Uche Oboko
Biographic Data
| ID | 4117123 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Uche Oboko |
| GIVEN NAMES | Uche |
| FAMILY NAME | Oboko |
| SIGNATURE | OBOKO U |
| AFFILIATIONS | 1 Madonna University Department of English Nigeria Okija |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-7395-1507 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 4 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Single pract, multiple pragmemes
This article appraises a sample request‒response adjacency pair in a conversation between two friends, with a particular focus on how the response pract represents the dialectic of the individual social contexts of the interlocutors. Contrary to what has been established in literature regarding pragmemes as a general situational prototype – a sociocultural concept that usually has several realisations as practs and allopracts – this article argue…
Contextualizing Language as a Tool of Value Degeneration
Corruption has traversed all lengths and breadth of the Nigerian nation. The corrupt practice is mostly ornamented with language. The present study aims to ascertain the linguistic codings used to mask corruption in educational, civil service, political and social settings. Data for the study were collected from notable online newspaper and media sources, which include: The Vanguard, The Guardian, The Punch, This Day, The Nation, The Premium, Sah…
Re-Thinking National Language and National Development in a Multi-Ethnic Nigeria
The issue of national language and national development has been at the forefront of language issues in nation-states. The persistent demand for a national language seems to stand from the point of view that it will engender national development. The present study critically examines the case of Nigeria from the historical perspective, the case of a single national language and its role in national development, or otherwise, in a densely multi-li…
A Pragmemic Analysis of Igbo Postproverbials
Igbo proverbs (Ilu Igbo) are linguistic expressions which projects principles with the intent to address diverse social, political, economic and culturally contextual issues that bother on values, morals and the identity of the Igbo people of Eastern Nigeria. Proverbs are handed down to different generations by speech acts of storytelling, conversing, rebuking or admonishing. The researchers carried out a pragmatic analysis of Igbo proverbs as a …
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A Pragmemic Analysis of Igbo Postproverbials
Igbo proverbs (Ilu Igbo) are linguistic expressions which projects principles with the intent to address diverse social, political, economic and culturally contextual issues that bother on values, morals and the identity of the Igbo people of Eastern Nigeria. Proverbs are handed down to different generations by speech acts of storytelling, conversing, rebuking or admonishing. The researchers carried out a pragmatic analysis of Igbo proverbs as a …
Re-Thinking National Language and National Development in a Multi-Ethnic Nigeria
The issue of national language and national development has been at the forefront of language issues in nation-states. The persistent demand for a national language seems to stand from the point of view that it will engender national development. The present study critically examines the case of Nigeria from the historical perspective, the case of a single national language and its role in national development, or otherwise, in a densely multi-li…
Contextualizing Language as a Tool of Value Degeneration
Corruption has traversed all lengths and breadth of the Nigerian nation. The corrupt practice is mostly ornamented with language. The present study aims to ascertain the linguistic codings used to mask corruption in educational, civil service, political and social settings. Data for the study were collected from notable online newspaper and media sources, which include: The Vanguard, The Guardian, The Punch, This Day, The Nation, The Premium, Sah…
Single pract, multiple pragmemes
This article appraises a sample request‒response adjacency pair in a conversation between two friends, with a particular focus on how the response pract represents the dialectic of the individual social contexts of the interlocutors. Contrary to what has been established in literature regarding pragmemes as a general situational prototype – a sociocultural concept that usually has several realisations as practs and allopracts – this article argue…
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