantic era, through the Realist/Nationalist age to the Modern period, a lot has been written by professional and amateur novelists, playwrights and poets, and critics. Similarly, from Ferdinand de Saussure’s Structuralism to Noam Chomsky Transformational Generative Grammar (TG) to this day, linguist and language experts have written so much on Language and Linguistics. Therefore, for lazy and complacent academics, all that needs to be written has been written by experts and nothing worthy of academic attention has not been written. One of our mission statements is that although a lot has been written, much more is yet to be written. This is based on the premise that the human brain has not been developed up to one third of its potential capacity. Therefore, through ANSEJELL, very well researched, original and socially relevant articles would be published to add significantly to the pull of existing knowledge in the areas of language and literature. Through these publications, researchers would be assisted to rise professionally and their quota to the ever growing knowledge in the relevant areas. In ANSUJLL, we do not believe in “Art for Art’s” sake (what Chinua Achebe called “deodorized shit”) and publication for promotion's sake. To this end, great emphasis is placed on the articles’ originality, currency and social cum academic relevance. Guidelines to Researchers The inconsistencies and unprofessionalism noticed in some of the articles sent in for publication by some researchers have necessitated the giving of some guidelines to our contributors. First and foremost, researchers must ensure that the topics they choose for their study are not only very well restricted in scope but must also be researchable. Writing on unrestricted topics is similar to playing football in an unmarked field without any goal post. Secondly, in the course of editorial work, it was discovered that some researchers did not do justice to the issue of Abstracts for their topics. It is important to re-emphasize that Abstract, which should not exceed two hundred to two hundred and fifty words, should include, the research topic, method(s) of investigation, findings, conclusion and recommendations, if any, and is usually written in the past and not in the future tense. The logic is that the action of investigation has been started and completed before the report is given. Furthermore, in the body of the study, there is a great need for researchers to have sub-headings on which the topic of the research is systematically broken and treated for a comprehensive and comprehensible reading. In addition to the above, it is imperative that researchers must show sufficient evidence of their familiarity with the in-text and final citation methods used in the Language and literature studies. While researchers in Language prefer to adhere to the American Psychological Association (APA) citation method, investigators in the literature area often adopt the Modern Language Association (MLA) for in text and final citation of their work. Contributors are to be aware of this and apply same in their articles for publications. Finally, the editorial team wishes to use this medium to appreciate all the contributors from far and near, for without your articles, our project would have remained a mirage. Similarly, we thank our peer-reviewers, who professionally and dispassionately read through the manuscripts and made useful comments and criticisms that enhanced the quality of this edition. - Editor-in-Chief. iv CONTENTS Section A: LANGUAGE Chapter 1 The Power of Reading; Insight into Reading Culture of the Igbo in Nigeria 1 - Akabuike, Grace Chapter 2 Knowledge Enhancement Through Reading for National Development 9 - Okeke, F.A. Chapter 3 English for Academic Purpose: The Nigerian Experience 19 - Akpan, Godwin F. (Ph.D) Chapter 4 Binding the Devil: A Speech Act Reading of Selected Prayer Points 25 in Daniel Olukoya's Prayer Rain - Olumola, VictoriIyabo. Chapter 5 A Linguistic Discourse on the Nature of Sound Production. 