DEPARTMENTOFLINGUISTICS STUDIES

Wittgesten (1921) has once argued that the meaning of any term or
expression cannot be interpreted or gotten outside its context, context is one
thing that cannot be debonked when explaining the meaning of expression.
This work is titled the semantic analysis of covid-19 terminologies in Etsako
language, the Etsako language is an Ediod language located in Edo state.
The data for this study id collected through the use of oral interview while
exploring the use of the qualitative research design, the conceptual theory of
meaning was adopted as the theoretical frame of the study. Related works of
literature which forms the basis for which this study can be from were
reviewed after which the presentation of data, data are presented by
grouping them. After a successful analysis done by bringing out the
contextual usage of the terms, it be confirmed that meaning cannot exist
outside the context of usage, the context of usage has a great influence in
determining, if the context changes meaning changes.