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1. Linguistic Analysis and Discourse StudiesVolume 25, Issue 2 (September 2025)pp. 360–380PDF of A corpus-assisted study of evidential stance in selected Nigerian newspaper editorials

   A corpus-assisted study of evidential stance in selected Nigerian newspaper editorials

   Ayobami Adetoro AFOLABI and Paul Ayodele ONANUGA

   present study is a corpus-assisted study of evidential stance in a specialised corpus of select Nigerian newspaper editorials: Punch, Tribune, The Guardian, This Day and Vanguard. The corpus … quantitatively analysed using AntConc 4.3.1 and qualitatively, following Hyland’s (2005) model of evidential stance, which categorises evidential stance into hedges and boosters. The results reveal that evidential stance

2. Linguistic Analysis and Discourse StudiesVolume 25, Issue 2 (September 2025)pp. 198–215PDF of Securitizing Public Vigilance: A Pragmatic and Critical Discourse Analysis of the Nigeria Police Force’s Press Release on Internal Security and Violent Crimes

   Securitizing Public Vigilance: A Pragmatic and Critical Discourse Analysis of the Nigeria Police Force’s Press Release on Internal Security and Violent Crimes

   Taiwo, Joshua AJENIFARI

   dislodgement” construct police action as necessary and effective. Numerical details and recovered items provide evidential support for institutional competence, while actor representation places the police as protectors, criminal suspects