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Ayodele Adekunle OSISANWO, PhD
Contact Information
Email: ayosisdelexus@yahoo.com;
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aa.osisanwo@mai1l.ui.edu.ng
Website: https://sites.google.com/view/drayoosisanwo
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Phone: +2348035636627; +2349070746854
Ayodele A. Osisanwo is a Professor of Discourse Analysis and Pragmatics in the Department of English at the University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria. He obtained a PhD in English (Discourse Analysis) from the Department of English, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria. He holds the African Humanities Programme (AHP) Postdoctoral Fellowship of the American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS), New York, hosted at the School of Journalism, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa (2015). He is a 2020 Grantee, AHP-ACLS Remote-mentorship with the Department of Linguistics, University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. He holds the Alexander von Humboldt (AvH) Foundation’s Georg Forster Fellowship for Experienced Researchers, hosted at the Institute of English Studies, Leuphana Universität, Lüneburg, Germany (2022) and AvH’s Return Fellowship (2024-2025).
Prof. Osisanwo’s research interests are (critical) discourse analysis, media, terrorism and political discourses. He has published over eighty scholarly articles in reputable international journals such as African Identitites (Routledge Taylor & Francis), African Journalism Studies (Routledge Taylor & Francis), Comedy Studies (Taylor & Francis), Corpus Pragmatics (Springer), Pragmatics & Society (John Benjamins), Corpus-Based Studies Across Humanities (De Gruyter Mouton), Critical Discourse Studies (Routledge Taylor & Francis), Critical Terrorism Studies (Routledge Taylor & Francis), Discourse & Society (Sage), Discourse and Communication (Sage), Discourse Studies (Sage), European Journal of Applied Linguistics (De Gruyter Mouton), European Journal of Humour Research, Howard Journal of Communications (Routledge Taylor & Francis), Journal of Asian and African Studies (Sage), Journal of Forensic Psychology Research and Practice (Routledge Taylor & Francis), Language and Semiotic Studies (De Gruyter Mouton), Language Matters (Routledge Taylor & Francis), Sexuality & Culture (Springer Nature), Visual Communication Quarterly (Routledge Taylor & Francis), Athens Journal of Mass Media and Communication, World Journal of English Language, Journal of Arts and Design Studies, Journal of Linguistic Association of Nigeria, Working Papers: Journal of English Studies, Ibadan Journal of Humanistic Studies, Ibadan Journal of English Studies, Papers in English Linguistics, PEOPLE: International Journal of Social Sciences, Ife Studies in English Linguistics, among others.
Ayo Osisanwo has authored some books and co-edited others. He is the author of Fundamentals of English Phonetics and Phonology (2012) and Test of Orals in English for Schools and Colleges (2009). He is the lead editor of Discourse-stylistics, sociolinguistics and society: A festschrift for Ayo Ogunsiji (Stirling-Horden, 2018); Literary and linguistic perspectives on orality, literacy and gender studies: A celebration of Oluwatoyin Jegede @ 60 (Kraft Books Limited, 2018); Effective English usage: A textbook for GES 101 use of English I (Ibadan University Press, 2019); Applied linguistics, linguistic variations and English usage in the Nigerian context: A festschrift for Moses Alo (University Press Limited, Ibadan, 2020). He is co-editor of Grammar, applied linguistics and society: A festschrift for Wale Osisanwo @ 70 (Obafemi Awolowo University Press, 2016); Effective communication and literary appreciation skills: A textbook for GES 101 Use of English I (Ibadan University Press, 2019); Phonetics, phonology and sociolinguistics in the Nigerian context: A festschrift for Adenike Akinjobi (Stirling-Horden, 2020); and Pragmatics, discourse and society: A Festschrift for Akin Odebunmi – Volumes 1 & 2 (Cambridge Scholars Publishing, United Kingdom, 2021). He was co-editor Ibadan Journal of English Studies. He is co-editor Ibadan Journal of Humanistic Studies and was Sub-Editor, Research in Pragmatics.
Prof. Osisanwo is a member of different academic bodies, including International Pragmatics Association (IPrA), African Pragmatics Association (AfPrA), Pragmatics Association of Nigeria (PrAN), American Association for Applied Linguistics (AAAL), English Scholars Association of Nigeria (ESAN), Corpus Linguistics Association of Nigeria (CLAN), Association of Phonologists and Phoneticians in Nigeria (APPN), Linguistics Association of Nigeria (LAN), English Language Teachers’ Association of Nigeria (ELTAN), Teachers’ Registration Council of Nigeria, Reading Association of Nigeria (RAN), and so forth.
