A Socio-pragmatic Study of Characters' Names in Wole Soyinka’s The Strong Breed

dc.contributor.author	Odebode, Idowu
dc.date.accessioned	2022-04-29T11:53:13Z
dc.date.available	2022-04-29T11:53:13Z
dc.date.issued	2012-07
dc.description.abstract	This study attempts an onomastic analysis of Wole Soyinka’s The Strong Breed from a socio-pragmatic perspective. Six names of the major characters in the text are selected for the study. They are given an in-depth analysis based on Halliday’s (1978) socio-semiotic variables model among others. The study indicates that naming (by Soyinka) transcends the illocutionary act of labeling to bring into play the social indices of occupation, age, geography, ethnicity and religion. Out of five variables examined, religion has the highest frequency. This, therefore, proves the religious/scapegoat theme stressed in the work. The study also indicates that names are meaning potentials and a good understanding of the author’s use of names is a great key that unlocks his perceived difficult text(s).	en_US
dc.identifier.issn	doi:10.7575/ijalel.v.1n.2p.127
dc.identifier.uri	http://dspace.run.edu.ng:8080/jspui/handle/123456789/2512
dc.language.iso	en	en_US
dc.publisher	International Journal of Applied Linguistics & English Literature	en_US
dc.relation.ispartofseries	Vol. 1, No 2;
dc.subject	The Strong Breed	en_US
dc.subject	Wole Soyinka	en_US
dc.subject	Socio-pragmatics	en_US
dc.subject	Onomastics	en_US
dc.subject	Socio-semiotics	en_US
dc.title	A Socio-pragmatic Study of Characters' Names in Wole Soyinka’s The Strong Breed	en_US
dc.type	Article	en_US

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