Temitope Michael Ajayi
Biographic Data
| ID | 6890074 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Temitope Michael Ajayi |
| GIVEN NAMES | Temitope Michael |
| FAMILY NAME | Ajayi |
| SIGNATURE | AJAYI T M |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Ibadan |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-6607-9418 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 16 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 16 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Language use and (de)legitimation strategies among supporters of the three major presidential candidates in Nigeria’s 2023 general elections
The 2023 Nigerian presidential election was marked by an intensified use of social media for political discourse, where language played a huge role in shaping political support and opposition. The study examines how X users deploy language and linguistic resources to demonstrate support for (or against) the three major presidential candidates in the election. Adopting a descriptive qualitative design, 150 tweets from supporters of Bola Ahmed Tinu…
Discursive exploration of the dynamics of nationhood in selected Segun Akinlolu (a.k.a Beautiful Nubia)’s songs
Nationhood refers to the state or condition of being a nation, with collective identity, unity and, in most instances, sovereignty. Despite the fact thatsome studies look at Beautiful Nubia’s music in various disciplinary contexts, the role of language in constructing the dynamics and complexities of nationhood as expressed in his lyrics has still not been explored. Thus, this study is a discursive exploration of nationhood in selected songs of B…
A discursive engagement of evasions in police-suspect interactions in Ibadan, Nigeria
This study reports the discursive appeals embedded in the deployment of evasions in police-suspect interactions (PSIs) in Ibadan. Studies have marked investigating police officers (IPOs) as participants who overtly wield power during interrogation. This study argues that power is not an exclusive preserve of the IPOs; suspects equally deploy evasions to challenge IPOs’ powers. Informed by van Dijk’s model of critical discourse analysis, 45 interr…
Discursive representation of the Nigeria police in selected Afrobeats
Studies have examined the important role the Nigeria Police plays in the Nigerian security system. However, the investigation of the discursive representation of the Nigeria Police and its personnel in Afrobeats (hip hop) is yet to be largely explored. This study, thus, within the ambit of the Foucauldian Discourse Analytic approach and Halliday’s Transitivity, investigates the representation of the Nigeria Police in selected songs of Nigerian Af…
‘You are not flying till further notice’
This study explores how Nigerian aviation authorities and operators use language to (de)legitimise actions and assert institutional power in press statements. Grounded in Fairclough’s three-dimensional model of critical discourse analysis and van Leeuwen’s framework of legitimation, the study analyses press releases revolving around incidences of misdemeanour involving King Wasiu Ayinde Marshal (KWAM 1) and Ms Comfort Emmanson – two major inciden…
Linguistic Choices as Conveyors of Social Activism in the Tweets of Nigerian #EndBadGovernance Protesters
Protests, a site for venting dissenting voices, have attracted commendable scholarly patronage in Africa. Studies in this regard have predominantly probed the recurring tropes and trajectories in protests. However, the contextual roles of linguistic choices in constructing the themes and dissenting voices in the tweets of Nigerian #EndBadGovernance protesters remain underreported. Drawing insights from van Dijk’s model of critical discourse analy…
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, …
Yahooism to ritualism
The rapid growth of the internet and increased accessibility to technology have led to a surge in cybercrime, otherwise known as Yahoo Yahoo in the Nigerian context. With its large population and many internet users, Nigeria has become a hub for cybercriminals. This study investigates the ideological motivations and justifications for cyber fraud in Nigeria, particularly focusing on the representation of cybercrime and perpetrators in Yoruba film…
The pragmeme of accommodation in Christian condolence messages in Nigeria
The inevitability of death is reinforced in the different cultures and religions of the world. Among Christians in general and Nigerian Christians in particular, it is seen as a transformator of human beings from mortality to immortality, as evident in their linguistic behaviour. This study investigates pain-relieving strategies in Christian condolence messages in Nigeria, within the purview of Capone’s pragmeme of accommodation. Data for the stu…
A Discursive Engagement of Ideological Issues in Ilaje Zionist Gospel Songs
The ideological practices of Christian groups in Nigeria and beyond, as evident in their songs, have received considerable attention from scholars across disciplines, including linguists. However, the songs and music of the Ilaje Zionist Christian movement, which constitutes a major bloc in the Nigerian “white garment” Christian circle, have not received serious scholarly attention. To address this gap in the literature, this article explores ide…
A multimodal analysis of Piggyvest’s animated advertisement videos