Research Interests
Discourse Analysis
Media Discourse
Political Discourse
Education
§ Ph.D. (English Language), University of Ibadan, Ibadan 2011
§ M.A. (English), University of Ibadan, Ibadan 2006
§ B.A.(Ed.) English, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife 2002
Distinctions and Awards
Scholarships
§ 2001 Federal Government of Nigeria Scholarship for Outstanding Undergraduates
Awards/Prizes
§ Best Graduating Student Prize, School of Languages, Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU – ACE). 2000/2001 session
§ Best Graduating Student Prize, Department of English, Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU – ACE). 2000/2001 session
Fellowships
§ July 1, 2015 – June 30, 2016 Postdoctoral Fellowship Award, African Humanities Program (AHP) of the American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS)
§ 2017, Grantee, Manuscript Development Workshop, African Humanities Program (AHP) of the American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS), Accra, Ghana.
§ 2019, Grantee, The Alexander von Humboldt Foundation for Young Researcher in the Scientific Relations (with Prof. Akin Odebunmi) for a 5-month stay at Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg from October 1, 2019 to February 28, 2020 (Postponed to 2023 due to COVID-19 and others; eventually DECLINED)
§ 2020, Grantee, Remote-mentorship, African Humanities Program (AHP) of the American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS), Department of Linguistics, University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
§ 2022, Georg Forster Fellowship for Experienced Researchers, Alexander von Humboldt Foundation Germany; October, 2022 – March, 2024
§ 2023, Grantee, Manuscript Development Workshop, African Humanities Program (AHP) of the American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS), Accra, Ghana.
§ 2024, Return Fellowship, Alexander von Humboldt Foundation Germany; October, 2024 – September, 2025
Research/Travel Grants
§ 2015, Recipient (Individual), Humanities Staff Development Grants (HSDG)
§ 2015, Recipient (Group – with Prof. Adenike Akinjobi and Dr Fakeye), Humanities Staff Development Grants (HSDG)
§ 2021, THE 2020 TETFUND RESEARCH GRANT under the Humanities and Social Sciences (HSS) Research Category of the National Research Fund (NRF) (Group – with Prof. Bolanle Idowu Akeredolu-Ale, Dr Emmanuel Chinaguh, three medical personnel and two ICT specialists)
§ 2024, Travel Grant Recipient ($700) Global Digital Humanities Symposium of the College of Arts and Letters, Michigan State University in East Lansing, Michigan, USA, March 20-24, 2024
§ 2025, TETFUND Conference Support to attend the 19th International Pragmatics Conference, held at the University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia, 22-27 June, 2025
Academic Experience
§ October 1, 2024 – date, Professor, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria
§ October 1, 2022 – July 31, 2024, Visiting Senior Researcher (AvH), Institute of English Studies, Leuphana Universität, Lüneburg, Germany
§ 2022 Senior Lecturer and Acting Head, Department of English, Chrisland University, Abeokuta, Nigeria (Sabbatical Appointment)
§ 2021 - 2022 Senior Lecturer (Adjunct Appointment), Institute of Humanities/English, Pan-Atlantic University, Ibeju-Lekki, Lagos, Nigeria
§ October 1, 2019 – date, Senior Lecturer, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria
§ October 1, 2016 – September 30, 2019, Lecturer I, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria
§ October 16, 2015 – December 15, 2015 Postdoctoral Fellow (AHP/ACLS), School of Journalism, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South-Africa.
