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The English Scholars Association of Nigeria (ESAN) aims to promote the teaching, learning and updating of its members in the English Language, Literature in English and emerging disciplines focusing on Nigerian tetriary education. 

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Vol. 28 No. 3 (Special Edition 1 and 2) (2026): Journal of the English Scholar's Association of Nigeria

IN HONOUR OF

WALE ADEGBITE, PRESIDENT, ENGLISH SCHOLARS’ ASSOCIATION OF NIGERIA (2012 – 2017)

AND

TAJUDEEN YAQUB SURAKAT, PRESIDENT, ENGLISH SCHOLARS’ ASSOCIATION OF NIGERIA (2021 – 2026)

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Citation of Professor Wale Adegbite

Citation of Professor T. Y. Surakat

Oluwatosin Grace Abidoye - An Appraisal Analysis of Nigerian Press Narratives on Indigenous African Food Systems as Sustainable Response to Child Malnutrition in Nigeria

Daniel Abuh, Grace Obada & Blessing Edidiong Ogedengbe - Lexico-semantic Extensions of Food-based Metaphors in Nigeria’s ‘Renewed Hope’ Discourse

Abidemi Olufemi Adebayo, Segun Emmanuel Amure - Hypothesizing the Playwright’s Esperance and Cynicism on Nigerian Civil Society Ahmed Yerima’s Hendu

Thany Babajide Adepoju - A Stylistic Study of Figurative Language and Social Commentary in Niyi Osundare’s “A Song for Ajegunle”

Jide Ajidahun - Naming the Nation: Literary Onomastics and the Universality of Corruption in Femi Osofisan's Drama

Charles Esambe Alobwede - Digital Identity Construction: The Case of Cameroon Anglophone Youths

Ngozi Anyachonkeya - A Comparative Discourse of Afro-European Literature

Carol Anyagwa & Uchechukwu I. Nnamdi - Intonation Patterns of Voice-Overs in Nigerian Broadcasts

Success I. Asuzu - A Common Ground Theory Analysis of Doctor–patient Interactions in the Emergency Units of Selected Private Hospitals in Asaba, Nigeria

Mathias Okey Chukwu, Omotosho Moses Melefa & Favour Chioma Matthew - Layers of Meaning in Political Cartoons on Corruption in Vanguard Newspaper

Thomas-Michael Emeka Chukwumezie & Onyeka J. Uzuegbu - Streetism: A Socio-cultural Challenge for the Male Child in Elnathan John’s Born on a Tuesday

Samuel Dapaah, Ebenezer Kyei & Ebenezer Benteh - Point of View and Narrative Voice in 'Mother' by Asangba Reginald Taluah: A Stylistic Study Using Simpson's Model

EliséeKoma Hassane, Ayodele Adebayo Allagbé & Franck Amoussou - A Critical Discourse Analysis of Dr Adesina's Speech at the Inauguration of Nigeria’s President (2023)

Olusegun Oladele Jegede & Anthonia Chidiebere Okere - Pragmatic Analysis of Japa in News on the Web (NOW) Corpus Posts

Oladimeji Olaniyi - Complimentary Distribution of Spirants by Igala Speakers of English

Samuel Yemi Olugbamigbe & Ibitayo O. Odetade - Women, Sexuality, Performance and Satire in the Nigerian Popular Fuji Music of Abass Akande Obesere

Mary Temiloluwa Oso, Emmanuel TaiwoBabalola, Basheerat Damilola Shiyanbade & Mercy Mary Akinbosoye - An Analysis of Matrix and Embedded Languages in Code-mixed Expressions in Southwestern Nigerian Advertisement Jingles

Hauwa Mohammed Sani - A Stylo-Semantic Analysis of Selected Female Songs of Dr. Alhaji Mamman Shata

Tajudeen Yaqub Surakat & Rashidat Olamidayo Ajakaye - Revitalising Literature Education through Indigenous Languages and Contemporary Youth Linguistic Practices: A Pedagogical Approach to Enhancing Students’ Literary Performance

Rotimi Taiwo - Linguistic Conceptualisations of Financial Debt in Yoruba and English

