UNIVERSITY OF PORT HARCOURT

FACULTY OF HUMANITY
DEPARTMENT OF LINGUISTICS AND COMMUNICATION
STUDIES
PROJECT TOPICS
BY
ESSIEN EDIDIONG BASSEY
U2019/1825339
LANGUAGE AND COGNITIVE WRITING AFROBEAT AND
POP MUSIC A STUDY OF BURNA BOY AND TAYLOR
SWIFT STYLE.
EXPLORING LANGUAGE AND SOCIOLINGUISTIC
FACTORS ON SPEECH PATTERNS, WITH EMPHASIS ON
GENDER DIFFERENCES
DECODING THE LANGUAGE DYNAMICS AND COLORISM
IN SKINCARE ADS
PROJECT SUPERVISOR:
DR. F E ONIEL

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