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University of Nigeria Journal of Language and Literary Studies
African, World Literature and English Language
Welcome to AWLEL! African, World Literature and English Language (AWLEL) is a peer-reviewed academic journal published by the Department of English and Literary Studies, University of Nigeria, Nsukka. AWLEL offers a dynamic platform for scholars to publish cutting-edge research exploring the African literary and linguistic experience, as well as broader issues in global literary studies, language, and culture. Operating as an open-access journal, the journal ensures that its published scholarship is freely accessible to global researchers, educators, and the public.
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Volume 25, Issue 2 (September 2025)
The Use of Lamentation as Discursive Construction of Insecurity and Economic Crises in Opposition Manifestoes in Nigeria
Arilesere R. Mustapha and Funke J. Oni
Discursive Representation of Social Actors in the 2025 Federal High Court Ruling on
Emmanuel Ogbonna Okoro
Discursive Lexicalisation in Election Petition Tribunals in Nigeria
Anthony Elisha Anowu and Tunde Ope-Davies
Pragmatic Acts Analysis of Donald Trump’s “Save America” Speech
Amaka G. Nwuche, Kelvin S. Onyeagwaram and and Ogechi C. Unachukwu
Linguistic Analysis and Discourse Studiespp. 106–131
Good morning, Dr. Please what could…: Discourse Strategies and Linguistic Markers of Affectivity and Rapport in an Online Gynecology Consultative Forum in Nigeria
Olusegun J. Omoboye and Samuel. A. Akinwotu
Linguistic Analysis and Discourse Studiespp. 132–152
Confrontation in Words: Interactional Impoliteness in Nigerian Political Conflict Discourse
Fredrick Friday John and Nobuhle Ndimande-Hlongwa
Linguistic Analysis and Discourse Studiespp. 176–197
Pragmatic Functions Of Pauses In Nigerian Online Chat Interactions: A Gricean And Austinian Perspective
Ngozi Georginia Ugochukwu and Prisca O. Bob
Linguistic Analysis and Discourse Studiespp. 216–237
Genderlect and the Discursive Construction of Victims and Perpetrators in Nigerian Rape Reportage
Nwakaire Esther Nkechi, Ozor Gloria Nwando and David-Ojukwu Ifeyinwa
Linguistic Analysis and Discourse Studiespp. 238–259
Lexicalisation of Discursive Strategies in Selected Fault-based Divorce Proceedings in Oyo
Adenike Opeyemi OMOLAOYE
Linguistic Analysis and Discourse Studiespp. 260–285
Safety and Security Issues at Traditional Festivals in Eastern Nigeria: An Ethnographic Incursion.
Ogechi I. Anyanwu, Uche J. Ngonadi and Elochukwu A. Nwankwo
Linguistic Analysis and Discourse Studiespp. 286–310
Style and Ideology of Mediation in Conflict News Reporting: The Case of Nigerian Newspaper Reports on Niger Delta Conflicts
Chidi Nwankwo, Ijeoma Uchenna-Okoye and Chuka Ononye
Linguistic Analysis and Discourse Studiespp. 311–332
A Corpus-Assisted Sociopragmatic Study of Access, Ideology, and the Making of "Educated" Speech in Nigerian English-Pidgin Discourse
Andrew Ikpomwosa Egbah and Bridget Dahunsi Okunrobo
Linguistic Analysis and Discourse Studiespp. 333–359
Between Survival and Shift: Hausa Language Dominance and Attitudes Toward Tangale and Fulfulde in Gombe State
Aminu Saleh, Suleiman Muhammed Badamasi, Usman Abdullahi, Bernice Nonye Ogbochie and Isaiah Ifeanyichukwu Agbo
Linguistic Analysis and Discourse Studiespp. 360–380
A corpus-assisted study of evidential stance in selected Nigerian newspaper editorials
Ayobami Adetoro AFOLABI and Paul Ayodele ONANUGA
Linguistic Analysis and Discourse Studiespp. 381–403
Zebrudaya's “Special” English Syntax as a Departure from Standard British English: Entertainment and Communicative Intelligibility
Edenowo T. Enang and Festus Uwakwe Ngwoke
Linguistic Analysis and Discourse Studiespp. 423–441
No more rise and fall: Metaphorical representations of sex, masculinity and femininity in herbal sex enhancement drugs advertisement in South East Nigeria
Mathias Okey Chukwu and Favour Raphael Ntor
Linguistic Analysis and Discourse Studiespp. 442–462
Psychosomatic Expressions in Selected Poems of Maya Angelou and Kamau Brathwaite
Caroline Olubunmi Nwaka and Anthonia-Greg Nwanekwu Chibuoke
Gender and Cultural Studiespp. 463–481
Translating Gendered Metaphor in Yoruba – English Discourse: Ideology, Representation, and Cultural Mediation
Alawode, Liasu Adebamiji Akinkunmi
Linguistic Analysis and Discourse Studiespp. 482–504
Impact of Poverty Metaphors in Policy Responses and Government Interventions: A Corpus-Based Study of Poverty Discourse in Northern Nigerian Newspapers
Bello Ibrahim and Funke Oni Josephine
Linguistic Analysis and Discourse Studiespp. 505–531
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A journal of language and literature since 2001
Founded in 2001 as Africa and World Literature (AWL), the journal widened its scope to become African, World Literature and English Language. It publishes peer-reviewed scholarship on African writing, orature and languages alongside work on world literatures and English as a global language. Every article is free to read and download.
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