Oluwayemisi Olusola Adebomi
Biographic Data
| ID | 4052362 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Oluwayemisi Olusola Adebomi |
| GIVEN NAMES | Oluwayemisi Olusola |
| FAMILY NAME | Adebomi |
| SIGNATURE | ADEBOMI O O |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Bonn |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-1636-5488 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 15 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 15 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 15 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Exploring Lexicalization and Ideology
This paper attempts a critical discourse analysis of the political speeches of Ghana’s Nana Konadu Rawlings and Nigeria’s Oby Ezekwesili with the aim of investigating how words are used for ideological representation. Data were analyzed qualitatively using Fairclough’s (Citation1992) concept of wording, and van Dijk (Citation2001, Citation2006) critical discourse analysis. The theoretical framework was complemented by LancsBox X version 6.0 which…
Multimodal metaphors in select Internet political cartoons on Nigeria’s insecurity crisis
This article examines the patterns and functions of Internet political cartoons relating to the insecurity crisis in Nigeria, with a view to identifying the conceptual metaphors that underlie the creation of the political cartoons. Forty cartoons, drawn from digital platforms, were analysed qualitatively using aspects of Forceville’s multimodal metaphor theory. The findings reveal that the verbal and pictorial resources in the political cartoons …
Stance and gendered interactional conventions in Nigeria ́s digital dating sites
This paper explores stance and interactional conventions in Nons Miraj ́s The Hunt Game Show with a view to investigating the way power, dominance and abuse are negotiated and resisted among male and female participants. Data were extracted from 10 purposively sampled episodes of the show and relevant conversations were analysed qualitatively using Hyland ́s (2005) stance theory and Fairclough ́s (1995) critical discourse analysis (CDA). The find…
Conceptual metaphors and jocular mockery in select British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) Yoruba reports on the English Premier League (EPL)
The investigation of sports discourse has enhanced the understanding of the socio-cultural, economic and political values of the game. The present study contributes to the burgeoning literature on sports discourse by examining the way rhetorical tropes are utilised for digital engagement among Nigeria’s English Premier League (EPL) fans. The data, consisting of fifty purposively sampled BBC Yoruba Service Station’s reports on EPL match outcomes, …
Stance, Modality and Self-Expression in the Political Speeches of Bola Tinubu and Oby Ezekwesili
This study explores stance and modality in the political speeches of Bola Ahmed Tinubu and Oby Ezekwesili with a view to investigating the way the linguistic resources are used for self-assertion and ideology construction. Data, comprising six speeches, three for each political actor, were analyzed qualitatively leveraging Hyland′s perspective on stance and van Dijk’s critical discourse analysis (CDA). The findings reveal that different modality …
A Critical Appraisal Study of Gender-Based Violence Discourse on Nairaland Digital Community
This article undertakes a critical appraisal of gender-based violence (GBV) discourse on Nairaland, the Nigerian digital community, with a view to exploring how Nigerian netizens express attitudinal and ideological meanings about the social challenge of GBV. Relevant posts on GBV were analysed qualitatively using Martin and White’s appraisal theory and Fairclough’s critical discourse analysis. The findings revealed that Nairalanders expressed fou…
What we ordered”
This study undertakes a multimodal framing analysis of the Obidient movement in Nigeria, with a view to exposing how Internet memes are deployed to advertise Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in Nigeria’s 2023 election. Forty memes were purposively sampled from Nigerian WhatsApp platforms and data were analysed qualitatively using aspects of Kress and van Leeuwen (2006. Reading images: The grammar of visual design , 2…
A digito-linguistic analysis of the 2019 Democracy Day speech of former Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari
This study undertakes a digito-linguistic analysis of the 2019 Inauguration/Democracy speech of former Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari’s with a view to identifying the various discursive structures in the speech and the social functions they perform. The study adopts van Dijk’s socio-cognitive theory of critical discourse analysis as a theoretical framework. Data were selected through the purposive sampling method and subjected to qualitative…
Reconstructing female political discourse in Nigeria
This paper undertakes a critical rhetorical analysis of the political speeches of Nigeria’s Oby Ezekwesili with the aim of investigating how different discursive practices are utilised for political persuasion. Data were analysed qualitatively using van Dijk ́s critical discourse analysis and Aristotle ́s rhetoric. The theoretical framework was complemented by Lancs Box, Sketch Engine and Voyant tools which were used for quantitative analysis/dat…
Surviving covid-19
This paper explores the communicative acts deployed in covid-19 vaccination-related pictorials circulated on digital media platforms. Seven internet images were purposively sampled with a view to exploring their communicative functions as well as their generic structure. The data, which were culled from the websites of the World Health Organisation, Centre for Disease Control, Pan American Health Organisation and Facebook, were subjected to quali…
A multimodal critical discourse analysis of Nigeria president Bola Tinubu’s fuel subsidy removal policy-related internet memes
Welcome to shege banza”
