Saheed Omotayo Okesola
Biographic Data
| ID | 6890065 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Saheed Omotayo Okesola |
| GIVEN NAMES | Saheed Omotayo |
| FAMILY NAME | Okesola |
| SIGNATURE | OKESOLA S O |
| AFFILIATIONS | Obafemi Awolowo University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-1603-493X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 5 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 4 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Aspects of Digital Multilingualism in Twenty-First Century Retail Banking in Nigeria
This article investigated the use of multiple languages on ATMs in selected banks located in Oyo and Osun states, Nigeria. The study examined the number of languages used on the ATMs in these banks and the prospects and challenges of using multiple languages on ATMs by drawing data from surveys and interviews with bankers. The study found the dominant use of English, minimal use of Nigerian Indigenous languages, and one instance of Nigerian Pidgi…
A Discourse-Based Analysis of Perceptions of Nigerian Pidgin Among the Nigerian Diaspora
This article presents a critical discourse analysis of perceptions of Nigerian Pidgin among the Nigerian diaspora. It comprises an analysis of texts, discursive strategies, and their manifestation as social discursive patterns of attitude formation towards the language. The findings identify accessibility and denouncement as the two predominant social discourses influencing attitudes towards Nigerian Pidgin. The article argues that attitudes towa…
The soro-soke [speak up] generation”
This paper explores the deployment of multimodal elements as appraisal resources in #Endsars civil unrest-related memes in Nigerian social media space (WhatsApp and Twitter) to express affective meanings and intersubjective positioning. The study investigates how both verbal and non-verbal elements are deployed as appraisal resources to evaluate the trajectory of the protest. The data, which comprise thirty purposively selected Internet memes, co…
Take Responsibility
Article #Take Responsibility: Non-Verbal Modes as Discursive Strategies in Managing Covid-19 Public Health Crisis was published on December 1, 2020 in the journal Language and Semiotic Studies (volume 6, issue 4)
The soro-soke [speak up] generation”
This paper explores the deployment of multimodal elements as appraisal resources in #Endsars civil unrest-related memes in Nigerian social media space (WhatsApp and Twitter) to express affective meanings and intersubjective positioning. The study investigates how both verbal and non-verbal elements are deployed as appraisal resources to evaluate the trajectory of the protest. The data, which comprise thirty purposively selected Internet memes, co…
Take Responsibility
Article #Take Responsibility: Non-Verbal Modes as Discursive Strategies in Managing Covid-19 Public Health Crisis was published on December 1, 2020 in the journal Language and Semiotic Studies (volume 6, issue 4)
Take Responsibility
Article #Take Responsibility: Non-Verbal Modes as Discursive Strategies in Managing Covid-19 Public Health Crisis was published on December 1, 2020 in the journal Language and Semiotic Studies (volume 6, issue 4)
The soro-soke [speak up] generation”
This paper explores the deployment of multimodal elements as appraisal resources in #Endsars civil unrest-related memes in Nigerian social media space (WhatsApp and Twitter) to express affective meanings and intersubjective positioning. The study investigates how both verbal and non-verbal elements are deployed as appraisal resources to evaluate the trajectory of the protest. The data, which comprise thirty purposively selected Internet memes, co…
A Discourse-Based Analysis of Perceptions of Nigerian Pidgin Among the Nigerian Diaspora
This article presents a critical discourse analysis of perceptions of Nigerian Pidgin among the Nigerian diaspora. It comprises an analysis of texts, discursive strategies, and their manifestation as social discursive patterns of attitude formation towards the language. The findings identify accessibility and denouncement as the two predominant social discourses influencing attitudes towards Nigerian Pidgin. The article argues that attitudes towa…
Aspects of Digital Multilingualism in Twenty-First Century Retail Banking in Nigeria
This article investigated the use of multiple languages on ATMs in selected banks located in Oyo and Osun states, Nigeria. The study examined the number of languages used on the ATMs in these banks and the prospects and challenges of using multiple languages on ATMs by drawing data from surveys and interviews with bankers. The study found the dominant use of English, minimal use of Nigerian Indigenous languages, and one instance of Nigerian Pidgi…
Political science (3 works) · Digital Communication and Language (2 works) · Discourse Analysis in Language Studies (2 works) · Linguistics (2 works) · Multilingual Education and Policy (2 works) · Psychology (2 works) · Sociology (2 works) · 2019-20 coronavirus outbreak (1 work) · Appraisal theory (1 work) · Business (1 work)