33 - Akpan, Godwin F. (Ph.D) Chapter 6 English and Hausa Loan Words in Tiv. 39 - Usar, Ignatius Lomenge Ofoegbu Cyril Chapter 7 Discourse Techniques in Chief Willie Obiano's Inaugural Address, 46 “Expanding the Frontiers of Excellence” - Ofoegbu, Cyril O. and Ume Rose Amaechi Chapter 8 Towards a Pragmatic Approach to Understanding Modern Advertising 54 - Pam, Keziah Jonah and Dakart Blessing Vou. Chapter 9 A Lexicostatistic Analysis of English and Igbo One Hundred Basic Vocabulary. 59 - Agu, Margaret Nonyerem. (Ph.D) Chapter10 A Pragmatic Analysis of Leadership Cartoons in Selected Nigerian Dailies. 64 - Agu, Margaret Nonyerem (Ph.D) Chapter11 Language Use in Communication: A Semiotic Perspective on Selected 71 Igbo Cultural Symbolic Objects - Okeke, F.A. Section B: LITERATURE Chapter12 Beyond the Tragic Abyss: Transcending Absurdist Limits in Camus’ Fiction 83 - Abba A. Abba (Ph.D) Chapter 13 Colonial Perception and Re-imaging the African Identity in Chinua Achebe's 91 Things Fall Apart - Abel, Joseph Chapter 14 Beyond Pardon in Niger-Delta Politics: Exploitation and 100 Disillusionment in Chimeka Garrick's Tomorrow Died yYesterday and Tanure Ojaide's The Activist - Ujowundu Cornel Onyemaechi (Ph.D) v Chapter 15 Ridiculing Our Dark Practices: The Exploitation of Womanhood 113 in Akachi Adimora-Ezeigbo's Trafficked and Ngozi Chuma-Udeh's Echoes of a New Dawn - Ujowundu, Cornel Onyemauche and Revd Onyeachulam, Sylvanus G.C. Chapter 16 Dislocation, Migration and Diasporic Experiences in Segun Afolabi's 121 Goodbye Lucille and A Life Elsewhere - Ugwuanyi, Dele Maxwell. Chapter 17 Women, Literacy in ElechiAmadi's Estrangement 131 - Eme, Gloria Woruji (Ph.D) Chapter 18 The Place of Literature in the Acquisition and Development 137 of Vocabularies in the English Language. - Ifejirika, Echezona (Ph.D) Chapter 19 Humour as an Effective Literary Device in Amu Djoleto's The Strange Man 145 - Asika, Emmanual (Ph.D) Chapter 20 Sexuality and the Politics of Exclusion in Jude Dibia'sWalking with Shadow 155 - Akujobi Remi Chapter 21 Rhetorical Strategies in Ngugi Wa Thiong O and Mugo'sThe Trial of Dedan Kimathic 165 - Olutoyin, Williams C. (Ph.D) Chapter 22 Aspects of African Oral Literature and Performance Aesthetics 172 - AbdullahiKadirAyinde (Ph.D) Chapter 23 African Caribbean Life in Bratharaite's Poetry: A Post-colonial Perspective 179 - Mustafa, Linda Jummai Chapter 24 Folktale as Catalyst for Moral Instruction in Selected Nigerian Movies. 189 - Usman Joshua Chapter 25 Themes and Techniques in the Nigerian Novel. A Review of Ngozi 196 ChmamandaAdichie's Half of a Yellow Sun - Mbah, Victor. Chapter 26 Authoritarianism in Nigerian Literature: An Analysis of Helon Habila's 204 Waiting for an Angel - Ngozi Chuma Udeh (Ph.D) Chapter 27 Power Structure and Inter-generational Struggle in Olu Obafemi's 213 The New Dawn and Suicide Syndrome - AbdulahiAbubakar (Ph.D) Chapter 28 Social Disparity and the Plight of the Common Man: A Marxist 221 Reading of Ezenwa Ohaeto's I Wan Bi President - Chukwueloka CC (Ph.D) Chapter 29 Attitude of Teachers to the Use of Literature in Teaching the 228 English Language Skills in Nigerian Classrooms: A Study of Ihiala Local Govt Area of Anambra State. - Emodi, Livina N. Chapter 30 Literature and Social Reality: The Relevance of Twfik Al-Hakaim's 236 Fate of a Cockroach and Ahmed Yerima's Igatibi - Ifejirika, Echezona (Ph.D) and Obumse, Amaechi Chiedu. vi BRIEF NOTES ON THE CONTRIBUTORS