This paper examines the forms and functions of Internet memes relating to the fuel subsidy removal policy of Nigeria ́s President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, with a view to identifying the conceptual metaphors that underlie the creation of the memes. The data, which consist of fifty memes shared in the Nigerian WhatsApp space, are analysed qualitatively using aspects of Kress and van Leeuwen ́s (2001) multimodal discourse analysis and Forceville ́s (2015)…
The land of your fathers lieth in ruins
This paper examines political protest in 40 purposively sampled internet memes circulated among Nigerian Facebook and WhatsApp users during the socio-political crises that engulfed the country ahead of the 2023 general elections. It explores the thematic preoccupation as well as the representation of participants and processes in the memes. Data were subjected to qualitative anaysis, and examined from the perspectives of multimodal and critical d…
Discursive Structures in Matthew Kukah’s January 2020 Speech on the State of Insecurity in Nigeria
This study investigates the discourse structures in the state of the nation speech given by Mathew Kukah, the Bishop of Sokoto (Nigeria) Catholic Diocese in the wake of 2020. The study explores how the various discursive moves are deployed in Kukah’s speech to condemn the spate of insecurity in Nigeria as well as call for attitudinal change amongst Nigerians. The study adopts van Dijk’s (2004) critical discourse analytical model as theoretical fr…
Language in a pandemic
Since COVID-19 was declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization on 11 March 2020, it has become a source of worry across countries within the global space. It has posed not only a health challenge but also an economic and a linguistic burden. Linguistic burden because many efforts are being made by stakeholders to appropriately represent or codify the manifestations of the disease in unambiguous and understandable terms. Hence, one of the…
A multimodal critical discourse analysis of Nigeria president Bola Tinubu’s fuel subsidy removal policy-related internet memes
Welcome to shege banza”
This paper examines the forms and functions of Internet memes relating to the fuel subsidy removal policy of Nigeria ́s President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, with a view to identifying the conceptual metaphors that underlie the creation of the memes. The data, which consist of fifty memes shared in the Nigerian WhatsApp space, are analysed qualitatively using aspects of Kress and van Leeuwen ́s (2001) multimodal discourse analysis and Forceville ́s (2015)…
The land of your fathers lieth in ruins
This paper examines political protest in 40 purposively sampled internet memes circulated among Nigerian Facebook and WhatsApp users during the socio-political crises that engulfed the country ahead of the 2023 general elections. It explores the thematic preoccupation as well as the representation of participants and processes in the memes. Data were subjected to qualitative anaysis, and examined from the perspectives of multimodal and critical d…
What we ordered”
This study undertakes a multimodal framing analysis of the Obidient movement in Nigeria, with a view to exposing how Internet memes are deployed to advertise Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in Nigeria’s 2023 election. Forty memes were purposively sampled from Nigerian WhatsApp platforms and data were analysed qualitatively using aspects of Kress and van Leeuwen (2006. Reading images: The grammar of visual design , 2…
A digito-linguistic analysis of the 2019 Democracy Day speech of former Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari
This study undertakes a digito-linguistic analysis of the 2019 Inauguration/Democracy speech of former Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari’s with a view to identifying the various discursive structures in the speech and the social functions they perform. The study adopts van Dijk’s socio-cognitive theory of critical discourse analysis as a theoretical framework. Data were selected through the purposive sampling method and subjected to qualitative…
Surviving covid-19
This paper explores the communicative acts deployed in covid-19 vaccination-related pictorials circulated on digital media platforms. Seven internet images were purposively sampled with a view to exploring their communicative functions as well as their generic structure. The data, which were culled from the websites of the World Health Organisation, Centre for Disease Control, Pan American Health Organisation and Facebook, were subjected to quali…
Discursive Structures in Matthew Kukah’s January 2020 Speech on the State of Insecurity in Nigeria
This study investigates the discourse structures in the state of the nation speech given by Mathew Kukah, the Bishop of Sokoto (Nigeria) Catholic Diocese in the wake of 2020. The study explores how the various discursive moves are deployed in Kukah’s speech to condemn the spate of insecurity in Nigeria as well as call for attitudinal change amongst Nigerians. The study adopts van Dijk’s (2004) critical discourse analytical model as theoretical fr…
Language in a pandemic
Since COVID-19 was declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization on 11 March 2020, it has become a source of worry across countries within the global space. It has posed not only a health challenge but also an economic and a linguistic burden. Linguistic burden because many efforts are being made by stakeholders to appropriately represent or codify the manifestations of the disease in unambiguous and understandable terms. Hence, one of the…
Surviving covid-19
This paper explores the communicative acts deployed in covid-19 vaccination-related pictorials circulated on digital media platforms. Seven internet images were purposively sampled with a view to exploring their communicative functions as well as their generic structure. The data, which were culled from the websites of the World Health Organisation, Centre for Disease Control, Pan American Health Organisation and Facebook, were subjected to quali…
A multimodal critical discourse analysis of Nigeria president Bola Tinubu’s fuel subsidy removal policy-related internet memes
