LITERARY ADAPTATION AS A MEANS OF EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION: A STUDY OF UDO KA MMA AND THIS IS OUR CHANCE

Communication, ethimologically is derived from the Latin word ‘communicare’, meaning ‘transferring’ or ‘sharing’. In everyday life, living organisms especially man and other lower animals communicate or share or transfer their knowledge, thoughts, information, feelings, ideas with one another or with nature. To communicate according to Pearson (2001:266) is “to express your thought and feelings clearly, so that other people understand.” People interact and relate to one another through communication (Obidiebube, 2013). No relationship can exist in any group or society without communication (Ihezuonu & Enweonye, 2014). Communication in its most general sense, is a chain of events which the significant link is a message. This message can be passed positively for a good effect or negatively used as intrigue for negative effects. There are two types of communication: verbal and non-verbal communication. Verbal communication involves the use of language while non-verbal communication involves the use of various parts of human body such as hands, eyes, face, head, mouth, etc. Non-verbal communication can be in form of signals, signs and symbols. The New Encyclopedia Britannica (2005:625) regards signals, signs and symbols as “three related components of communication processes found in all known cultures, and do not relate primarily to the usual conception of words or language.”