APPRECIATION OF EJAGHAM

ABSTRACT

This research was aimed at investigating appreciation in Ejagham. Both primary and secondary data were used for the study. The research findings revealed that the Manyu people see people who are appreciative as people who are well brought up or of good morals people who can give back. It was also discovered that they have covert and overt forms of acquisition. Again, it was discovered that Ejagham women are more appreciative than men. Due to time constraints, the investigation was not exhaustive as it would have been expected. The work recommends that more wore be done in future to exhaustively investigate thanking. Other aspects of politeness in the language, especially regrets and greetings still needs sociolinguistics attention

Chapter one

Background information

1.1 Introduction
This work is aimed at providing an examination of “appreciation in Ejagham”. Chapter one is an introduction and handles the following topics which includes; geographical classification, historical situation, economic life of the people, linguistic classification, methodology, literature review, scope of work, theoretical frame work and conclusion.
Appreciation according to the Cambridge dictionary is an expression of acknowledgement, gratitude for something someone did for you.
Example:
I would like to give this bottle of wine as a mark or sign of appreciation for all the work you have done for me.
1.2 Geographical Location
The Ekoi people also known as Ejagham are an ethnic group in the extreme southwest of Nigeria and extending Eastward into Northern Cameroon. In Cameroon, Ejagham is spoken in Eyumojock sub-division, Manyu Division of the South west Region. Ekoid Bantu languages are spoken by many groups including the Atam, Boki, Mbembe, Ufia and Yako (Thormasert 2008). The Ekoi are related to the Efik, Annang and Ibibio people of southern Nigeria and have lived closely with them and also claim to have migrated from Cameroon to the area. The inhabitants of Kwa located near calabar, claim to be the first Ekoi people to have migrated from Cameroon (Davison 2010).
According to Thormasert (2008), the Eyumojock council being the sub-division of the Ejagham people is found in Manyu Division of the South West Region of Cameroon situated some 45km from Mamfe the capital of Manyu Division. The municipality is situated roughly between the towns of Ikom in Nigeria and Mamfe in Cameroon figuring as one of the border councils in the Republic. It shares its western boundary with the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Akwaya lies in the North, Upper Bayang and Mamfe central occupies the Eastern boundary while the south is shared with the Mundemba and Toko Councils. It extends from latitude 50 10 “9” to 50 50”7” north of the equator and longitude 80 50”100” to 90 20”5” east of the Greenwich meridian. It covers a total surface area of approximately 3,442km2 benefiting from three forest management units (Thormasert 2008),

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