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1. Linguistic Analysis and Discourse StudiesVolume 23, Issue 2 (September 2023)pp. 94–116PDF of The Unspoken Ideology: A Critical Stylistic Analysis of Silent Ideologies in Festus Iyayi’s Violence and Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s Purple Hibiscus

   The Unspoken Ideology: A Critical Stylistic Analysis of Silent Ideologies in Festus Iyayi’s Violence and Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s Purple Hibiscus

   Christian Onah and Emmanuel Jibb Adams

   Iyayi’s Violence and Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s Purple Hibiscus to examine how the linguistic choices of both authors construct and communicate ideologies of gender and power. Rather than accepting … identify the authors’ more complex visions of the female gender, to demonstrate how specific linguistic choices function as indices of intended meaning, and to illustrate how dialogue contributes thematic depth