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