Fatima Amuda & Sola Timothy Babatunde - Nature and Nurture in the Acquisition of the English Possessive and Agreement Inflections in Sequential and Simultaneous Situations at home

Adegboye Adeyanju - Decision Prompt in Charismatic Sermon Discourse: A Rhetoro-discursive Analysis of Pastor E.A. Adeboye’s Holy Ghost Service Peroratio

Joyce Onoromhenre Agofure, Zulfaa Yushau Waziri & Bashirat Oyinoyi Hassan - Indigenous Leadership and Bioregionalism as Pathways to Environmental Governance in Wangari Maathai’s Unbowed: A Memoir

Kehinde Oluwadamilare Amao - The Patient as Diagnostician: Voices of Hatred, Manipulation, and Societal Pressure in Akwaeke Emezi's Freshwater and Yaa Gyasi's Transcendent Kingdom

Haruna Ilyasu Auwalu - Ideological Representation and Identity Construction in #EndBadGovernance Digital Activism: A Transitivity Approach

Naomi Kehinde Ibitoye-Ayeni - Navigating Identities: Psychological Transformation in Igoni Barrett's Blackassa nd Mohamed MbougarSarr'sThe Silence of The Choir

Onesimus Azunwanna & Bolanle Sogunro - Rhetorical Nuances in Graphological Features: A Stylistic Reading of Femi Osofisan’s and Niyi Osundare’s Poetry

Mathias Okey Chukwu, Omotosho Moses Melefa & Francisca Ugochi Diara - "Spare Tyre"or Economic Engine? Ideational Metafunction and Political Positioning in Nigerian Vice-Presidential Debates

Thomas-Michael Emeka Chukwumezie & Jephta Iwuchukwu - Representation of Psychoses in Helon Habila’s Measuring Time

Godday Eronmonsele Ehimen - Grief, Desire and Memorial Transience in Tony Afejuku’s An Orchard of Wishes

Etunim Catherine Isaac-Agbontai & Ocheje Moses John - Temporal Shifts as Trauma Vehicle in Peter Omoko’s Herding South

Oda Kayonde - Assessment of the Use of Connectives in Academic Writing by Burundi Undergraduate Students: Teachers’ Perspectives

Halima Samaila Muhammed & Tajudeen Yakub Surakat - Constructing Political Accountability through Digital Satire: A Systemic Functional Linguistic Analysis of Selected Dan Bello TikTok Skits

Auwal Muhammad & Aisha Sadiq - A Psycho-pragmatic Analysis of Baba's Utterances

Foluke Olawumi Olabode & Auwal Muhammed - Beyond Code-mixing: A Psycholinguistic Reassessment of Child Language Development

Rebecca Omolola Owaniyi - Domain-based Language Use, Code-Switching, and Communication Strategies Among Visually Impaired University of Ilorin Students

Altine Yakubu Pane & Onome Ojo - Pragmatic Study of Silence in Marital Discourse in Some Nollywood Films

Razaq Akolawole Raheem - Morphosyntactic Features of Hybrid Words in Nigerian English

Bashiru Benjamin Shaibu & Bala John - Metaphors and Ideologies in Media Interviews of Nigeria’s Chief of Defence Staff on Insurgency

Rotimi Taiwo & Emmanuel Taiwo Babalola - The Evolution, Application and Institutionalisation of Systemic Functional Linguistics in Southwestern Nigeria

Muibat Tijani-Sanusi, Mohammed Safiyanu Sabiu & Sule Lawal - The Power of the Pulpit: A Critical Discourse Analysis of Selected Assalat Sermons in Kaduna Metropolis

Helen Ufuoma Ugah - “I’ll rather die and let my parents bury my corpse than go with the Boko Haram”: Discursive dimensions in the narratives of Boko Haram survivors

Published: 2026-09-24

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Journal of English Scholars’ Association of Nigeria (JESAN) is a publication of ESAN (CAC/IT/NO 78451). JESAN is published online every quarter (March, June, September and December). Hard copies of the journal are published in March and September every year.