Ganiu Bamgbose
Biographic Data
| ID | 4052010 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Ganiu Bamgbose |
| GIVEN NAMES | Ganiu |
| FAMILY NAME | Bamgbose |
| SIGNATURE | BÁMGBÓṢÉ G |
| AFFILIATIONS | Lagos State University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-8830-7896 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 8 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
How to prepare your own fuel at home
Studies have explored the deployment of memes in petroleum discourse in Nigeria, but sufficient attention has not been given to the multimodal elements of memes as tools for evaluation and inter-subjective positioning through the instrumentality of humour. This study, therefore, analyses the humour potential of internet memes on the subject of fuel scarcity in Nigeria, with attention to how linguistic and non-linguistic elements are used to const…
Faces and Phases of Leadership
This paper explores the deployment of conceptual metaphors in the memoir of former president Olusegun Obasanjo, examining how metaphorical affordances shape expressions and their purported meanings. Through a discourse analysis of the memoir, My Watch, the research shows how metaphors drawn from the second volume of the memoir create vivid description of the faces and phases of leadership through the author’s lens. The study relies on George Lako…
“Look at Lagosians and Say I Am Going to Be in Charge”
Man, in the generic sense, is a political being whose entire life is permeated by politics. Because language plays a critical role in politics, the study was aimed at examining language as an instrument of persuasion and/or appeal in the 2019 gubernatorial debate in Lagos State. It was born out of the desire to unravel the linguistic strategies utilised by politicians to curry the electorate’s votes. Van Dijk’s (1997) socio-cognitive model of cri…
Gender and ethnic stereotypes in selected Nigerian sitcoms
Studies on gender and ethnic stereotypes in Nigeria have not considered the potentiality of situation comedies (i.e. sitcoms) as a means of identifying different forms of stereotypes inherent in the country, and their sociocultural implications. This study, therefore, analysed ethnic and gender stereotypes in two Nigerian situation comedies, namely Jenifa’s Diary and Professor JohnBull. Ten purposively extracted excerpts from the first five seaso…
An Analysis of Selected Supreme Court Rulings on Human Rights Violation in Nigeria
Communication gaps between members of the legal profession and people outside the profession still leave a lot to be explained. This study investigates the technicality of written legal documents by studying 10 Nigerian Supreme Court rulings, specifically the outcome of cases of human rights violations by the Nigerian military regime. Nine purposively selected excerpts were analysed using generic structure potential elements. The analysis generat…
Pragmatic and Discourse Functions in Jenifa’s Diary
Existing studies on comedies in Nigeria have focused mainly on stand-up comedy, with little attention devoted to situation comedies. This study, therefore, investigates the pragmatic acts that are used to reflect inherent societal issues revealed under the guise of humour in a Nigerian sitcom, Jenifa’s Diary. Drawing excerpts purposively sampled from the first three seasons of the sitcom and subjecting them to the analytical tools of Jacob Mey’s …
A pragmatic analysis of humour strategies and functions in 'Jenifa's Diary' and 'Professor JohnBull
Studies on humour in Nigeria have been extensively carried out from the perspectives of stand-up comedy and computer-mediated communication. There is a dearth of scholarly enquiries on humour in situation comedies (sitcoms). This paper investigates humour in the interactions of characters in Jenifa’s Diary and Professor JohnBull, with a view to accounting for the manifestations of humour, the humour strategies deployed and the functions that the …
Beyond rhythm and lyrics
Extant studies on Nigerian hip-hop have approached the genre as an act and as an art from psycholinguistic, social, sociolinguistic and pragmatic dimensions. However, the possibility of evoking humour through the careful deployment of language by Nigerian hip-hop artistes is a phenomenon which has largely escaped the attention of scholars within the ambit of linguistics. This research therefore investigates how the Nigerian hip-hop artistes, beyo…
A pragmatic analysis of humour strategies and functions in 'Jenifa's Diary' and 'Professor JohnBull
Studies on humour in Nigeria have been extensively carried out from the perspectives of stand-up comedy and computer-mediated communication. There is a dearth of scholarly enquiries on humour in situation comedies (sitcoms). This paper investigates humour in the interactions of characters in Jenifa’s Diary and Professor JohnBull, with a view to accounting for the manifestations of humour, the humour strategies deployed and the functions that the …
