PARADIGMS: THE PREVALENT DEEP STRUCTURES IN ỌJAADỊLỊ

Abstract

Paradigms which are the structure of things in pairs to mark different patterns and their opposites can be used in expressing good and bad themes, love and hatred, big and small sizes, short and tall heights, ups and downs in life etc. But the use of paradigms in Ọjaadịlị (an Igbo play), goes beyond the surface structures. Paradigms are used in the play to express male and female genders which refer to all and sundry, left and right or front and back which means all the places etc. The use of paradigms enabled the exploitation of universality. This refers to one another for globalisation and development of the world which is a joint venture. This paper x-rays the judicious use of paradigms from the abstract to the introduction, the body of the work and its conclusion. The method used in this paper is analytical. The data were sourced from library materials. This paper will go a long way in adding a lot to the knowledge of paradigms and paradigmatic structures.