LEXICAL PATTERNS IN AFRICAN NOVEL: A CASE STUDY OF FESTUS IYAYI’S VIOLENCE AND NGUGI WA THIONGO’S PETALS OF BLOOD
Abstract: The study was carried out to examine the Lexical pattern in Festus Iyayi’s ‘Violence’ and Ngugi WaThiongo’s ‘Petals of blood’, these were the primary sources. The study was critically reviewed to really understand the styles and structures of language used as acceptable forms in Africa and Nigeria in particular. Moreover, the effect of the…