Naming as a strategy for identity construction in selected 21st century Nigerian novels

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Naming as a strategy for identity construction in selected 21st century Nigerian novels

Although studies within linguistics are quick to demonstrate how language constructs identity, little attention has been given to the symbolic uses of names in the construction of identity in Nigerian novels, and this tends to undermine the fundamental role of lexis such as names in the construction...

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Main Authors:	Tayo Lamidi, Romanus Aboh
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Pusat Pengajian Bahasa dan Linguistik, FSSK, UKM 2011
Online Access:	http://journalarticle.ukm.my/3218/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/3218/1/6-Tayo_Lamidi_et_al.pdf

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