§ March 1, 2013 – September 30, 2016 Lecturer II, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria
§ February 6, 2007 – February 28, 2013 Lecturer II, Adeyemi College of Education, Ondo, Nigeria
§ 2005 – 2007 Tutorial Assistant, General Studies Programme, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria
Positions Held I
§ 2010 – 2013 Secretary, Publications Committee, School of Languages, Adeyemi College of Education, Ondo, Ondo State, Nigeria
§ 2010 – 2013 Staff Adviser, Joint Press Council, Adeyemi College of Education, Ondo, Ondo State, Nigeria
§ 2010 – 2013 Staff Adviser, English Studies Association, Department of English, Adeyemi College of Education, Ondo, Ondo State, Nigeria
§ 2010 – 2013 Examination Officer, Department of English, Adeyemi College of Education, Ondo, Ondo State, Nigeria
§ 2010. Chairman, Registration Committee, School of Languages Fifth National Conference, Adeyemi College of Education, Ondo, Ondo State, Nigeria
§ 2008 – 2010 Secretary, College Orientation Committee, Adeyemi College of Education, Ondo, Ondo State, Nigeria
§ 2008 – 2010 Assistant Examination Officer, Department of English, Adeyemi College of Education, Ondo, Ondo State, Nigeria
§ 2007 – 2013 Class Adviser, Department of English, Adeyemi College of Education, Ondo, Ondo State, Nigeria
Positions Held II
§ 2025 – LOC Secretary, Faculty of Arts 2019-date – Departmental Examinations Coordinator
§ 2019-2022 – Deputy Coordinator, Departmental Staff/Postgraduate
Students’ Seminar Series
§ 2019-2022 – Examinations Officer, Department of English
§ 2019-date – Member, Departmental Accreditation/Quality Assurance Committee
§ 2019-date – Member, Departmental Facilities and Infrastructures Management Committee
§ 2016-2020 Supervisor, GES 101 – Use of English, University of Ibadan, Ibadan
§ 2016-2020 Member, Senate Committee on General Studies Programme, University of Ibadan
§ 2016-2018 Congregational Representative, Senate, University of Ibadan
§ 2014-2015 Postgraduate (PG) Coordinator, Department of English, University of Ibadan, Ibadan -
§ 2013-date Secretary, Curriculum Review Committee, Department of English, University of Ibadan, Ibadan
§ 2013-date Member, Welfare Committee, Department of English, University of Ibadan, Ibadan
§ 2013-date Member, Ibadan Journal of English Studies Committee, Department of English, University of Ibadan, Ibadan
§ 2013-date Member, English Language Clinic Committee, University of Ibadan, Ibadan
§ 2013-date Member, Conference Committee, Department of English, University of Ibadan, Ibadan
§ 2013-2014 Examination Officer for 200 level, Department of English, University of Ibadan, Ibadan
§ 2013-2014 Deputy Postgraduate (PG) Coordinator, Department of English, University of Ibadan, Ibadan
Courses Taught: Undergraduate and postgraduate
Undergraduate
§ Use of English
§ Spoken English
§ Introductory English Phonetics and Phonology
§ The English Essay
§ English Phonology
§ Research Methods in English Usage
§ English Semantics
§ Language & Style
§ Discourse Analysis
§ English Literary Stylistics
§ English Suprasegmental Phonology
Postgraduate
§ Research Methodology
§ Seminar Presentation
§ Advanced English Phonology
§ Topics in the History of the English Language
§ English Language in Nigeria
§ Discourse Analysis
Membership of Professional Bodies
§ 2024 – date: Member, Advisory Committee, the Global DH Symposium, Michigan State University in East Lansing, Michigan
§ 2024 – date: American Association for Applied Linguistics (AAAL)
§ 2022 – date: International Pragmatics Association (IPrA)
§ 2022 – date: Corpus Linguistics Association of Nigeria (CLAN)
§ 2020 – date: African Pragmatics Association (APrA)
§ 2018 – date: Association of Phonologists and Phoneticians in Nigeria (APPN)
§ 2017 – date: Pragmatics Association of Nigeria (PrAN)
§ 2011 – date: English Scholars Association of Nigeria (ESAN)
§ 2010 – date: Linguistics Association of Nigeria (LAN)
§ 2010 – date: English Language Teachers’ Association of Nigeria (ELTAN)
§ 2008 – date: Teachers’ Registration Council of Nigeria
§ 2007 – date: Reading Association of Nigeria (RAN)
Supervision
§ 26 B.A. Long Essays (Completed)
§ 04 B.A. Long Essay (Ongoing)
§ 97 M.A. Projects (Completed)
§ 07 M.A. Project (Ongoing)
§ 02 MPhil Dissertations (Completed)
§ 02 MPhil Dissertations (Ongoing)
§ 15 PhD Theses (Ongoing)
§ 23 PhD Theses (Completed)
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PhD Supervision (Completed)
1. Iyoha, Osas Charles Kayode (February 15, 2021): Discourse and ideological representation of the 2015 and 2016 pro-Biafra protests in selected Nigerian newspapers.
