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Modelling Writing: The IMRaD and Knowledge Production in Nigerian Academies 建模写作:尼日利亚学院的IMRaD和知识生产

CLAREP Journal of English and Linguistics Pub Date : 2020-10-10 DOI: 10.56907/gggavqn4

Alexandra Esimaje

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Socio-Economic Conspiracy and Ecological Devastation: A Contextual Reading of Tanure Ojaide’s The Activist 社会经济阴谋与生态破坏:坦雷·奥加德《活动家》的语境解读

CLAREP Journal of English and Linguistics Pub Date : 2020-10-10 DOI: 10.56907/gmjcs6e1

Monica Udoette

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A Survey of French Language Teacher Practices in Developing Speaking Skill among Secondary School Students 法语教师培养中学生口语技能的实践调查

CLAREP Journal of English and Linguistics Pub Date : 2020-10-10 DOI: 10.56907/g4r1qoy3

Osaruese O. Osawaru, U. Gbenedio

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Pre-Service English Language Teachers’ Use of Reading Comprehension Strategies 职前英语教师阅读理解策略的运用

CLAREP Journal of English and Linguistics Pub Date : 2020-10-10 DOI: 10.56907/gmppej7s

Regina B. Danner, U. Gbenedio

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Dynamics of Submission in Lola Shoneyin’s The Secret Lives of Baba Segi’s Wives Lola Shoneyin的《Baba Segi的妻子们的秘密生活》中的服从动力学

CLAREP Journal of English and Linguistics Pub Date : 2020-10-10 DOI: 10.56907/g3xt00k4

Ethel Ngozi Okeke, Abigail Obiageli Eruaga

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The Primacy of Mother: Reflections on “Hare, Elephant and Their Mothers” through Kristevan Lens 母亲的首要地位:对“兔子、大象和它们的母亲”的反思

CLAREP Journal of English and Linguistics Pub Date : 2020-10-10 DOI: 10.56907/gpgi5fv3

D. Dipio

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Simulation and Depthlessness in Postmodern Fiction: The Examples of Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie and Teju Cole 后现代小说中的模拟与无深度:以奇曼达·恩戈齐·阿迪奇和特朱·科尔为例

CLAREP Journal of English and Linguistics Pub Date : 2020-10-10 DOI: 10.56907/gz1n6z4t

E. B. Adeleke, Dowell I. Oba

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A Case for Nominalised Focus in Yorùbá 在Yorùbá中命名焦点的案例

CLAREP Journal of English and Linguistics Pub Date : 2019-10-10 DOI: 10.56907/gllqbjha

Francis Olayinka Adefabi

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Writing Right in Academese: The Language of Academic and Research Report Writing 学术用语的写作权利:学术和研究报告写作的语言

CLAREP Journal of English and Linguistics Pub Date : 2019-10-10 DOI: 10.56907/gs6bxd76

Omowumi Olabode Steven Ekundayo, Stanley Sokari

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Vowel Harmony Peculiarities in Ekwulobia Igbo 伊博语中元音和谐的特点

CLAREP Journal of English and Linguistics Pub Date : 2019-10-10 DOI: 10.56907/gat43b0c

Chibunma Amara Ezenwafor

{"title":"Vowel Harmony Peculiarities in Ekwulobia Igbo","authors":"Chibunma Amara Ezenwafor","doi":"10.56907/gat43b0c","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.56907/gat43b0c","url":null,"abstract":"Patterns of vowel harmony in the Igbo language vary from one variant of Igbo to the other. Employing a descriptive framework, this study examines the operations of vowels and their harmonic peculiarities in the Ekwulobia dialect of Igbo. It established that Ekwulobia Igbo has eight phonemic vowels dividing neatly into two sets, and one phonetic vowel [ɛ] that occurs in a mutually exclusive environment. Unlike the Standard and the Onitsha Igbo, the perfective marker suffix in Ekwulobia Igbo adheres strictly to vowel harmony rule within the perfective verb form. Observed also is the fact that the cv (where c is the alveolar nasal /n/) and vcv (where c is the voiced glottal fricative /h/) demonstrative markers also conform to the vowel harmony rule; a pattern which is not obtainable in Standard and the Onitsha Igbo. Finally, in marking negation in the Ekwulobia Igbo, there is a strict correspondence of the vowel of the suffix with the vowel of the root. It might suffice to say, therefore; that in the Ekwulobia Igbo, there seems to be a stronger harmony pattern as demonstrated in the perfective marker suffix, demonstrative markers, and negation marker suffix than seems to operate in the Standard and Onitsha Igbo dialects, a feature which is quite peculiar to it.","PeriodicalId":362245,"journal":{"name":"CLAREP Journal of English and Linguistics","volume":"9 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-10-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124972901","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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