Ibukun Filani
Biographic Data
| ID | 659619 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Ibukun Filani |
| GIVEN NAMES | Ibukun |
| FAMILY NAME | Filani |
| SIGNATURE | FILANI I |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Ibadan |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-7938-661X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 12 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 35 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 12 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
The discursive construction of femininity in metacommentaries on a rape-joke in Nigeria
This article analyses the construction of femininity in metacommentaries on a rape-joke in a Nigerian online forum “Nairaland.” Discursive analysis of posts reveals that netizens supporting the joke mesh indigenous framing of femininity with Western epistemic authority enacted through intertextual references to American comedy. By drawing on both American examples and Nigerian cultural frames, they enact a hybridized identity and entextualise thr…
The comedian’s identity, audience’s perspective(s) and problematic jokes
This paper examines the interconnection of performers’ institutional identity, audience’s perspectives and offensive jokes in our contemporary world, where there are increasing debates on humourists’ rights to free speech and audience’s (or the target’s) right to face wants. Commonly, because of their social licence for deviant behaviour, humourists in public joking genres like stand-up comedy and satirical television shows play with the limits o…
Comicasts as a form of interaction: Some preliminary observations
Nigerian stand-up comediennes performing femininity: A pragmatic analysis
Nigerian stand-up comedy has attracted several investigations from different disciplinary perspectives; however, there has been little research interest into the performance of femininity in the genre. Coming from pragmatics, this paper analyses how Nigerian comediennes use the language of humour to (de)construct sociocultural perspectives on the female identity. Data comprise purposively selected routines of three female comics while Kecskes’ (2…
Shepherd Mpofu: The politics of laughter in the social media age: perspectives from the global south
The stand-up comedian as an egocentric communicator
The general perspective in pragmatics research on stand-up comedy is that the comedian co-produces humor with the audience. In this paper, I argue that the stand-up comedian’s communicative behavior is also partly rooted in egocentrism. To achieve this, I adopted a sociocognitive approach to intention and egocentrism in analyzing a routine that was performed in Chicago by Okey Bakassi, a Nigerian stand-up comedian. I operationalize egocentrism as…
A discourse analysis of national identity in Nigerian stand-up humour
This article explores the comedic construction of national identity in Nigerian stand-up comedy. By national identity, I mean collective perspectives on the sociopolitical and cultural realities of postcolonial Nigeria. While critical discourse analysis provided the framework for interpretation, data was derived from purposively sampled recorded videos of Nigerian stand-up comedians. Such collective perspectives are constructed when a comedian in…
Playing with culture: Nigerian stand-up comedians joking with cultural beliefs and representations
In interactions, the culture of the participants influences their contributions and interpretations. Stand-up comedians articulate contemporary culture by making mutually manifest cultural beliefs and representations within the performance space, and teach the audience how to use them. This paper investigated how Nigerian stand-up comedians employ cultural assumptions and representations in their performances. Using relevance theory for analysis …
Laf wan kill me die” (I almost died laughing): An analysis of Akpos jokes and the readers’ responses
Studies on humour have acknowledged that responses to jokes are important aspects of a joking exchange; however, investigation of joke recipients’ responses has received little attention from humour scholars. Moreover, the linguistic investigations of jokes have been limited to native speakers’ contexts, leaving ESL contexts out. Therefore, this study examines readers’ responses to a genre of jokes in Nigerian online spheres, Akpos jokes, with a …
On Joking Contexts: An Example of Stand-Up Comedy
Studies on stand-up comedy and jokes have noted that context plays a major role in the generation and interpretation of jokes and humorous routines. However, these studies do not formalize the concept and what constitute it in joke exchanges. Focusing on Nigerian stand-up comedy, this study is aimed at conceptualizing and describing the contexts that could be found in joking exchanges. The study proposes two types: context-of-the-joke and context…
The use of mimicry in Nigerian stand-up comedy