2. Adegbenro, Sunday Adesoye (December 15, 2021): Rhetorical argumentation and self-representation in Olusegun Obasanjo’s non-fictional texts
3. Chinaguh, Emmanuel Chukwudi (December 15, 2021): Discourse and ideological constructs in selected political concession speeches in Nigeria and the United States
4. Alugbin, Matthew Adeleke (January 21, 2022): Evaluative strategies and ideological constructs in news reports on xenophobia in Nigerian and South African newspapers
5. Atoloye, Olalekan Tajudeen (June 13, 2023): Pragmatics of humour in political cartoons in selected Nigerian newspapers
6. Oluwayemi, Taiwo Victor (June 14, 2023): Discourse representation and ideology in selected Nigerian newspaper reports on migration, 2015-2021
7. Akintaro, Oluwaseun Solomon (June 15, 2023): Context and pragmatic markers of family conflicts in selected Nollywood films
8. Akintola, Opeyemi Christianah (June 19, 2023): Discourse issues, contexts and pragmatic roles of interactants in police-suspect interrogations in Ibadan, Nigeria
9. Odunsi, Oluyemi Adetola (June 19, 2023): Context, multimodality and persuasion in presidential election campaign advertisements in selected Nigerian newspapers
10. Adebiyi, Oluwabusayo Folasayo (June 21, 2023): Representation of public opinions on Nigerian presidential election results in selected Nigerian newspapers, 2011-2019
11. Onuora, Peter (June 21, 2023): Discourse representations and strategies in selected speeches of the publicity secretaries of Nigeria’s peoples’ democratic party and All Progressives Congress
12. Adekanye, Modupeoluwa Lydia (December 18, 2024): Linguistic and multimodal representations of social actors in selected socio-political themed African popular music
13. Akinade, Oluwakemi Esther (July 21, 2025): Context, discourse strategies and multimodality in selected Nigerian healthcare influencers’ Instagram contents.
14. Olaniyi, Taiwo Blessing (July 21, 2025): Stance, legitimation and indexicality in internet fraud interactions in Nigeria
15. Ajakaye, Damilola Olamide (August 13, 2025): Stance and discourse representation in selected Nigerian television talk shows on banditry (2018-2022)
16. Ilesanmi, Omolade Mayokun (August 19, 2025): Discursive representation and ideology of single parenthood in selected Nollywood films
17. Abiona, Ruth Ifeoluwa (September 1, 2025): Context and linguistic strategies of power relations in selected female-authored Nigerian novels
18. Ajibola, Samuel Oluwole (November 3, 2025): Discourse Representations Of Social Actors In Selected Nigerian Vice-Presidential Speeches
19. Ajibade Taiwo Adejoke (February 2, 2026): Discourse and ideological representations of # #EndSARS protest in selected Nigerian newspaper editorials
20. Abidoye, Oluwatosin Grace (February 2, 2026): Discourse and metaphoric constructions of child abuse in selected Nollywood films
21. Agunbiade, Modupe Roseline (February 25, 2026): Discourse representation and ideology in selected Nigerian newspaper reports on flooding
22. Olosu, Olukunle Adeniyi (February 25, 2026): Dysphemism-oriented representations in selected Nigerian electioneering press statements
23. Falade, Toluwalope Mary (February 27, 2026): Humour, pragmatic acts and ideological positions in selected text-based internet memes on Instagram
MPhil Supervision (Completed)
24. Falade, Tolulope Mary Adenike (November 28, 2022): Context, discourse issues and common ground strategies in selected dialogic internet memes (co-supervised with Prof. A. L. Oyeleye)
25. Ayodele, Taiwo Adesoji (August 13, 2025): Identity representation of social actors in selected 2023 Nigerian presidential post-election online discourse
MA Supervision (Completed)
I. 2012/2013 Session (Completed in 2014)
1 Adeleke, Adefunke Titilope (2014): Language and Style in Abimbola Adelakun’s Under The Brown Rusted Roofs and Sefi Atta’s Everything Good Will Come.
2 Akinbobola, Omolola Oluwatoyin (2014): Discourse and Ideology in Sefi Atta’s Everything Good Will Come.
3 Daberechukwu, Ujunwa Peace (2014): Power and Social Relations in Peace Vai Ihim’s Broken Heart and Toni Duraku’s Silhouettes.
