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| Autor/in | Akinyosoye, Adetokunbo Funmilayo |
|---|---|
| Titel | Addressing Insecurity on Nigerian Roads through Literacy, Language and Semiotics |
| Quelle | In: African Educational Research Journal, 3 (2015) 1, S.47-50 (4 Seiten)
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| Sprache | englisch |
| Dokumenttyp | gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz |
| ISSN | 2354-2160 |
| Schlagwörter | Foreign Countries; Traffic Safety; Signs; Indigenous Knowledge; Cultural Influences; Beliefs; Illiteracy; Reading Skills; Literacy Education; Accident Prevention; Language Usage; Semiotics; Nigeria |
| Abstract | Language plays significant role in human relations and this language can be verbal and non-verbal. Among the forms of non-verbal communication are kinesics (the use of body signs), proxemics (the use of space) and the use of signs in communication. The appropriate and adequate interpretation of signs is expected to bring peace and harmony. There have been series of carnages and accidents on Nigerian roads and these, among other factors, are connected to disregard of road users to road signs. The paper is quasi-empirical through the use of unstructured interview with union leaders and their members. The findings from this unstructured interview reveal that superstitious belief in the power of Ogun, Yoruba god of iron and war, to avert road accident, illiteracy and inability to read road signs contribute to the regularity of traffic accidents on Nigerian roads. It is recommended that government and its designated agency should increase media advocacy and literacy activities for all road users. It is believed that these recommendations will assist in reduction of accidents on Nigerian roads. (As Provided). |
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| Erfasst von | ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC |
| Update | 2020/1/01 |
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