The Semiotic Function of the Kola Nut in Nigeria: Its Socio-cultural Value and National Significance

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The Semiotic Function of the Kola Nut in Nigeria

Its Socio-cultural Value and National Significance

Steve Bode O. Ekundayo
Steve Bode O. Ekundayo (b. 1973) lectures in the Department of English and Literature, University of Benin, Benin City, Nigeria. He holds a Ph.D. in the Sociolinguistics of ESL. His areas of interest are grammar, phonetics and phonology, semiotics, stylistics, practical criticism and creative writing. He has published over twenty books in some of these areas and many scholarly articles in both local and internal journals.
and Esther Nkiruka Ugwu
Esther Nkiruka Ugwu (b. 1958) is University Associate Professor at the University of Benin, Benin City, Nigeria. Research interests include pragmatics, discourse analysis, critical discourse analysis, gender studies and semiotics. Publications include, “Rhetoric and Propaganda of Political Campaigns in Nigeria” (2007), “Kinesics and Symbolic Meanings of Dance in Nigeria” (2012), “The Flouting of the Maxim of Quality in Zulu Sofola's The Wizard of Law” (2013), “The Psycho-logistic and Actantial Portrayal of Women in Selected Plays of Zulu Sofola” (2014).

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Published Online: 2015-02-03

Published in Print: 2015-02-01

https://doi.org/10.1515/css-2015-0005

Keywords for this article

icon; kolanuthood; national cohesion; semiosphere; socio-cultural values; socio-economic values