Generic Structure Potential of Some Nigerian Folktales (Published)
The structure of folktales has been largely considered within literary tradition. Though a few studies have examined folktales from a linguistic perspective, little or none has studied the Generic Structure Potential of Nigerian folktales. In this study, we purposively studied twenty folktales narratives selected from a corpus of one hundred Nigerian folktales, downloaded online. The texts were closely examined for uniformity and representativeness of both the Nigerian folktales and folktales in general and on that basis a GSP catalogue for Nigerian folktales, [TT^OR]^CA^1^2^RS^1^2^[F]^(MR) was generated. The elements generated in the catalogue include: Title TT, Orientation OR, Conflicting Action CA, Resolution RS, Finis F and Moral MR. while MR is an optional element, the remaining elements are obligatory. The paper concludes that the elements of GSP catalogued here are typical of Nigerian folk narratives and suggests that the model could be applied to other forms of narratives that have not so far been studied.
Keywords: Corpus, Folktale Narrative, Generic Structure Potential, Nigerian Folktales, Representativeness
The Advent of Islam has launched the Greatest Arabic Language Planning Process Ever-made in History for a Language (Published)
This descriptive and analytical research conducted to investigate the relationship between the advent and spread of Islam and its reflections on the development and growth of the Arabic language from one side, and link that with the contemporary principle, concepts and theories of language planning from the other side. The coming and spread of Islam has made major procedures that have enhanced the status, corpus and acquisition of Arabic. They include selection, standardization and codification of the Arabic language as the official language for the Muslim community and state. The advent of Islam has made great linguistic changes to the Arabic language components including its phonetics and phonology, morphology, syntax and semantics. These procedures have changed the Arabic status from a language of local tribes to an international language spoken by about 450 millions in the world; it has also become the native and official language for 22 countries and the liturgical language for about 1.7 billion Muslims. Learning and disseminating Arabic is enhancing, booming and increasing worldwide.
Keywords: Acquisition, Corpus, Language Planning, Status, and Arabic language., the Advent of Islam