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A SOCIOLINGUISTIC ANALYSIS OF URHOBO PROVERBS

A SOCIOLINGUISTIC ANALYSIS OF URHOBO PROVERBS
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Title page
Dedication
Acknowledgements
Table of Contents
Abstract
CHAPTER ONE: GENERAL INTRODUCTION
Background to the Study
Statement of the Problem
Objectives of the Study
Relevance of the Study
Scope of the Study
CHAPTER TWO: LITERATURE REVIEW
2.1 Introduction
2.1.1 The Concept of Sociolinguistics
2.1.2 The Proverb
2.1.3 Language and Society
2.2 Review of Relevant Literature
CHAPTER THREE: THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK AND RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
Introduction
Ethnography of Communication.
3.2 The Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis
3.3 Research Methodology
Research Design
Sources of Data
Method of Data Collection
Method of Data Analysis
CHAPTER FOUR: DATA PRESENTATION AND ANALYSIS
Introduction
Sociolinguistic Analysis of Urhobo Proverbs
A Discussion of Analysis and Sociolinguistic Implication
CHAPTER FIVE: SUMMARY AND CONCLUSION
5.0 Introduction
5.1 Summary
5.2 Conclusion
Appendix
Works Cited
ABSTRACT
This research carries out a sociolinguistic study of Urhobo proverbs. Its aim is to explore and analyze Urhobo proverbs from a sociolinguistic perspective in the context of English as a second language in Nigeria. This will go a long way to offer a sociolinguistic insight to the contributions of Urhobo language, culture and way of life in the sociolinguistic context of English as a second language. The data for the study was sourced and collected orally from competent Urhobo native speakers from the context of use and Urhobo music. The qualitative and analytic research designs were adopted for the analysis. In all, fifty (50) proverbs were analyzed using Dell Hyme’s Ethnography of Communication theory as the major analytical framework with insights from Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis. This is because of the relevance of Dell Hymes’ SPEAKING which accounts for such sociolinguistic variables as setting, scene, participants, ends, act sequence, instrumentality and genre as is evidenced in the data; and how the Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis allows this study to relate its data to aspects of Urhobo world view and culture. On typology, Adedimeji’s (2003) typological classification is applied for the classification of the data into types. It was discovered that SPEAKING allows for a comprehensive understanding of the data for this study as a result of its explicit and analytic potentials while the Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis shows aspect of Urhobo culture that manifest in Urhobo proverbs.