Contents:
SECTION 1
LANGUAGE
The “Nurse” Vowel in Nigerian English
Abubakar Atiku Alkali
An Overview of Jukun Verbal Morphological System
Akisani Samaila
Phonological Processes: An Inter Dialectal Analysis of
Weakening Processes in Fulfulde
Abubakar Umar Girei & Ahmadu Shehu
Nominal Group Modification in English and Arabic
Ahmed Umar & Abubakar Bukar
Tense and Aspect in English and Bura
Ahmed Umar
Morphophonology of Gombe Fulfuldeɓe, xe and xi
Noun Plurals: A Generative Approach
Hisham Bacci Mohammed Aliyu
A Descriptive Account of Metathesis in C’lela
Muhammad Ango Aliero
Verbal Extensions: Valency Increasing Operations in
Basà Verbal System
Imoh, Philip Manda
A Comparative Analysis of the Head of Nominal Group
in Hausa and English Languages
Asabe Sadiya Mohammed & Alhaji Abubakar
Morpho-semantic Description of X+and/with+X
Compounds in Hausa
Shuaibu Mohammed & Umar Hussaini
Comparative Analysis of English and Bokyi
Derivational Processes
Bisong M. Tabang & Usman Abubakar Alkali
X-Bar Analysis of Ágátù Noun Phrase
Jacob Yakubu Umaru
A Semantic Analysis of Hausa Linguistic Taboo
Abdulwahab Muhammad & Abubakar Bukar
Phonological Behaviour and Adaptation of Hausa
Loanwords in Babur-Bura
Modu M. Bukar & Saleh Jibir
Phonological Adaptation of Hausa Loan Words in Bade
Mohammed Musa Kukuri & Musa Grema
The Concept and Practice of Metrical Phonology:
A Catalyst to Syllable, Stress and Rhythm
Nuhu Abdulmalik & Abdulmumini Isah
Lexical Analysis on Homonyms in Hausa
Mukhtar Ahmad
Grammatical Gender Marking in Warji
Aishatu Iya Ahmed & Sheriff Abdulkadir
Transitivity and Ergativity in Kanuri
Muhammad Fannami, Baba Kura Alkali Gazali
& Mohammed Laminu Mele
The Structure of Kilba Sentences: A Descriptive Analysis
Mohammed Aminu Muazu
A Syntactic Account of Focus Markers (ne/ce/ne) in Ruwan Bagaja
Mohammed Munkaila & Sumayya Gambo
Vowel Sequence and the Phonemic Status of /h/ and /ŋ/ in Ígálà
Gideon S. Omachonu
Metathesis and Deletion in Bade: A Generative Approach
Tijjani Salisu & Adamu Abdulsalam
A Descriptive Analysis of Phonological Adaptation
of Hausa Loanwords in Kanuri
Abubakar Abba Kaka & Abubakar Abanga
The Sapir-Whorf World View Hypothesis: Evidence from Hausa
and Fulfulde Nominals
Abdulmalik Aminu & Ahmad Tela Baba
Derivation of Special Craft Terms in Broß and Baba’s Dictionary
Lami Auwal Ibrhaim
SECTION 2
COMMUNICATION
Morphological Analysis of Neologisms in Hausa:
A Case Study of Bauchi Radio Station
Yusuf Alhaji Umar & Abdulmalik Usman
Narrative Structure of Hausa Oral Narrative Songs:
A Study of Gambu’s Tudu Tsoho
Adamu Abdulsalam & Tela Musa Musa
Teaching Dictionary Usage in Translation Courses in French
Muhammed Sale Also
French Language Teaching and Learning in Nigerian
Colleges of Education: Prospects and Challenges
Bulama Ndjale & Aminou Adama Haman
Problems Affecting Effective Teaching and Learning of
Arabic and Islamic Studies in Primary Schools in
Potiskum Local Government Area of Yobe State
Ahmed Tahir Adamu Koki , Abba Buba & Asabe Adamu Gora
Communication and Integration through the Folklore:
A Case Study of Kebbi State Radio Phonein
Programme ‘Rai Dangin Goro’
Nasiru Aminu
An Analysis of Lexical Cohesion in The Inaugural
Speech of General Murtala Mohammed
Hauwa Giwa Ali
The Abnormality of Translating the Tiv Pronoun and
Future Tense as One Lexical Item
Bem P. Ianna
Systematic Erros Among NonFrancophones in Acquiring
Conjugation Skills. The Case of University of Maiduguri
Dikwa Karim Bukar
Orientational Metaphor and Politicking in Some Essays
of Femi FaniKayode
Mohammed Laminu Mele & Mada S. Jasini
The Road to Idanre a Poet’s Journey Through Madness:
A Psychoanalytical Reading of Soyinka’s Idanre and Other Poems
Abubakar Othman & Markus Ishaku
The Monster
Razinat T. Mohammed
Pragmatic Functions of Metadiscourse Markers in
Some Selected Articles of Hausa Newspapers
Ahmed Mohammed Bedu & Abba Baba
Problems of Teaching and Learning English Language in Some
Selected Public Junior Secondary Schools in Potiskum Local
Government Area of Yobe State - Nigeria
Ahmed Tahir Adamu Koki
Style of Reference in Matazu’s Amon ‘Yanci: A Textual Study
Ibrahim Lamido
An Analysis of Selected Connotative Usages in Political
Reports of Tell Magazine
Mada Stephen Jasini & James Jarafu Jawur
Some Problems of Research on Cognitive Semantics in Hausa
Ahmad Tela Baba & Dymitr Ibriszimow
Linguistic Borrowing as a Device for Maintaining Rhyme in Hausa Poetry
Balarabe Zulyadaini
A Critique of English Language as Lingua Franca in Contemporary
Nigerian Socio-Economic and Political Trends
Sanni Isah
Manipulation of Language in Communication to Depict
Instances of Officialese, Social Power and Attitude
Abba Terab Mustapha
An Examination of the Film and Home Video Industry in Nigeria
Abubakar Mu’azu
Positivism in the Portraiture of Female
Characters in Abubakar Gimba’s Sacred Apples
Mohammed Yahaya