Beyond rhythm and lyrics
Extant studies on Nigerian hip-hop have approached the genre as an act and as an art from psycholinguistic, social, sociolinguistic and pragmatic dimensions. However, the possibility of evoking humour through the careful deployment of language by Nigerian hip-hop artistes is a phenomenon which has largely escaped the attention of scholars within the ambit of linguistics. This research therefore investigates how the Nigerian hip-hop artistes, beyo…
Beyond rhythm and lyrics
Extant studies on Nigerian hip-hop have approached the genre as an act and as an art from psycholinguistic, social, sociolinguistic and pragmatic dimensions. However, the possibility of evoking humour through the careful deployment of language by Nigerian hip-hop artistes is a phenomenon which has largely escaped the attention of scholars within the ambit of linguistics. This research therefore investigates how the Nigerian hip-hop artistes, beyo…
Pragmatic and Discourse Functions in Jenifa’s Diary
Existing studies on comedies in Nigeria have focused mainly on stand-up comedy, with little attention devoted to situation comedies. This study, therefore, investigates the pragmatic acts that are used to reflect inherent societal issues revealed under the guise of humour in a Nigerian sitcom, Jenifa’s Diary. Drawing excerpts purposively sampled from the first three seasons of the sitcom and subjecting them to the analytical tools of Jacob Mey’s …
A pragmatic analysis of humour strategies and functions in 'Jenifa's Diary' and 'Professor JohnBull
Studies on humour in Nigeria have been extensively carried out from the perspectives of stand-up comedy and computer-mediated communication. There is a dearth of scholarly enquiries on humour in situation comedies (sitcoms). This paper investigates humour in the interactions of characters in Jenifa’s Diary and Professor JohnBull, with a view to accounting for the manifestations of humour, the humour strategies deployed and the functions that the …
Gender and ethnic stereotypes in selected Nigerian sitcoms
Studies on gender and ethnic stereotypes in Nigeria have not considered the potentiality of situation comedies (i.e. sitcoms) as a means of identifying different forms of stereotypes inherent in the country, and their sociocultural implications. This study, therefore, analysed ethnic and gender stereotypes in two Nigerian situation comedies, namely Jenifa’s Diary and Professor JohnBull. Ten purposively extracted excerpts from the first five seaso…
An Analysis of Selected Supreme Court Rulings on Human Rights Violation in Nigeria
Communication gaps between members of the legal profession and people outside the profession still leave a lot to be explained. This study investigates the technicality of written legal documents by studying 10 Nigerian Supreme Court rulings, specifically the outcome of cases of human rights violations by the Nigerian military regime. Nine purposively selected excerpts were analysed using generic structure potential elements. The analysis generat…
Faces and Phases of Leadership
This paper explores the deployment of conceptual metaphors in the memoir of former president Olusegun Obasanjo, examining how metaphorical affordances shape expressions and their purported meanings. Through a discourse analysis of the memoir, My Watch, the research shows how metaphors drawn from the second volume of the memoir create vivid description of the faces and phases of leadership through the author’s lens. The study relies on George Lako…
“Look at Lagosians and Say I Am Going to Be in Charge”
Man, in the generic sense, is a political being whose entire life is permeated by politics. Because language plays a critical role in politics, the study was aimed at examining language as an instrument of persuasion and/or appeal in the 2019 gubernatorial debate in Lagos State. It was born out of the desire to unravel the linguistic strategies utilised by politicians to curry the electorate’s votes. Van Dijk’s (1997) socio-cognitive model of cri…
How to prepare your own fuel at home
Studies have explored the deployment of memes in petroleum discourse in Nigeria, but sufficient attention has not been given to the multimodal elements of memes as tools for evaluation and inter-subjective positioning through the instrumentality of humour. This study, therefore, analyses the humour potential of internet memes on the subject of fuel scarcity in Nigeria, with attention to how linguistic and non-linguistic elements are used to const…
Sociology (6 works) · Linguistics (5 works) · Political science (5 works) · Psychology (5 works) · Art (4 works) · Discourse Analysis in Language Studies (4 works) · Humor Studies and Applications (4 works) · Philosophy (4 works) · Aesthetics (3 works) · Law (3 works)