Linguistic Stylistics Study of Chimamanda Adichie’s Purple Hibiscus

Abstract

The aim of this study is to investigate linguistics stylistic features in Chimamanda Adichie Purple Hibiscus. The specific objectives of the study are to discuss the syntactic features used by the author in this novel and identify the various morphological features the author has used in the novel. Areas of linguistics to investigate on are syntactic and morphology. The study is anchored on Language Variation Theory. Syntactically, it was discovered that Adichie used epizeuxsis, anaphora, asyndeton, parenthesis as the syntactic devices in Purple Hibiscus. For morphology, acronyms, abbreviation, compounding words, initialisms were used to put these elements together to pass a message that is relevant to the study. The researcher also explored the cultural and linguistic background and how they have helped the style of the writing.