The goal of this study is to analyse the use of mimicry in Nigerian stand-up comedy. Mimicry is conceived as a strategy in the routines of Nigerian stand-up comedians, who adopt two kinds of mimicry acts: verbal and nonverbal. For comedians to use mimicry, they have to draw from collective beliefs they share with their audience. On their part, the audience find a mimicry act humorous because it relates to their background assumptions. Data for an…
Discourse types in stand-up comedy performances: An example of Nigerian stand-up comedy
The primary focus of this paper is to apply Discourse Type theory to stand-up comedy. To achieve this, the study postulates two contexts in stand-up joking stories: context of the joke and context in the joke. The context of the joke, which is inflexible, embodies the collective beliefs of stand-up comedians and their audience, while the context in the joke, which is dynamic, is manifested by joking stories and it is made up of the joke utterance…
The use of mimicry in Nigerian stand-up comedy
The goal of this study is to analyse the use of mimicry in Nigerian stand-up comedy. Mimicry is conceived as a strategy in the routines of Nigerian stand-up comedians, who adopt two kinds of mimicry acts: verbal and nonverbal. For comedians to use mimicry, they have to draw from collective beliefs they share with their audience. On their part, the audience find a mimicry act humorous because it relates to their background assumptions. Data for an…
Discourse types in stand-up comedy performances: An example of Nigerian stand-up comedy
The primary focus of this paper is to apply Discourse Type theory to stand-up comedy. To achieve this, the study postulates two contexts in stand-up joking stories: context of the joke and context in the joke. The context of the joke, which is inflexible, embodies the collective beliefs of stand-up comedians and their audience, while the context in the joke, which is dynamic, is manifested by joking stories and it is made up of the joke utterance…
Playing with culture: Nigerian stand-up comedians joking with cultural beliefs and representations
In interactions, the culture of the participants influences their contributions and interpretations. Stand-up comedians articulate contemporary culture by making mutually manifest cultural beliefs and representations within the performance space, and teach the audience how to use them. This paper investigated how Nigerian stand-up comedians employ cultural assumptions and representations in their performances. Using relevance theory for analysis …
On Joking Contexts: An Example of Stand-Up Comedy
Studies on stand-up comedy and jokes have noted that context plays a major role in the generation and interpretation of jokes and humorous routines. However, these studies do not formalize the concept and what constitute it in joke exchanges. Focusing on Nigerian stand-up comedy, this study is aimed at conceptualizing and describing the contexts that could be found in joking exchanges. The study proposes two types: context-of-the-joke and context…
The stand-up comedian as an egocentric communicator
The general perspective in pragmatics research on stand-up comedy is that the comedian co-produces humor with the audience. In this paper, I argue that the stand-up comedian’s communicative behavior is also partly rooted in egocentrism. To achieve this, I adopted a sociocognitive approach to intention and egocentrism in analyzing a routine that was performed in Chicago by Okey Bakassi, a Nigerian stand-up comedian. I operationalize egocentrism as…
Laf wan kill me die” (I almost died laughing): An analysis of Akpos jokes and the readers’ responses
Studies on humour have acknowledged that responses to jokes are important aspects of a joking exchange; however, investigation of joke recipients’ responses has received little attention from humour scholars. Moreover, the linguistic investigations of jokes have been limited to native speakers’ contexts, leaving ESL contexts out. Therefore, this study examines readers’ responses to a genre of jokes in Nigerian online spheres, Akpos jokes, with a …
A discourse analysis of national identity in Nigerian stand-up humour
This article explores the comedic construction of national identity in Nigerian stand-up comedy. By national identity, I mean collective perspectives on the sociopolitical and cultural realities of postcolonial Nigeria. While critical discourse analysis provided the framework for interpretation, data was derived from purposively sampled recorded videos of Nigerian stand-up comedians. Such collective perspectives are constructed when a comedian in…
Discourse types in stand-up comedy performances: An example of Nigerian stand-up comedy
The primary focus of this paper is to apply Discourse Type theory to stand-up comedy. To achieve this, the study postulates two contexts in stand-up joking stories: context of the joke and context in the joke. The context of the joke, which is inflexible, embodies the collective beliefs of stand-up comedians and their audience, while the context in the joke, which is dynamic, is manifested by joking stories and it is made up of the joke utterance…
The use of mimicry in Nigerian stand-up comedy
