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1. Linguistic Analysis and Discourse StudiesVolume 25, Issue 1 (September 2025)pp. 290–317PDF of Socio-semiotic Study of Family Dynamics in Selected Taaooma’s Youtube Comedy Skits

   Socio-semiotic Study of Family Dynamics in Selected Taaooma’s Youtube Comedy Skits

   Bukola Alfred, Morenike, Elizabeth Kolapo and Beke-ere Mienbi Singer

   secure emotional connections. This paper explores visual and linguistic resources in selected Taaooma’s YouTube comedy skits, to explore how humor is constructed and how Nigerian cultural practices and family

2. Volume 22, Issue 2 (September 2022)pp. 50–65PDF of A Pragmatic Analysis of Selected Nigerian Online Discourses on The #Endsars Protest Of 2020

   A Pragmatic Analysis of Selected Nigerian Online Discourses on The #Endsars Protest Of 2020

   Esther Chiebonam Osiaku and Henrietta Nnenna Ugwu

   qualitative research design was employed, using six audio-visual recordings purposively selected from four YouTube channels and covering the period from 9 to 21 October 2020. The audio portions

3. Linguistic Analysis and Discourse StudiesVolume 25, Issue 2 (September 2025)pp. 132–152PDF of Confrontation in Words: Interactional Impoliteness in Nigerian Political Conflict Discourse

   Confrontation in Words: Interactional Impoliteness in Nigerian Political Conflict Discourse

   Fredrick Friday John and Nobuhle Ndimande-Hlongwa

   conflict-related video posts involving four sociopolitical agents were purposively selected and downloaded from YouTube, where they were posted to reach millions of viewers following the conflicts. The videos were

4. Linguistic Analysis and Discourse StudiesVolume 24, Issue 2 (September 2024)pp. 131–161PDF of The 'Balablu Bulaba' Campaign Gaffe and the Nigerian Digital Dissent: Perspectives from Culpeper’s Impoliteness Formulae

   The 'Balablu Bulaba' Campaign Gaffe and the Nigerian Digital Dissent: Perspectives from Culpeper’s Impoliteness Formulae

   Chidi Nwankwo, Clementina Okoye and Chuka Ononye

   gaffe were purposively sampled from three online media platforms (TVC News YouTube handle, Punch Online Newspaper, and Nairaland online community website), transposed to MS Word with line numbers, and subjected

5. 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

   fill this gap, Christian video sermons involving three popular Nigerian preachers were obtained from YouTube between January and February 2020. The preachers are Bishop David Oyedepo from Living Faith Church