Literary Research: The Arts in Language, Communication, Culture and Society

This book is a research contribution from scholars in the area of Arts and Humanities. It contains articles on languages, linguistics, communication, culture and society. On languages and linguistics aspects the book looks at the fate of languages susceptible to endangerment due to major languages encroachment on their vocabulary and the attitudes of the speakers of the endangered languages. The interaction between local Nigerian languages with modern European languages such as English and French occupy considerable space. In the area of communication researchers looked at the relevance of artistic designs, theatre and theories, in conveying messages that are educative and in the end transforming society’s mindset. On the cultural aspects scholars have extensively discussed the traditional barriers often created by shortsighted vision to religion, intellectualism and society that resulted into indecent interaction between the subjects. On the research study in society the scholars have discussed the dual function of society in more details, where the same can be used in the process of destruction and reconstruction. Thus, on the use of drama, they were able to address social vices and the gradually returning peace to insurgent zones of Niger-Delta and Boko Haram in Northeast Nigeria. Contents: Umar Hussaini, Abubakar Bukar & Abubakar Abba Kaka: Com-parative Analysis of Affixation and Stress change Processes in English and Fulfulde - Jidda Hassan Juma’a & Mohammed A. Muazu: Effects of Migration on Minority Languages: the case of Kilba and Shuwa Arabs in the Northeast - Mohammed Gam-bo: Language prestige: A factor of Lan-guage Endangerment in Gulak, Madagali Local Government of Adamawa Sate - Usman Adamu & Ajid Lawan Saleh: A De-scriptive Analysis of Bura-pab?r Pro-nouns - Kucheli Balami Barkakisi: A Morpho-Semantic Study of Selected Bura Place Names - Mohammed A. Muazu, Abdulkarim M. Yola & Maryam Goni Askira: A Comparative Analysis of Fulfulde and French Affixes - Joel Avaungwa Fanyam: A Stage Design and Decoration Pathways: An Appraisal of Theatre - Terseer Paul Ikyagh: Toward Enhancing Community Partici-pation in Theatre for Development (TfD) on the Field: A Picto-graphical Analysis of the Web and Magic Three Games - Muhammad Mallam Modu: A Multimodal Stylistic Study of Selected Cover pages of the News watch Times Magazine – Focus on Colour and Image Symbolisms - Mohammed Umar Ga-daka & Muhammad Mallam Modu: Selection and Integration of Theoretical Framework in Literary Research - Zalikha’u Bello Ahmed: Women Education: Over-coming the Challenges of Accessibility - Abdulrahman B. Hamid: 14-Face(s) of Women in the Niger Delta Conflicts: A Human Security Analysis, 1999-2009 – Ha-runa Tsingari Warasini & Amina Ramat Saidu: Boko Haram Insurgency: An Episode of Underdevelopment of Maiduguri, Borno State, Nigeria - Amal Muhammad Abdul-qadir & Muhammad Mai Abubakar: Muhammad Iqbal and His Contributions to Islamic literature - Shettima Bukar Kullima, Abdullahi Garba & Ibrahim Alhaji Modu: “Soldier of Fortune”: From Intellectualist to Strategist in the Establishment and Consolidation of the Al-Kanemi Dynasty in Borno in the 19th Century - Bode Ojoniyi: An African Critic’s Voyage in the Western Myths of Post-Author Literary Criticism – Jacob Shimrumun Ioraa: The Place of Drama in the Fight against Social Problems in Nigeria: A Study of Femi Osofisan’s who is Afraid of Solarin? And Frank Ogebeche’s Harvest of Corruption.