The goal of this study is to analyse the use of mimicry in Nigerian stand-up comedy. Mimicry is conceived as a strategy in the routines of Nigerian stand-up comedians, who adopt two kinds of mimicry acts: verbal and nonverbal. For comedians to use mimicry, they have to draw from collective beliefs they share with their audience. On their part, the audience find a mimicry act humorous because it relates to their background assumptions. Data for an…
Laf wan kill me die” (I almost died laughing): An analysis of Akpos jokes and the readers’ responses
Studies on humour have acknowledged that responses to jokes are important aspects of a joking exchange; however, investigation of joke recipients’ responses has received little attention from humour scholars. Moreover, the linguistic investigations of jokes have been limited to native speakers’ contexts, leaving ESL contexts out. Therefore, this study examines readers’ responses to a genre of jokes in Nigerian online spheres, Akpos jokes, with a …
On Joking Contexts: An Example of Stand-Up Comedy
Studies on stand-up comedy and jokes have noted that context plays a major role in the generation and interpretation of jokes and humorous routines. However, these studies do not formalize the concept and what constitute it in joke exchanges. Focusing on Nigerian stand-up comedy, this study is aimed at conceptualizing and describing the contexts that could be found in joking exchanges. The study proposes two types: context-of-the-joke and context…
Playing with culture: Nigerian stand-up comedians joking with cultural beliefs and representations
In interactions, the culture of the participants influences their contributions and interpretations. Stand-up comedians articulate contemporary culture by making mutually manifest cultural beliefs and representations within the performance space, and teach the audience how to use them. This paper investigated how Nigerian stand-up comedians employ cultural assumptions and representations in their performances. Using relevance theory for analysis …
A discourse analysis of national identity in Nigerian stand-up humour
This article explores the comedic construction of national identity in Nigerian stand-up comedy. By national identity, I mean collective perspectives on the sociopolitical and cultural realities of postcolonial Nigeria. While critical discourse analysis provided the framework for interpretation, data was derived from purposively sampled recorded videos of Nigerian stand-up comedians. Such collective perspectives are constructed when a comedian in…
The stand-up comedian as an egocentric communicator
The general perspective in pragmatics research on stand-up comedy is that the comedian co-produces humor with the audience. In this paper, I argue that the stand-up comedian’s communicative behavior is also partly rooted in egocentrism. To achieve this, I adopted a sociocognitive approach to intention and egocentrism in analyzing a routine that was performed in Chicago by Okey Bakassi, a Nigerian stand-up comedian. I operationalize egocentrism as…
Nigerian stand-up comediennes performing femininity: A pragmatic analysis
Nigerian stand-up comedy has attracted several investigations from different disciplinary perspectives; however, there has been little research interest into the performance of femininity in the genre. Coming from pragmatics, this paper analyses how Nigerian comediennes use the language of humour to (de)construct sociocultural perspectives on the female identity. Data comprise purposively selected routines of three female comics while Kecskes’ (2…
Shepherd Mpofu: The politics of laughter in the social media age: perspectives from the global south
Comicasts as a form of interaction: Some preliminary observations
The comedian’s identity, audience’s perspective(s) and problematic jokes
This paper examines the interconnection of performers’ institutional identity, audience’s perspectives and offensive jokes in our contemporary world, where there are increasing debates on humourists’ rights to free speech and audience’s (or the target’s) right to face wants. Commonly, because of their social licence for deviant behaviour, humourists in public joking genres like stand-up comedy and satirical television shows play with the limits o…
The discursive construction of femininity in metacommentaries on a rape-joke in Nigeria
This article analyses the construction of femininity in metacommentaries on a rape-joke in a Nigerian online forum “Nairaland.” Discursive analysis of posts reveals that netizens supporting the joke mesh indigenous framing of femininity with Western epistemic authority enacted through intertextual references to American comedy. By drawing on both American examples and Nigerian cultural frames, they enact a hybridized identity and entextualise thr…
Humor Studies and Applications (11 works) · Art (8 works) · Literature (8 works) · Comedy (7 works) · Language, Metaphor, and Cognition (7 works) · Joke (6 works) · Linguistics (6 works) · Psychology (6 works) · Sociology (6 works) · Discourse Analysis in Language Studies (5 works)