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  1. Impoliteness and the artefacts of satirical discourse in Pius Adesanmi’s Naija No Dey Carry Last

    Article • African Identities, December 2025, Taylor & Francis

    Prof. Ayo A. OSISANWO

  2. Nigeria Bleeds: A Multimodal CDA of Images on Social Media Resistance Discourse Against Insecurity in Nigeria

    Article • Visual Communication Quarterly, December 2025, Taylor & Francis

    Prof. Ayo A. OSISANWO

  3. “We Are All Migrants”: Ideological Construction of Xenophobia in Nigerian and South African Newspaper Reports

    Article • African Journalism Studies, July 2025, Taylor & Francis

    Prof. Ayo A. OSISANWO

  4. Pragmatic Strategies in Medical Encounters with Mental Health Patients in Nigeria

    Article • Professional Discourse & Communication, June 2025, MGIMO University

    Prof. Ayo A. OSISANWO

  5. “Coronavirus is Enemy, Formidable and Opportunistic”: Pragmatic Acts in Selected Covid-19 Political Speeches in Nigeria

    Article • European Journal of Applied Linguistics, May 2025, De Gruyter

    Prof. Ayo A. OSISANWO

  6. Insecurity and Safety Complications in Nigeria: A Corpus-Assisted Critical Discourse Study of Human Security Threat in Nigerian Newspaper Reports

    Article • Corpus Pragmatics, February 2025, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof. Ayo A. OSISANWO

  7. Us and them

    Article • Pragmatics and Society, February 2025, John Benjamins

    Prof. Ayo A. OSISANWO, Dr Ruth Karachi Benson Oji

  8. Twittering Child Trafficking: A Corpus-Assisted Discourse Analysis of Selected X Interactions

    Article • Corpus-based Studies across Humanities, November 2024, De Gruyter

    Prof. Ayo A. OSISANWO

  9. Pentecostal voices and discourse perspectives to LGBTQ+ narratives in Nigeria

    Article • African Identities, November 2024, Taylor & Francis

    Prof. Ayo A. OSISANWO

  10. Human trafficking in nairaland digital community: A corpus-assisted critical discourse study

    Article • Discourse Studies, October 2024, SAGE Publications

    Prof. Ayo A. OSISANWO

  11. Self-legitimation in selected speeches of Abubakar Shekau, the Boko Haram terrorists leader

    Article • Critical Discourse Studies, October 2024, Taylor & Francis

    Prof. Ayo A. OSISANWO

  12. Delegitimating the Nigerian State and other anti-Boko Haram in selected messages of Abubakar Shekau

    Article • Critical Studies on Terrorism, September 2024, Taylor & Francis

    Prof. Ayo A. OSISANWO

  13. Metaphorical constructs and semiotic expressions in the BBC Yoruba Internet memes of English Premier League match results

    Article • Language and Semiotic Studies, September 2024, De Gruyter

    Prof. Ayo A. OSISANWO

  14. Discursive Tropes of Aggression Against Queer-Sexuality in Nigerian Standup Comedy

    Article • Sexuality & Culture, August 2024, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof. Ayo A. OSISANWO

  15. “Silence is the best answer for a bully”: an exploration of humour techniques in selected Nigerian newspaper political cartoons

    Article • Language and Semiotic Studies, August 2024, De Gruyter

    Prof. Ayo A. OSISANWO

  16. Pragmatic acts of humour in family discourse in selected Maryam Apaokagi's comedy skits

    Article • European Journal of Humour Research, June 2024, Estonian Literary Museum of Scholarly Press

    Prof. Ayo A. OSISANWO

  17. Directives and references in selected coronavirus-motivated internet memes

    Article • Language and Semiotic Studies, June 2024, De Gruyter

    Prof. Ayo A. OSISANWO

  18. “I am here… to serve you”: pragmatic acts and strategies in the 2019 inaugural speeches of governors in Southwest Nigeria

    Article • Insights into Language Culture and Communication, May 2024, Arab Academy for Science, Technology, and Maritime Transport (AASTMT)

    Prof. Ayo A. OSISANWO

  19. “I am here… to serve you”: pragmatic acts and strategies in the 2019 inaugural speeches of governors in Southwest Nigeria

    Article • Insights into Language Culture and Communication, May 2024, Arab Academy for Science, Technology, and Maritime Transport (AASTMT)

    Prof. Ayo A. OSISANWO

  20. Gunmen, Bandits and Ransom Demanders: A Corpus-Assisted Critical Discourse Study of the Construction of Abduction in the Nigerian Press

