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Linguistics · MSc · REF. TA-1959

Language and Style in Hausa-English Bilinguals' Everyday Conversation: A Syntactic Structure Study

Abstract

This MSc study investigates the subject matter outlined in the title above through a structured research design appropriate to the MSc level. Using primary and/or secondary data collection methods, the research examines the underlying variables, tests relevant hypotheses, and presents findings with implications for practice and policy. This is placeholder abstract text generated for catalogue preview purposes; the full document contains a complete, topic-specific abstract, literature review, methodology, data analysis, and conclusion.

Chapter One — 1.1 Background to the Study

Hausa-English Bilinguals' Everyday Conversation occupies a significant place in the Nigerian literary canon, and continues to attract critical attention for the richness of its language and thematic concerns.

Existing criticism of Everyday Conversation tends to focus on its broader thematic concerns, with syntactic structure as a stylistic device in service of language attitudes receiving comparatively less sustained attention.

1.2 Statement of the Problem

While Hausa-English Bilinguals' Everyday Conversation is widely studied, there is no settled critical consensus on how its syntactic structure functions specifically in relation to language attitudes. This study undertakes a close textual analysis to address that gap.

1.3 Objectives of the Study

  1. To examine the use of syntactic structure in Hausa-English Bilinguals' Everyday Conversation.
  2. To analyze how syntactic structure contributes to the portrayal of language attitudes.
  3. To assess the effectiveness of syntactic structure as a stylistic/thematic tool in the text.
  4. To situate the findings within the broader context of Nigerian literary/linguistic scholarship.

1.4 Research Questions

  1. How is syntactic structure used in Hausa-English Bilinguals' Everyday Conversation?
  2. In what ways does syntactic structure contribute to the portrayal of language attitudes?
  3. How effective is syntactic structure as a stylistic/thematic tool in the text?
  4. How does this reading relate to the broader body of Nigerian literary/linguistic scholarship?

1.5 Significance of the Study

This study is significant to students and teachers of linguistics, offering a close reading of Hausa-English Bilinguals' Everyday Conversation that can support classroom discussion and further critical work. It also contributes to the broader body of scholarship on Nigerian literary and linguistic studies.

1.6 Scope of the Study

The study is limited to a close textual analysis of syntactic structure within Everyday Conversation, reflecting a MSc-level scope; it does not extend to a full survey of the author's other works.

Chapters Two through Five, references and appendices are available for a one-time fee of ₦50,000.

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