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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. 27 No. 4 (2025): Journal of the English Scholar's Association of Nigeria

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Kikelomo Adeniyi, Favour Olajide & Mopelola Adebanjo - Impoliteness in Readers’ Comments on the Nigerian 2023 Presidential Election Results in Linda Ikeji’s Blog

Jide Ajidahun - Between Inheritance and Intimacy: A Nego-Feminist Reading of Ahmed Yerima’s The Wives and Tarryn Fisher’s The Wives

Felicia Ukachi Eze-Dike, Promise Adaku Obi & Ramatu Chiemele Ihua-Maduenyi - Ritual Vocabulary and Metaphoric Patterns in Soyinka's Death and the King's Horseman; A Corpus-based Stylistic Analysis

Zubairu Malah - Comparative Analysis of Speech Acts and Persuasive Strategies in Buhari-Atiku Tweets during Nigeria’s 2019 Presidential Election Campaign

Richard E. Nwugo - A Critical Discourse Analysis of Metaphor in the Conceptualisation of Nigerian Hate Speech in Some Online Platforms

Babalola Oluteye Ojomo - Applying Corpus Linguistics for the Preservation and Interpretation of Oral Tradition Texts

Chika Kate Ojukwu & Grace Ezinne Ajunwa - Multimodal Discourse Analysis of Newspaper Cartoons on the Nigerian 2024 Minimum Wage Discourse

Joshua Ene’Ojo Onuche & Peter Ochefu Okpeh - Pragmatic Acts in a Political Media Interview on Nigeria’s 2023 Presidential Election

Adebola Karamah Shogbuyi - Stance and Engagement in Domestic Violence Victims’ Narratives on Social Media

Jamiu Abiola Tiamiyu, Jamiu Enitan Ajape & Hakeem Shehu Alohunmata - Pragmatic Acts and High Standard Judgment Practices in Nigerian Divorce Court Rulings

Angela Eze - The Influence of Literature in Enhancing Reading Comprehension Skills amongst Nigerian Senior Secondary School Students

Published: 2026-01-23

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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.