    Article • Corpus-based Studies across Humanities, May 2024, De Gruyter

    Prof. Ayo A. OSISANWO

  21. Contextual Triggers of Family Conflicts in Folake Amanfo’s Celebrity Marriage and Caliph Uzar’s After Knot

    Article • Howard Journal of Communications, April 2024, Taylor & Francis

    Prof. Ayo A. OSISANWO

  22. Discourse of ‘Self’ and ‘Other’ in Newspaper Editorials on Insecurity in Nigeria

    Article • Journal of Asian and African Studies, April 2024, SAGE Publications

    Prof. Ayo A. OSISANWO

  23. Beyond academic discourse: practs of humour in departmental chatrooms of selected Federal University students in Southwest Nigeria

    Article • African Identities, April 2024, Taylor & Francis

    Prof. Ayo A. OSISANWO

  24. Manipulative and Recruitment Strategies in Boko Haram Terrorist Statements

    Article • Journal of Asian and African Studies, February 2024, SAGE Publications

    Prof. Ayo A. OSISANWO

  25. “IT’s the Devil”: Responsibility Allocation And Negotiations In Police-suspect Interrogations In Ibadan, Nigeria

    Article • Journal of Forensic Psychology Research and Practice, December 2023, Taylor & Francis

    Prof. Ayo A. OSISANWO

  26. Identity Construction and Representation in Education-Centred Internet Memes

    Article • June 2023, IGI Global

    Prof. Ayo A. OSISANWO

  27. ‘A threat to national unity, an emancipator’: discourse construction of the Yoruba nation secessionist agitation in selected Nigerian digital communities

    Article • Critical Discourse Studies, May 2023, Taylor & Francis

    Prof. Ayo A. OSISANWO

  28. Ideological Stances in Yoruba Nation Secessionist Discourse in Nigerian Virtual Communities

    Article • Language Matters, May 2023, Taylor & Francis

    Prof. Ayo A. OSISANWO

  29. “This Virus is a Common Threat to All Humans”: Discourse Representation of COVID-19 in Selected Newspaper Editorials

    Article • Athens Journal of Mass Media and Communications, December 2022, Athens Institute for Education and Research ATINER

    Prof. Ayo A. OSISANWO

  30. Gender, ethnic and class as humour strategies in stand-up comedy of Bovi, Kenny Blaq, Akpororo and Basket Mouth

    Article • Comedy Studies, November 2022, Taylor & Francis

    Prof. Ayo A. OSISANWO

  31. “OGA, I’m Not Lying”: Discursive Strategies in Selected Police-Suspect Interrogations in Ibadan, Nigeria

    Article • The International Journal of Humanities & Social Studies, November 2020, International Journal of Innovative Research & Development (GlobeEdu)

    Prof. Ayo A. OSISANWO

  32. Linguistic Representations in Selected Presidential Concession Speeches

    Article • Athens Journal of Mass Media and Communications, July 2020, Athens Institute for Education and Research ATINER

    Prof. Ayo A. OSISANWO

  33. ‘We are not terrorist, we are freedom fighters’: Discourse representation of the pro-Biafra protest in selected Nigerian newspapers

    Article • Discourse & Society, July 2020, SAGE Publications

    Prof. Ayo A. OSISANWO

  34. Discursive Strategies in Selected Political Campaign Songs in Southwestern Nigeria

    Article • Communication and Linguistics Studies, January 2020, Science Publishing Group

    Prof. Ayo A. OSISANWO

  35. Visual Representations of Newspaper Reportage of <i>Boko Haram</i> Terrorism in Nigeria

    Article • American Journal of Art and Design, January 2020, Science Publishing Group

    Prof. Ayo A. OSISANWO

  36. BLAME-FRAME AND PRAISE-FRAME ON THE BOKO HARAM TERRORISM IN NIGERIA NEWSPAPERS: A DISCOURSE EXAMININATION

    Article • PEOPLE International Journal of Social Sciences, February 2019, Global Research & Development Services

    Prof. Ayo A. OSISANWO

  37. I Belong to Everybody yet to Nobody: Pragmatic Acts in President Muhammadu Buhari’s Inaugural Speech

    Article • Athens Journal of Mass Media and Communications, September 2017, Athens Institute for Education and Research ATINER

    Prof. Ayo A. OSISANWO

  38. Role Allocation in the Media Representation of Participants in Selected Electoral Discourses in Nigeria

    Article • Athens Journal of Mass Media and Communications, June 2016, Athens Institute for Education and Research ATINER

    Prof. Ayo A. OSISANWO

  39. Discursive representation of Boko Haram terrorism in selected Nigerian newspapers

    Article • Discourse & Communication, April 2016, SAGE Publications

    Prof. Ayo A. OSISANWO

  40. Expression of ideologies in media accounts of the 2003 and 2007 general elections in Nigeria

    Article • Discourse & Society, June 2013, SAGE Publications

    Prof. Ayo A. OSISANWO

  41. Lexicalisation in Media Representation of the 2003 and 2007 General Elections in Nigeria

    Article • World Journal of English Language, May 2013, Sciedu Press

    Prof. Ayo A. OSISANWO