4 Fadugba, Adewale Adebayo (2014): Rhetoric and Ideology in Selected Newspaper Feature Articles on the Third-Term Agenda of President Olusegun Obasanjo.
5 Nasirudeen, Rasaq Abdullahi (2014): A Stylistic Analysis of Selected High Court Judgment Texts in Oyo State, Nigeria.
6 Ojo, Oluwabusayo Folasayo (2014): Code Alternation as a Function of Bilingualism in Selected Nigerian Home Videos.
7 Sulaimon, Mojeed Olawuyi (2014): A Rhetorical Appraisal of 2007 Political Campaign Speeches of Ogeni Rauf Aregbosola of Osun State, Nigeria.
II. 2013/2014 Session (Completed in 2015)
8. Ajibare, Abioye Olulaanu (2015): Language and Ideology in Club Managers’ Comments on the Title Race in the English Premier League
9. Idowu, Tolulope (2015): Linguistic Representation of Readers’ Reactions to the 2014 National Conference
10. Ogunbadejo, Itunuoluwa Opemipo (2015): A Pragmatic Study of Verbal Altercations between Saheed Osupa and Wasiu Alabi Pasuma
11. Ogunleke, James O. (2015): Pragmatics in Slangy Expressions on Selected Social Networking Sites
12. Okusanya, Yewande Oluwadamilare (2015): Linguistic Construction of Majority and Minority Groups in the 2014 National Conference Discourse in the Nation and the Guardian Newspapers
13. Olanrewaju, Wasiu Yemi (2015): Language and Rhetorics of Deeper Christian Life Ministry Handbills
14. Rasheed, Lukman Adewale (2015): Speech Acts in Selected Islamic Sermons
15. Sobande, Olukayode Olukemi (2015): Speech Acts and Rhetorics in the Open Correspondence Written by Former President Olusegun Obasanjo to President Goodluck Jonathan
III. 2014/2015 Session (Completed in 2015)
16. Afolabi, Olalekan Michael (2015): Multimodality in Select Television Advertisements of President Jonathan’s 2015 Presidential Election Campaign
17. Ajanaku, Laide Francisca (2015): Face and the Hawking of Traditional Medicine in Oyo State, Nigeria
18. Atoloye, Olalekan (2015): The Generic Structure of the Punch Newspaper Editorials on Boko Haram Insurgency.
19. Ayeni, Bartholomew (2015): Discourse Features in Selected Agent-Customer Interactions on Selected Banks in Akure, Ondo State Nigeria
20. Balagbogbo, Mabel Modupe (2015): The Pragmatics of Selected Electoral Speeches of Goodluck Jonathan and Muhammadu Buhari
21. Lawal, Yomi Philips (2015): Linguistic Techniques and Contextual Issues in Selected Fẹlá Aníkúlápó’s Music
22. Ojora, Adetunji Idowu (2015): Participation Configuration Discourses of Selected Participants in Who Deserves To Be A Millionaire.
IV. 2015/2016 Session (Completed in 2016)
23. Adebiyi, Ashimedua Chioma (2016): Discourse of Otherness in the Interviews of Selected Political Party Leaders in Nigeria.
24. Adejoro, Busayo Damilola (2016): A Pragmatic Reading of Selected M.I. Abaga’s Hip-Hop Rap Music.
25. Adewumi, Yetunde Esther (2016): Common Ground and Pragmatic Acts in the 2015 President Muhammadu Buhari’s Media Chat.
26. Ilori, Timileyin D. (2016): Stylistic Reading of Treasure Chest in Christian Women Mirror Magazine.
27. Oyeyemi, Babatunde Oyedare (2016): Code-Alternation in Selected Nigerian Hip-Hop Music and Implications on The Nigerian Indigenous Languages.
28. Sanya, Aderonke Temitope (2016): Stance and Shared Knowledge in Selected Speeches of Nigeria’s 2015 Ministerial Nominees.
V. 2016/2017 Session (Completed in 2017)
29. Adekunle, Muyideen Adewale (2017): Pragma-Stylistic Expressions of Political Consciousness in Wole Soyinka’s Alapata Apata and Femi Osofisan’s Morountodun.
30. Aly, Badara Diancouba (2017): Language and Style in Malian and Nigerian National Anthems.
31. Aro, Mercy Oluwadunsin (2017): Linguistic Features and Speech Acts in 2016 American President Debate.
32. Aroyehun, Anifat Adekemi (2017): Speech Acts in Selected Nigerian Hip Hop Songs.
33. Ikechukwu, Gladys Obiuto (2017): Pragmatic Acts and the Discourse of Parenting in Chimamanda Adiche’s Purple Hibiscus and Diana Evans’ 26A.
