CLAREP Journal of English and Linguistics (C-JEL), Vol 3

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This third volume of the CLAREP Journal of English and Linguistics (C-JEL 3) contains twelve (12) well-researched papers in the fields of English linguistics, literary studies, and language pedagogy. The volume is distinguished by the diversity of the thematic areas of the contributions, ranging from discourse analysis, computer-mediated discourse, pragmatics, literary analysis, academic literacy, second language acquisition, as well as theoretical modelling for second language teaching.
The Centre for Language Research and English Proficiency (CLAREP) is an educational non-governmental, non-profit organisation whose focus is on the advancement of language research in Africa and the promotion of the proficient use of language in all its spheres.

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December 2021

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288

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Professor Alexandra Esimajeis a Professor of English Language and Applied Linguistics, and the Executive Director of the Centre for Language Research and English Proficiency (CLAREP) as well as the Director of Research and International Programmes in Benson Idahosa University, Nigeria.

Table of Contents

Introduction

Impact of Cohesive Ties on Speech
Acts Within Extended Discourse
Rossari Mbisike ……………………………………………………………………………………. 1
The Changing Patterns of English
Spelling in Cameroon Social Media
Camilla Arundie Tabe and Nouhou Zaazra Peniel …………………………………….. 21
Linguistic Stylistic Analysis of Raji-Oyelade’s
“Black Laughter”: A Generative Grammar Approach
Taiwo Adesoji Ayodele ……………………………………………………………………………. 47
Discourse Diversity in Language Use:
A Pragmatic Inference of ‘I’m Coming’ in
Ghanaian Interpersonal Communication
Charles Ofosu Marfo and Maxwell Mpotsiah …………………………………………… 65
Rhetorical Pattern of Argumentation in the
Research Article: A Corpus Approach
Faith Amuzie …………………………………………………………………………………………. 83
Dissent as Thematic Tropes in Peter Abrahams’
Tell Freedom and Alan Paton’s Cry, the Beloved Country
Beatrice Orife ………………………………………………………………………………………. 103
Cross-Gender Journey Motif in Daniel Black’s
They Tell Me of a Home and Yaa Gyasi’s Homegoing
Tolulope Oluwatomi Akinrinde ……………………………………………………………… 129
The Teaching and Learning of English Sentence in
Africa: The Nigerian Perspective
Michael Alozie Nwala …………………………………………………………………………… 153
Grammatical Forms for What?: An Experimental
Investigation of the Teaching of the English
Lexical Verb in a Nigerian University
Destiny Idegbekwe ………………………………………………………………………………… 177
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Challenges and Coping Mechanisms of
Bilingual Students: A Case of French-English Model
Comfort Beyang Oben Ojongnkpot ………………………………………………………… 197
An Experiment with a Video Conference Oral
Examination during the Peak of COVID-19 in Tanzania
Dunlop Ochieng …………………………………………………………………………………… 227
English Language Teaching from Behaviourism to
Interactionism: Implication for Second Language Teaching
Uche Gbenedio …………………………………………………………………………………….. 249