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Points Of View And Modality In The Discourses Of Homosexuality In Selected Nigerian Newspapers
ISSN: 2617 - 0299
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Points Of View And Modality In The Discourses Of Homosexuality In Selected Nigerian Newspapers
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ICC-0902
Publisher: International Journal Of Linguistics, Literature And Trans..
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Abstract
The practice of homosexuality has over time generated serious debates worldwide. Studies on homosexuality in the Euro-American context have focused on how this phenomenon is represented socially, psychologically, linguistically, etc. Though opinions diverge, but the central argument is of social justice and human right. Studies on the phenomenon in the Nigerian context have focused on Nollywood movies and other arguments centered on ethics, culture and religion, with little attention to points of view and their linguistic representations. This study, therefore, explores modality choices in the representation of points of view. This study adopts Uspensky’s (1973) notion of point of view on the ideological plain and Halliday’s Systemic Functional Linguistics with special attention on Simpson’s (1993) classification of modality. These approaches provide a method for studying language use and points of view. Two popular Nigerian new...
