Read full paper at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=50354#.VDslBlfHRK0 Author(s) Timothy Adeyemi Akanbi Affiliation(s) Department of Linguistics and Nigerian Languages Ekiti State University, Ado-Ekiti, Nigeria . ABSTRACT Considerable attention has been given to oral literature in Yorùbá language. Oral literature, as regards children lullaby, children rhymes and moonlight tales are not left out. However, most of the earlier writings on folktales are centred only on the compilation of these oral literatures. However, Isola (1995) and Akinyemi (2004) have made some attempts in explaining the educational significance of these oral literatures. While Isola (1995) looks at children lullaby and childre...
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