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1. Volume 22, Issue 2 (September 2022)pp. 25–49PDF of Stance, acts and identity construction in Christian response sermons on insecurity in Nigeria.

   Stance, acts and identity construction in Christian response sermons on insecurity in Nigeria.

   Nkechinyere Nwaegbe, Chidi Nwankwo and Chuka Ononye

   Generally, linguistic scholarship on Christian sermons has used discourse-analytic and pragmatic tools to explore rhetorical appeal, participants involved, and patterns of metaphorisation, reference assignment, and speech acting … that-complement clauses. In addition to bridging gaps in the existing literature on Christian sermons, the findings provide metalinguistic insights into the underlying messages behind Christian responses to Nigeria