Journal of Mass Communication & Journalism

Dayo Akanmu

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• Research Article
  New Yoruba Idioms and Idiomatic Expressions: A New Mode of Communicating New Concepts and Ideas on Radio
  Author(s): Dayo AkanmuDayo Akanmu
  
  New idioms and idiomatic expressions, which are modern stock expressions, constitute communicative clogs in Yoruba routine discourses because of their semantic complexity and deviant nature. Existing studies have established their scope of usage in Yoruba music but have hardly addressed their communicative adaptability in Yoruba programmes on radio. And in view of the erroneous views of Fakoya and Sunday Sun in its editorial comments of March 28, 2004 that fresh ideas and concepts emanating from globalization/science and technology can hardly be captured by the lexis and structure of Nigerian indigenous languages. This paper investigated issues expressed with these idioms, context and strategies for using them in various Yoruba programmes on radio. This is with a view to establishing their communicative and stylistic relevance in Yoruba discourses. The paper adopted Mukarousky’s.. Read More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2165-7912.1000236

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