Welcome to shege banza”
This paper examines the forms and functions of Internet memes relating to the fuel subsidy removal policy of Nigeria ́s President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, with a view to identifying the conceptual metaphors that underlie the creation of the memes. The data, which consist of fifty memes shared in the Nigerian WhatsApp space, are analysed qualitatively using aspects of Kress and van Leeuwen ́s (2001) multimodal discourse analysis and Forceville ́s (2015)…
The land of your fathers lieth in ruins
This paper examines political protest in 40 purposively sampled internet memes circulated among Nigerian Facebook and WhatsApp users during the socio-political crises that engulfed the country ahead of the 2023 general elections. It explores the thematic preoccupation as well as the representation of participants and processes in the memes. Data were subjected to qualitative anaysis, and examined from the perspectives of multimodal and critical d…
Conceptual metaphors and jocular mockery in select British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) Yoruba reports on the English Premier League (EPL)
The investigation of sports discourse has enhanced the understanding of the socio-cultural, economic and political values of the game. The present study contributes to the burgeoning literature on sports discourse by examining the way rhetorical tropes are utilised for digital engagement among Nigeria’s English Premier League (EPL) fans. The data, consisting of fifty purposively sampled BBC Yoruba Service Station’s reports on EPL match outcomes, …
Stance, Modality and Self-Expression in the Political Speeches of Bola Tinubu and Oby Ezekwesili
This study explores stance and modality in the political speeches of Bola Ahmed Tinubu and Oby Ezekwesili with a view to investigating the way the linguistic resources are used for self-assertion and ideology construction. Data, comprising six speeches, three for each political actor, were analyzed qualitatively leveraging Hyland′s perspective on stance and van Dijk’s critical discourse analysis (CDA). The findings reveal that different modality …
A Critical Appraisal Study of Gender-Based Violence Discourse on Nairaland Digital Community
This article undertakes a critical appraisal of gender-based violence (GBV) discourse on Nairaland, the Nigerian digital community, with a view to exploring how Nigerian netizens express attitudinal and ideological meanings about the social challenge of GBV. Relevant posts on GBV were analysed qualitatively using Martin and White’s appraisal theory and Fairclough’s critical discourse analysis. The findings revealed that Nairalanders expressed fou…
What we ordered”
This study undertakes a multimodal framing analysis of the Obidient movement in Nigeria, with a view to exposing how Internet memes are deployed to advertise Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in Nigeria’s 2023 election. Forty memes were purposively sampled from Nigerian WhatsApp platforms and data were analysed qualitatively using aspects of Kress and van Leeuwen (2006. Reading images: The grammar of visual design , 2…
A digito-linguistic analysis of the 2019 Democracy Day speech of former Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari
This study undertakes a digito-linguistic analysis of the 2019 Inauguration/Democracy speech of former Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari’s with a view to identifying the various discursive structures in the speech and the social functions they perform. The study adopts van Dijk’s socio-cognitive theory of critical discourse analysis as a theoretical framework. Data were selected through the purposive sampling method and subjected to qualitative…
Reconstructing female political discourse in Nigeria
This paper undertakes a critical rhetorical analysis of the political speeches of Nigeria’s Oby Ezekwesili with the aim of investigating how different discursive practices are utilised for political persuasion. Data were analysed qualitatively using van Dijk ́s critical discourse analysis and Aristotle ́s rhetoric. The theoretical framework was complemented by Lancs Box, Sketch Engine and Voyant tools which were used for quantitative analysis/dat…
Exploring Lexicalization and Ideology
This paper attempts a critical discourse analysis of the political speeches of Ghana’s Nana Konadu Rawlings and Nigeria’s Oby Ezekwesili with the aim of investigating how words are used for ideological representation. Data were analyzed qualitatively using Fairclough’s (Citation1992) concept of wording, and van Dijk (Citation2001, Citation2006) critical discourse analysis. The theoretical framework was complemented by LancsBox X version 6.0 which…
Multimodal metaphors in select Internet political cartoons on Nigeria’s insecurity crisis
This article examines the patterns and functions of Internet political cartoons relating to the insecurity crisis in Nigeria, with a view to identifying the conceptual metaphors that underlie the creation of the political cartoons. Forty cartoons, drawn from digital platforms, were analysed qualitatively using aspects of Forceville’s multimodal metaphor theory. The findings reveal that the verbal and pictorial resources in the political cartoons …
Stance and gendered interactional conventions in Nigeria ́s digital dating sites
This paper explores stance and interactional conventions in Nons Miraj ́s The Hunt Game Show with a view to investigating the way power, dominance and abuse are negotiated and resisted among male and female participants. Data were extracted from 10 purposively sampled episodes of the show and relevant conversations were analysed qualitatively using Hyland ́s (2005) stance theory and Fairclough ́s (1995) critical discourse analysis (CDA). The find…
Politics (11 works) · Discourse Analysis in Language Studies (10 works) · Sociology (9 works) · Law (8 works) · Linguistics (8 works) · Political science (8 works) · Critical discourse analysis (7 works) · Language, Metaphor, and Cognition (6 works) · Humor Studies and Applications (5 works) · Discourse analysis (4 works)