THE ISSUES OF ACCESSIBILITY: A LEXICO-SEMANTIC READING OF CHIMAMANDA NGOZI ADICHIE’S Half of A Yellow Sun

Rotimi Jegede

Department of Languages

 Federal Polytechnic, Idah Kogi State

ABSTRACT

Scholars in Stylistics believe in the assertion that style is the man.  That is, we do not all write the same way. Studies have equally shown that part of what that goes to determine originality in a writer’s work(s) derives strongly from the unique way he/she expresses himself/herself.  The question therefore, is, to which extent could a writer’s style of expression open or block the gateway of meaning and accessibility in their works? If communication is the main preoccupation of a writer, how does he set to achieve this by the manner in which he expresses himself?  The questions in the foregoing will be our guide as we attempt to do a lexico-semantic reading of Chimamonda N. Adichie’s Half Of A Yellow Sun.

KEYWORDS: Style, Expressions, Meaning, Accessibility, Communication