A study of the stylistic markers of the language of cartoons in Nigeria

This paper discusses the stylistic characteristics of the language of cartoons in some Nigerian newspapers. The analysis focuses on printing styles, stylistic registers, and textual features. The author concludes that the informal style (exemplified by the occurrence of Pidgin English, colloquial fo...

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Autor principal:	Modupe M. Alimi
Formato:	article
Lenguaje:	EN FR
Publicado:	LibraryPress@UF 1991
Materias:	stylistics cartoons Pidgin English Philology. Linguistics P1-1091
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:54f32d528d804908837429f6665e419f2021-11-19T03:54:19ZA study of the stylistic markers of the language of cartoons in Nigeria10.32473/sal.v22i2.1074240039-35332154-428Xhttps://doaj.org/article/54f32d528d804908837429f6665e419f1991-04-01T00:00:00Zhttps://journals.flvc.org/sal/article/view/107424https://doaj.org/toc/0039-3533https://doaj.org/toc/2154-428XThis paper discusses the stylistic characteristics of the language of cartoons in some Nigerian newspapers. The analysis focuses on printing styles, stylistic registers, and textual features. The author concludes that the informal style (exemplified by the occurrence of Pidgin English, colloquial forms, loan blends, ellipsis, and telegraphic sentences) characterizes the language of the cartoons. Thus, cartoonists use language as an artistic medium in which various options of language are explored for effective communication.Modupe M. AlimiLibraryPress@UFarticlestylisticscartoonsPidgin EnglishPhilology. LinguisticsP1-1091ENFRStudies in African Linguistics, Vol 22, Iss 2 (1991)
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description	This paper discusses the stylistic characteristics of the language of cartoons in some Nigerian newspapers. The analysis focuses on printing styles, stylistic registers, and textual features. The author concludes that the informal style (exemplified by the occurrence of Pidgin English, colloquial forms, loan blends, ellipsis, and telegraphic sentences) characterizes the language of the cartoons. Thus, cartoonists use language as an artistic medium in which various options of language are explored for effective communication.
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title	A study of the stylistic markers of the language of cartoons in Nigeria
title_short	A study of the stylistic markers of the language of cartoons in Nigeria
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A study of the stylistic markers of the language of cartoons in Nigeria

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