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1. Volume 22, Issue 2 (September 2022)pp. 66–84PDF of Phonotactic Constraints and English Pronunciation among Gbagyi Speakers of Nigerian English

   Phonotactic Constraints and English Pronunciation among Gbagyi Speakers of Nigerian English

   Usman Abdullahi, Isaiah Ifeanyichukwu Agbo, Bernice Nonye Ogbochie, Aminu Saleh and Suleiman Muhammed Badamasi

   structures outrank faithfulness constraints preserving English clusters. The study highlights community-specific patterns in Nigerian English pronunciation

2. Linguistic Analysis and Discourse StudiesVolume 25, Issue 2 (September 2025)pp. 311–332PDF of A Corpus-Assisted Sociopragmatic Study of Access, Ideology, and the Making of "Educated" Speech in Nigerian English-Pidgin Discourse

   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

   Educated Nigerian English functions as a prestige variety, often contrasted with Nigerian Pidgin. Although sociopragmatic research views this distinction as interactionally constructed, cross-status discourse remains underexamined. This study investigates … Dijk’s ideological square for analysing micro-interactional manifestations of status and power in Nigerian English- Pidgin discourse

3. Linguistic Analysis and Discourse StudiesVolume 25, Issue 2 (September 2025)pp. 381–403PDF of Zebrudaya's “Special” English Syntax as a Departure from Standard British English: Entertainment and Communicative Intelligibility

   Zebrudaya's “Special” English Syntax as a Departure from Standard British English: Entertainment and Communicative Intelligibility

   Edenowo T. Enang and Festus Uwakwe Ngwoke

   therefore situates Zebrudaya’s “Special” English within the broader discourse of World Englishes and Nigerian English development. It concludes that the variety merits recognition as a meaningful and intelligible form