Word Power in Taboo Expressions as Instrument of Change in Nigeria

The phenomenon of taboo has been postulated as one of the reasons for sex differentiation in speech, proscribing certain behaviours of a people in a particular society. Coates (1993:43) states that taboo operates in societies proscribing certain forms of behaviour, including linguistic behaviour. Li...

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