This study examines the persuasive strategies in selected animated advertisement videos by Piggyvest, the first and one of the fastest-growing online savings platforms in Nigeria, whose modus operandi is quite different from those of the conventional banking system. Drawing insights from Kress and van Leeuwen’s (2006. Reading images: The grammar of visual design , 2nd edn. New York: Routledge) Multimodal Discourse Analytic framework, 12 samples o…
Forms and functions of “impossibility” expressions in Yoruba informal interactions
This study investigates the forms and pragmatic functions of “impossibility” slangy expressions in Yoruba informal interactions, within the framework of Mey’s pragmatic acts (2001). Data comprised ten informal interactions randomly sampled from thirty interactions observed among the Yoruba in different contexts. Findings revealed “impossibility” slangy expressions in Yoruba trifurcate into function‐oriented, structure‐function‐oriented, and dange…
Discursive-manipulative strategies in scam emails and SMS
Cyber scam, a subculture in Nigeria, especially among youths, has been under-investigated from the linguistic perspective. This study thus explores discursive-manipulative strategies in scam emails and SMS/messages in Nigeria, drawing samples from a corpus of over 200 emails and 50 SMS documented between 2018 and 2022. With insights from Brown and Levinson’s face, Mey’s pragmatic act and McCronack’s information manipulation theories, it is observ…
Metapragmatic disclaimers in Yoruba discursive interactions
A number of sociocultural phenomena have been explored in Yoruba through the pragmatics lens. However, metapragmatic disclaimers, which also provide deep insights into the cultural dynamics regarding the use of the language, have not been given much scholarly attention. Thus, this study investigates metapragmatic disclaimers in Yoruba to establish their forms and contextual use. Data comprised excerpts generated from a corpus of naturally occurri…
Discourse Tactic(s) in Police-Suspect Interactions in Ibadan, Nigeria
Existing studies on police interrogation have revealed that investigating police officers (IPOs) often resort to the use of physical force in extracting confessional statements from suspects. However, we maintain that IPOs do not usually subject suspects to torture in a bid to obtain a confession. We therefore examine how IPOs use tactics to achieve confessions in police-suspect interactions (PSIs). Data comprise nine interactions between IPOs an…
Nigeria
The concept of alternative dispute resolution (ADR) has largely been under explored from the linguistic lens, particularly in the Nigerian context. This study thus provides a scholarly intervention in this regard. Drawing insights from Brown and Levinson’s face theory, four randomly sampled recordings of Ìgbìmo Ìpètù, an alternative dispute resolution television programme on the Ekiti State Television (EKTV) in southwestern Nigeria was analysed i…
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Nigeria
The concept of alternative dispute resolution (ADR) has largely been under explored from the linguistic lens, particularly in the Nigerian context. This study thus provides a scholarly intervention in this regard. Drawing insights from Brown and Levinson’s face theory, four randomly sampled recordings of Ìgbìmo Ìpètù, an alternative dispute resolution television programme on the Ekiti State Television (EKTV) in southwestern Nigeria was analysed i…
Forms and functions of “impossibility” expressions in Yoruba informal interactions
This study investigates the forms and pragmatic functions of “impossibility” slangy expressions in Yoruba informal interactions, within the framework of Mey’s pragmatic acts (2001). Data comprised ten informal interactions randomly sampled from thirty interactions observed among the Yoruba in different contexts. Findings revealed “impossibility” slangy expressions in Yoruba trifurcate into function‐oriented, structure‐function‐oriented, and dange…
Discursive-manipulative strategies in scam emails and SMS
Cyber scam, a subculture in Nigeria, especially among youths, has been under-investigated from the linguistic perspective. This study thus explores discursive-manipulative strategies in scam emails and SMS/messages in Nigeria, drawing samples from a corpus of over 200 emails and 50 SMS documented between 2018 and 2022. With insights from Brown and Levinson’s face, Mey’s pragmatic act and McCronack’s information manipulation theories, it is observ…
Metapragmatic disclaimers in Yoruba discursive interactions
A number of sociocultural phenomena have been explored in Yoruba through the pragmatics lens. However, metapragmatic disclaimers, which also provide deep insights into the cultural dynamics regarding the use of the language, have not been given much scholarly attention. Thus, this study investigates metapragmatic disclaimers in Yoruba to establish their forms and contextual use. Data comprised excerpts generated from a corpus of naturally occurri…
Discourse Tactic(s) in Police-Suspect Interactions in Ibadan, Nigeria
Existing studies on police interrogation have revealed that investigating police officers (IPOs) often resort to the use of physical force in extracting confessional statements from suspects. However, we maintain that IPOs do not usually subject suspects to torture in a bid to obtain a confession. We therefore examine how IPOs use tactics to achieve confessions in police-suspect interactions (PSIs). Data comprise nine interactions between IPOs an…
