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Language & Linguistics

Pragmatic Contradiction, Precarious Citizenship and Structural Resistance: A Comparative Pragma-Linguistic Analysis of the Nigerian and Ghanaian Constitutions

Solomon Osuokam Ogbeh — University of Benin · Vol. 33, No. 1 · 05 September 2026

Globally, the credibility of electoral processes is largely predicated on Constitutions promise democratic inclusion while simultaneously creating unequal experiences of citizenship through the language of authority, rig...

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African Literature

From Legal Remedy to Political Retort: A Pragmatic Acts Study of ‘Go to Court’ in Nigerian Media

Ebere Celina Krisagbedo — University of Nigeria Nsukka-Nigeria · Vol. 31, No. 2 · 02 October 2025

Chris Uchenna Agbedo (University of Nigeria Nsukka-Nigeria) Walter Ugwagbo (University of Nigeria Nsukka-Nigeria)

This study examines the pragmatic imports of the recurrent catchphrase “go to court” within the Nigerian sociopolitical context. Drawing on Mey’s Pragmatic Acts Theory (2001) to analyse eight media excerpts selected from...

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