34. Iwoajoku, Roseanna Ekenwa (2017): Language and Style in Selected Nigerian Newspaper Reports on 2016 Rio Olympics.
35. Obetta, Esther Oluchuku (2017): Contextual Beliefs in Selected Nigerian Novels.
36. Odeyemi, Olufunmilayo Mary (2017): The Intonation of Selected Hausa Speakers of English in Kano.
37. Oke, Olumide Oluwaropo (2017): Linguistic Stylistic Study of Portrayal of War in Adichie’s Half of a Yelow Sun and Armah’s The Beautyful Ones Are Not Yet Born.
38. Otunaiya, Funmilola Omolara (2017): Representation of the Niger Delta Crises in the Speeches of President Muhammadu Buhari and Vice President Yemi Osinbajo.
39. Shofoyeke, Oluwafunmilayo (2017): Pragmatic Acts in Selected Haggling Conversation at Gbagi.
VI. 2017/2018 Session (Completed in 2018)
40. Abdulazeez, Jamiu Adewole (2018): Stylistic Strategies in Selected Universities’ Vice Chancellors’ Orientation Speeches in Southwestern Nigeria
41. Abiona, Ruth Ifeoluwa (2018): Linguistic and Paralinguistic Features of Spousal Communication in Selected Literary Texts
42. Ajakaye, Damilola Olamide (2018): Implicature and Explicature Among Pupils’ Interactions in Selected Private Primary Schools in Ondo West Local Government
43. Ajibola, Samuel Oluwole (2018): Multimodality in Selected Political Posters in Ekiti State, Southwestern Nigeria
44. Akinade, Oluwakemi Esther (2018): Naming and Identity Construction among Nigerian Facebook Users
45. Akintaro, Oluwaseun Solomon (2018): Contextualization Cues as Discursive Strategies in Selected Ibadan Courtroom Discourse
46. Akintola, Opeyemi Christianah (2018): Discursive Strategies in Police-Suspect Interrogations.
47. Ayomoh, Perpetua Chinyere (2018): Language and Ideology in Wole Soyinka’s Death and The King's Horseman and Femi Osofisan’s Women of Owu.
48. Ishola, Akintunde Babarinde (2018): A Discourse Investigation of the Coroner Inquest Of Late Senator Adeleke's Death.
49. Oluwayemi, Taiwo Victor (2018): Pragmatic Force and Representation of Participants in Nigerian Newspaper Reports on Divorce Cases.
VII. 2018/2019 Session (Completed in 2019)
50. Adedayo, Victor Oluwadamilare (2019): Impoliteness and Common Ground in Pius Adesanmi’s Naija No Dey Carry Last and Elnathan John’s Be(Com)Ing Nigerian.
51. Adeleye, Mayokun Olanike (2019): Discourse Construction of Gender in Lola Shoneyin’s The Secret Lives of Baba Segi’s Wives and Bisi Adjapon’s Women and Frogs.
52. Adeuga, Ogooluwa Emmanuel (2019): Discourse Strategies and Ideology in Selected Dr D.K. Olukoya’s Deliverance Sermons.
53. Ajedokun, Abidemi Grace (2019): Context and Visual Representations in Logos, Vision and Mission Statements of Selected Nigerian Institutions.
54. Ajibade, Taiwo Adejoke (2019): Discourse Representation of Gender Ideology in Selected Sermons of Nigerian Female Preachers.
55. Akinsira, Oluwafeyisikemi (2019): Multimodality and Ideology in Cosmetic Advertisements on Social Media.
56. Iwalewa, Oreofe Adefolake (2019): Visual Representation of Participants and Communicative Strategies in Selected DSTV Plates.
57. Onifade, Silas Olawale (2019): Stance and Ideology in Wole Soyinka’s The Canonisation of Terror and An Uplifting Day Called June 12.
