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Record Nr.

UNINA9910788087003321

Titolo

Language, literature and style in Africa : a festschrift for Professor Christopher Olatunji Awonuga / / edited by Arua E. Arua, Taiwo Abioye and Kehinde A. Ayoola

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Newcastle upon Tyne, England : , : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

1-4438-7173-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (185 p.)

Disciplina

306.0960905

Soggetti

Sociolinguistics - Africa - Network analysis

Urban dialects - Africa

Africa Social conditions 21st century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters.

Nota di contenuto

TABLE OF CONTENTS; PREFACE; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; PROFILE OF PROFESSORCHRISTOPHER OLATUNJI AWONUGA; PART I; CHAPTER ONE; CHAPTER TWO; PART II; CHAPTER THREE; CHAPTER FOUR; CHAPTER FIVE; PART III; CHAPTER SIX; CHAPTER SEVEN; CHAPTER EIGHT; PART IV; CHAPTER NINE; CONTRIBUTORS

Sommario/riassunto

This book brings together the seminal contributions of scholars interested in the study of language, literature and style in Africa. It marks a response to the longstanding neglect of stylistic analysis of canonical and emergent fictional and non-fictional African prose and discourse. As a reaction to this neglect of African literary artefacts, the book provides a welcome and timely deviation from the norm. The contributions to this volume include discussions that are both analytical and theo...