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LANGUAGE AND GENDER IN OSUNDARE’S THE MAN WHO WALKED AWAY: A SOCIOLINGUISTIC STUDY.

Authors: IDOWU Olubunmi

Publication Type: Chapters in Books

Journal: Pan African Press, Usa

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Most gender studies in linguistics have succeeded in coming up with speech stereotypes of men and women that have limited each gender within some social and linguistic boundaries. However, there is a need for social mobility across the gender boundaries. Therefore, this study explores the stereotype social status of the Nigerian male and female with respect to their social context in Osundare’s The Man Who Walked Away . Using the ethnographic and the communicative approaches to a sociolinguistic studythis work discovers the different functions of imaginative, personal, representational, heuristic and regulatory in the language patterns used in the utterances of various characters. Through the language use of the different characters, the stereotypical gendered roles reveal that a man can be egoistic; though responsible for sustaining his family, rates his self-worth above the interest of his family; and is not always willing to lose his dominant role to any unfavourable situation. On the other hand, the woman is the unappreciated cook and home keeper, has no economic value because she contributes nothing significant to the development of her family and society; and who is always playing the complementary role as determined by the social status of her husband and her society. In view of the consequences of adhering strictly to the socially limiting roles of men and women, this work suggests possible ways of crossing the various social boundaries for the purpose of improved standard of living and contributions towards national development.

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IDOWU,O. . (2017). LANGUAGE AND GENDER IN OSUNDARE’S THE MAN WHO WALKED AWAY: A SOCIOLINGUISTIC STUDY., 2017 (), 151-151.

IDOWU,O. . "LANGUAGE AND GENDER IN OSUNDARE’S THE MAN WHO WALKED AWAY: A SOCIOLINGUISTIC STUDY." 2017, no (), (2017): 151-151.

IDOWU,O. and . (2017). LANGUAGE AND GENDER IN OSUNDARE’S THE MAN WHO WALKED AWAY: A SOCIOLINGUISTIC STUDY., 2017 (), pp151-151.

IDOWUO, . LANGUAGE AND GENDER IN OSUNDARE’S THE MAN WHO WALKED AWAY: A SOCIOLINGUISTIC STUDY.. 2017, 2017 ():151-151.

IDOWU,Olubunmi , . "LANGUAGE AND GENDER IN OSUNDARE’S THE MAN WHO WALKED AWAY: A SOCIOLINGUISTIC STUDY.", 2017 . (2017) : 151-151.

I.Olubunmi , "LANGUAGE AND GENDER IN OSUNDARE’S THE MAN WHO WALKED AWAY: A SOCIOLINGUISTIC STUDY." vol.2017, no., pp. 151-151, 2017.

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