58. Otuyemi Solomon Taiwo (2019): Pragmatic Acts and Strategies in Selected State of Emergency Speeches on Terrorism in Nigeria
59. Shobayo, Oluwabori E. (2019): Ideological Representations and Persuasive Strategies in Selected Newspaper Editorials on The 2019 General Elections
VIII. 2019/2020 Session (Nil -Scrapped session)
IX. 2020/2021 Session (Completed in 2021)
60. Adelakun, Ademola (2021): Naming and Identity Construction in Political Reports Of Selected Nigerian E-Newspapers.
61. Agunbiade, Modupe Roseline (2021): Code Alternation as a Discourse Strategy in Selected WhatsApp Group Chats of Selected Nigerian Universities Students.
62. Akintoye, Emmanuel Dare (2021): Discursive Representation of President Buhari’s Anti-Corruption War in Selected Nigerian E-Newspapers.
63. Eyitoyo, Abimbola Kofoworola (2021): Pragmatic Representation of the Female Gender in Chimamanda Adichie’s Purple Hibiscus and Sadaawi’s Woman at Point Zero.
64. Eze, Michael Chijioke (2021): Stance and Identity Construction in Readers’ Comments of Selected E-Newspapers Reports on Arewa Youth 2017 Declaration.
65. Ilesanmi, Omolade Mayokun (2021): Practs of Humour in Selected Comedies of Bovi and Akpororo.
66. Ogundeji, Awoniyi Olalekan (2021): Discourse Representation of Nigerian Universities in Selected News Reports.
67. Ojo, Ronke Christiana (2021): Representation of Rape Victims in Selected Nigerian Newspapers.
68. Olanisebee, Tomigba Ruth (2021): Discursive Modes and Meaning in Food and Drink Products Advertisement In Selected Nigerian Newspapers.
69. Olaniyi, Taiwo Blessing (2021): Discursive Representation of Internet Fraudsters in Nigerian Print Media.
70. Sofela, Abosede Mercy (2021): Lexicalisation and Visual Representation in Selected Political Campaign Posters of 2019 General Elections in Nigeria.
X. 2021/2022 Session (Completed in 2023)
71. Akanbi, Adedamola Ridwanullahi (2023): Pragmeme in Selected Nigeria Media Broadcast Talkshows.
72. Gbodi, Tosin (2023): Persuasive Strategies and Linguistic Devices in Sermons of Selected Roman Catholic and Pentecostal Preachers.
73. Adebowale, Damilola Moradeyo (2023): Conceptual Metaphor in Selected Newspapers Reports on Banditry in Nigeria.
74. Atolagbe, Bosede Moriyike (2023): Identity and Ideological Construction in Posts and Comments On #Endsars Protest in Virtual Communities.
75. Abidoye, Oluwatosin Grace (2023): Persuasive Strategies in Selected Political Speeches on Covid-19 Precautionary Measures in Nigeria.
76. Aluko, Mercy Ifeoluwa (2023): Language of Compliment and Criticism in Judges’ Comments at Nigerian Reality Television Show Audition.
77. Olaluwoye, Ayodele Oluwafunminiyi (2023): Language and Power Relations in Advertisements of Baby Foods in Nigeria.
78. Juba, Adewumi Esther (2023): Pragmatic Representation of Politeness and Language Use in Nigerian Alternative Dispute Resolution Televised Shows.
79. Akano, Richard Damilare (2023): Stancetaking and Discourse Representation of the Yoruba Nation Agitation in Nigerian Digital Communities.
80. Fasola, Victoria Kehinde (2023): Multimodal Discourse Reading and Information Structure in Covid-19 Sensitisation Memes in Selected Social Media Platforms.
81. Shyllon, Opeyemi C. (2023): A Pragmatic Investigation of Suicide in Nigerian Newspapers Reportage
82. Akinyemi, Grace (2023): Lexical Choices and Discursive Strategies in Disaster Management Discourse Between Aid Workers and Beneficiaries
XI. 2021/2022 – 2022/2023 Sessions (Nil – on Sabbatical/Study Leave)
XII. 2023/2024 Session (Completed in 2025)
83. Adebambo, Oluwamayowa Deborah (2025): Rhetorical Strategies in Selected 2023 Nigerian Presidential Candidates’ Campaign Speeches.
84. Adegbembo, Toluwanimi Oyinlola (2025): Stance and Persuasive Strategies in Selected United Nations General Assembly Debates.
85. Babawale, Faith Mary (2025): Language and Style of Dark Humour in Selected Social Media Posts.
86. Ebere-Dinnie, Joshua Chiemela (2025): Discourse Representation of Social Actors on Minimum Wage Negotiation in Selected Nigerian Newspapers.
