Dutse Journal of English, Literature and Linguistics (DJELL)

Department of English and Linguistics • ISSN: 3027-1673 • Peer-Reviewed Open Access Portal

Volume 2, Number 1 (2025)

Published by the Department of English and Linguistics, Federal University Dutse.

Front Matters & Editorial Information
PRELIM Preliminary PagesEditorial Board, Table of Contents, and Submission Guidelines
Research Articles
Paper 1 A Semiotic Analysis of Select Nigerian Children's Artistic Representations on the Effects of Covid-19 Lockdown Order in NigeriaOnugu, Priscilla Afor Ph.D. & Awesu, Funso Gabriel
Paper 2 Technology and Indigenous Languages Preservation in the Twenty-First Century NigeriaVika Tensaba Akafa, Joy Isa & Mercy Timothy Yerima
Paper 3 Pragmatic Act Analysis of President Bola Tinubu's 2024 Democracy and Workers' Days' SpeechesBoluwatife Anu Odewale, Prof Gbenga Ibileye & Dr Amos Made Awobi
Paper 4 An Analysis of Discursive Strategies in Selected Speeches of President Bola Ahmed TinubuChidinma Okonkwo, Dr. Mohammed Tajudeen Sadiq & Prof. Lawan Shuaibu
Paper 5 Chinua Achebe: The Novelist as Critic and EditorHalima Shehu & F.C. Chike-Okoli
Paper 6 Orality, neo-epic form, and indigenous memory Structures in Okpanachi's Poetic NarrativesIdowu, Stephen Olufemi PhD.
Paper 7 An Analysis of Evaluative Categories of Reporting Verbs in Undergraduate Research Projects of Students of English and Linguistics at Federal University DutseRahidat Olatubosun & Dr. Chinyere Uchegbu-Ekwueme
Paper 8 Culture, Identity and Social Change in Denja Abdullahi's Death and the King's Grey HairMariagorathy Amaka Uhunmwunwa, PhD. & Emma Oritsema Ikomi, PhD
Paper 9 Artificial Intelligence in ESL Classrooms: Transforming Pedagogy And Students' Engagement in Nigerian Tertiary InstitutionsTitilayo Soji-Oni, Ph.D
Paper 10 The Syntactic Structure of Negation in Mupun and Implications for English Language Learning among Mupun NativesGodwill Simon Poret
Paper 11 The Hero Archetypes in Mwaghavul Legends and their Relevance to Contemporary Youth IdentityJob Samuel Wetpin & Matthias O. Nder, PhD
Paper 12 Interpersonal Functions of Appraisal Markers in President Tinubu's State-of-the-Nation Address of August 1, 2023Mohammed Abubakar, Professor Musa Idris Okhpanachi, Dr. Tajuddeen Mohammed Sadiq & Ozim Mmaduabuchi Chika, PhD.
Paper 13 Stylistic Projection of Ideological Mental Models in Ahmed Yerima's PariGaye Harry Hanson & Takim Ajom Okongor, Ph.D.
Paper 14 Perceptual Identification of Pure English Vowel Qualities in the Spoken English of Selected Pre-NCE Students at Aminu Kano College of Islamic and Legal Studies KanoSadiya Ibrahim Jibril, Professor Lawan Shu'aibu & Dr. Chinyere Uchegbu-Ekwueme
Paper 15 Women in Selected Novels of Chinua AchebeZainab Muhammad Kazaure, Ph.D & Shehu Nasiru
Paper 16 A Study of Thematic Progression in Poetry: An Example of Okpanachi's Dogs and Angels i, ii, and iiiSadiq Aliyu Waziri, Mustapha Ibrahim Garba & Mohammed Sheriff
Paper 17 Graphophonemic Status of English Context-Induced Silent <t> in Spoken English of NCE II Students of College of Education, Gumel, Jigawa State, Nigeria.Zainab Umar & Ozim, Mmaduabuchi Chika, PhD.
Paper 18 A Comparative Study of Interactional Metadiscourse in the Introduction and Conclusion Sections of Chemistry and English Studies Research ArticlesAdamu Idris, Ph.D & Anas Musa Isma'il, Ph.D.
Paper 19 Lexical-Semantic Analysis of Nigerian English in Selected Nigerian Highlife Music.Martha Olufemi Joel, Dr. Ape, Sunday Okakwu & Dr. Amos Awobi
Paper 20 Critical Language Awareness: A Sine qua non in Educational Research and AssessmentLilian Elakeche O-Onyemachi, Ph.D.
Paper 21 Women's Resistance to Sexism and Power Dominance in Contemporary Novels: a Study of Safiya Isma'il Yero's NajaNafisa Aliyu Suleiman & Kayit Racheal Philip
Paper 22 Orality in Nigerian Poetry as a Statement on Leadership in Niyi Osundare's Village VoicesRabiatu Lawal, PhD.
Paper 23 An Analysis of Structural Metaphors in Kabiru Musa Jammaje's There Is A WayIhsan Nasir Umar & Dr. Mustapha Ibrahim Garba