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This study examines the use of metaphor, hyperbole, and evaluative language in Nigerian online sports media coverage of the 2025–2026 Premier League season, with particular attention to their communicative … Pulse Nigeria. From the corpus, 30 analytically rich excerpts comprising 10 metaphorical, 10 hyperbolic, and 10 evaluative expressions were purposively selected for detailed analysis. The data were analysed through qualitative
Munachi Frances Agorua, Isaiah Ifeanyichukwu Agbo, Aminu Saleh, Suleiman Muhammed Badamasi, Bernice Nonye Ogbochie and Usman Abdullahi
through Relation flouting. Early adolescents demonstrated more sophisticated Quality flouting, particularly through irony and hyperbole. Context also shaped the pragmatic strategies employed. Rather than causing communicative breakdown, maxim flouting enabled