A Discursive Engagement of Ideological Issues in Ilaje Zionist Gospel Songs
The ideological practices of Christian groups in Nigeria and beyond, as evident in their songs, have received considerable attention from scholars across disciplines, including linguists. However, the songs and music of the Ilaje Zionist Christian movement, which constitutes a major bloc in the Nigerian “white garment” Christian circle, have not received serious scholarly attention. To address this gap in the literature, this article explores ide…
A multimodal analysis of Piggyvest’s animated advertisement videos
This study examines the persuasive strategies in selected animated advertisement videos by Piggyvest, the first and one of the fastest-growing online savings platforms in Nigeria, whose modus operandi is quite different from those of the conventional banking system. Drawing insights from Kress and van Leeuwen’s (2006. Reading images: The grammar of visual design , 2nd edn. New York: Routledge) Multimodal Discourse Analytic framework, 12 samples o…
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, …
Yahooism to ritualism
The rapid growth of the internet and increased accessibility to technology have led to a surge in cybercrime, otherwise known as Yahoo Yahoo in the Nigerian context. With its large population and many internet users, Nigeria has become a hub for cybercriminals. This study investigates the ideological motivations and justifications for cyber fraud in Nigeria, particularly focusing on the representation of cybercrime and perpetrators in Yoruba film…
The pragmeme of accommodation in Christian condolence messages in Nigeria
The inevitability of death is reinforced in the different cultures and religions of the world. Among Christians in general and Nigerian Christians in particular, it is seen as a transformator of human beings from mortality to immortality, as evident in their linguistic behaviour. This study investigates pain-relieving strategies in Christian condolence messages in Nigeria, within the purview of Capone’s pragmeme of accommodation. Data for the stu…
Language use and (de)legitimation strategies among supporters of the three major presidential candidates in Nigeria’s 2023 general elections
The 2023 Nigerian presidential election was marked by an intensified use of social media for political discourse, where language played a huge role in shaping political support and opposition. The study examines how X users deploy language and linguistic resources to demonstrate support for (or against) the three major presidential candidates in the election. Adopting a descriptive qualitative design, 150 tweets from supporters of Bola Ahmed Tinu…
Discursive exploration of the dynamics of nationhood in selected Segun Akinlolu (a.k.a Beautiful Nubia)’s songs
Nationhood refers to the state or condition of being a nation, with collective identity, unity and, in most instances, sovereignty. Despite the fact thatsome studies look at Beautiful Nubia’s music in various disciplinary contexts, the role of language in constructing the dynamics and complexities of nationhood as expressed in his lyrics has still not been explored. Thus, this study is a discursive exploration of nationhood in selected songs of B…
A discursive engagement of evasions in police-suspect interactions in Ibadan, Nigeria
This study reports the discursive appeals embedded in the deployment of evasions in police-suspect interactions (PSIs) in Ibadan. Studies have marked investigating police officers (IPOs) as participants who overtly wield power during interrogation. This study argues that power is not an exclusive preserve of the IPOs; suspects equally deploy evasions to challenge IPOs’ powers. Informed by van Dijk’s model of critical discourse analysis, 45 interr…
Discursive representation of the Nigeria police in selected Afrobeats
Studies have examined the important role the Nigeria Police plays in the Nigerian security system. However, the investigation of the discursive representation of the Nigeria Police and its personnel in Afrobeats (hip hop) is yet to be largely explored. This study, thus, within the ambit of the Foucauldian Discourse Analytic approach and Halliday’s Transitivity, investigates the representation of the Nigeria Police in selected songs of Nigerian Af…
‘You are not flying till further notice’
This study explores how Nigerian aviation authorities and operators use language to (de)legitimise actions and assert institutional power in press statements. Grounded in Fairclough’s three-dimensional model of critical discourse analysis and van Leeuwen’s framework of legitimation, the study analyses press releases revolving around incidences of misdemeanour involving King Wasiu Ayinde Marshal (KWAM 1) and Ms Comfort Emmanson – two major inciden…
Linguistic Choices as Conveyors of Social Activism in the Tweets of Nigerian #EndBadGovernance Protesters
Protests, a site for venting dissenting voices, have attracted commendable scholarly patronage in Africa. Studies in this regard have predominantly probed the recurring tropes and trajectories in protests. However, the contextual roles of linguistic choices in constructing the themes and dissenting voices in the tweets of Nigerian #EndBadGovernance protesters remain underreported. Drawing insights from van Dijk’s model of critical discourse analy…
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