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Download full textR. O., Farinde; H. O., Omolaiye – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2020
An utterance is neither seen nor touched but capable of making or marring an individual, group or a nation depending on how it is used. Thus, positive utterances ensure peace and tranquility in a society while negative utterances usually tear a nation apart. Language of insult is a negative utterance that usually produces, hatred, war, or disunity…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Language Usage, African Languages, Tribes
