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1. Linguistic Analysis and Discourse StudiesVolume 21, Issue 2 (September 2021)pp. 169–191PDF of Tracing Semantic Drift and Generational Diffusion of Internet Slang Across Age Cohorts and Cultural Contexts on Social Media

   Tracing Semantic Drift and Generational Diffusion of Internet Slang Across Age Cohorts and Cultural Contexts on Social Media

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

   selected internet slang expressions develop new meanings and social significance as they move across generational and cultural boundaries. Drawing on Agha’s theory of enregisterment, the study uses a qualitative

2. Linguistic Analysis and Discourse StudiesVolume 25, Issue 2 (September 2025)pp. 176–197PDF of Pragmatic Functions Of Pauses In Nigerian Online Chat Interactions: A Gricean And Austinian Perspective

   Pragmatic Functions Of Pauses In Nigerian Online Chat Interactions: A Gricean And Austinian Perspective

   Ngozi Georginia Ugochukwu and Prisca O. Bob

   index cognitive processing, hesitation, politeness strategies, and relational stance. In Gricean terms, pauses often generate implicatures by signaling deviations from conversational expectations, particularly the maxims of Quantity and Manner. From

3. Linguistic Analysis and Discourse StudiesVolume 25, Issue 2 (September 2025)pp. 238–259PDF of Lexicalisation of Discursive Strategies in Selected Fault-based Divorce Proceedings in Oyo

   Lexicalisation of Discursive Strategies in Selected Fault-based Divorce Proceedings in Oyo

   Adenike Opeyemi OMOLAOYE

   audio-recorded proceedings transcribed into a 15,620-word corpus and seventeen excerpts were generated in total. Findings reveal four discursive strategies: referential nomination which employs legal-institutional and labels

4. Literary Theory and CriticismVolume 25, Issue 1 (September 2025)pp. 107–128PDF of The Novel as a Cultural Artefact in Africa

   The Novel as a Cultural Artefact in Africa

   Isaac Ojo Atere and Chukwunomsue Juliana Nwazodoni

   merely celebratory. Rather, the novels preserve cultural knowledge while critically interrogating traditions that generate exclusion, conflict and gendered oppression. The paper concludes that the African novel functions as a cultural

5. Literary Theory and CriticismVolume 24, Issue 1 (September 2024)pp. 47–61PDF of Normalizing Taboo: Homosexual Advocacy in Emezi’s Fiction

   Normalizing Taboo: Homosexual Advocacy in Emezi’s Fiction

   Dina Yerima-Avazi and Chigbu Andrew Chigbu

   Thanatos instinct. Lastly, the paper advocates for literary portrayals that uphold and sustain generational values that have helped African societies develop distinctive identities

6. Literary Theory and CriticismVolume 21, Issue 2 (September 2021)pp. 88–101PDF of Traumatic Suffering in Roses and Bullets and Half of a Yellow Sun

   Traumatic Suffering in Roses and Bullets and Half of a Yellow Sun

   Ahaiwe Kenneth Chimezie, Eze Chidiebere C and Godline Nkeiru Chim

   literature has continued to generate different critical arguments that validate the use of war and trauma narratives as important instruments for social reform. The emergence of war literature has created