Naming as a strategy for identity construction in selected 21st century Nigerian novels

• Main Authors: Tayo Lamidi,, Romanus Aboh,
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Pusat Pengajian Bahasa dan Linguistik, FSSK, UKM 2011
• Online Access: http://journalarticle.ukm.my/3218/1/6-Tayo_Lamidi_et_al.pdf; http://journalarticle.ukm.my/3218/; http://www.ukm.my/ppbl/3L/3LCurrentIssues.html

Although studies within linguistics are quick to demonstrate how language constructs identity, little attention has been given to the symbolic uses of names in the construction of identity in Nigerian novels, and this tends to undermine the fundamental role of lexis such as names in the construction...