87. Hammed, Sodiq Abimbola (2025): Discourse Strategies and Feminist Ideology in Ayobami Adebayo's Stay With Me and Lola Shoneyin’s The Secret Lives of Baba Segi's Wives.
88. Oladimeji, Ayomide Suliyat (2025): Impoliteness Strategies and Ideologies in Selected Niyi Osundare’s Open Letters to Nigerian Presidents.
89. Omaghe, Collins Junior (2025): Politeness Strategies in Selected Recruitment Rejection Emails.
90. Oyibo, Prevail Oghenerugba (2025): Context and Rhetorical Strategies in Selected Nigerian Presidential Speeches on the Nation’s Economy.
91. Soyemi, Boluwatife (2025): Persuasive Strategies in Selected Governor Seyi Makinde’s Public Newsletters.
XIII. 2024/2025 Session (Completed in 2026)
92. Afolabi, Temilade Ayomikun (2026): Identity Construction Patterns in Campaign and Governance Rhetoric on X
93. Abolade, Hephzibah Toluwani (2026): Discourse Representation of Queer Identity in Romeo Oriogun’s Sacrament Of Bodies and Omotara James’ Songs Of My Softening
94. Abiodun, Priscilla Oluwasemilore (2026): Pragmatics of Humour in Selected Layi Wasabi’s and Timi Agbaje’s Online Comedy Skits
95. Akinola, Waris Abiodun (2026): Pragmatic Investigation of Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s 2023 and Donald Trump’s 2025 Presidential Inaugural Speeches
96. Uzoma, Joyce Nkechi (2026): Discourse Legitimation in Donald Trump’s and Kamala Harris’ Campaign Speeches in the US 2024 Presidential Election
97. Falayi, Fisayo Abiodun (2026): Discourse Representation of Cultural Identity in Transnational Musical Collaborations
Publications
§ Project, Dissertation and Thesis
a. Osisanwo, A. A. (2005). A discourse stylistic analysis of Omobowale’s The President’s Physician. M. A. Project, Department of English, University of Ibadan, Ibadan.
b. Osisanwo, A. A. (2011). Language and ideology in news magazines’ representation of Nigeria’s 2003 and 2007 general elections. PhD Thesis: Department of English, University of Ibadan, Ibadan.
§ Authored Books
Osisanwo, A. (2003). Path to modern English usage. Lagos: Femolus-Fetop. 108pp. ISBN 978 306115-5. (Nigeria)
Osisanwo, A. (2006). Selected Topics in English Usage. Lagos: Femolus-Fetop. 78pp. ISBN 978 30611 5-4. (Nigeria)
Osisanwo, A. (2009). Test of Orals in English for Schools and Colleges (with Audio CD). Lagos: Femolus-Fetop.170pp. ISBN 978-48151-4-9. (Nigeria)
Osisanwo, A. (2012). Fundamentals of English Phonetics and Phonology. Lagos: Femolus-Fetop. 265pp. ISBN 978-48052-3-1. (Nigeria)
Osisanwo, A. (2013). The History of the English Language in Nigeria. Ibadan: University of Ibadan Distance Learning Centre. 94pp. (Nigeria)
Osisanwo, A. (2019). Spoken English. Ibadan: University of Ibadan Distance Learning Centre. 158pp. (Nigeria)
Osisanwo, A. & Okhuosi, R. 2026. Introduction to Phonetics and Phonology: Theory and Practice. Lagos: Femolus-Fetop. 309pp. ISBN 978-978-48052-3-1. (Nigeria)
§ Edited Books
Yemi Ogunsiji, J. O. Ojo, Yemi Olugbamigbe, S. Adejubee, C. N. Nnadi, A. Shuaibu, E. M. Fabiyi, Ayo Osisanwo (Eds.) 2012. Trends in language and literature. Ile-Ife: OAU Press. 414pp. ISBN 978-136-053-4. (Nigeria)
Akin Odebunmi, Ayo Osisanwo, Helen Bodunde, Stella Ekpe (Eds.) 2016 Grammar, applied linguistics and society: A festschrift for Wale Osisanwo @ 70. Ile-Ife: Obafemi Awolowo University Press. 771pp. ISBN 978-136-553-6. (Nigeria)
Ayo Osisanwo, Ibrahim Olaosun & Idowu Odebode. Eds. 2018. Discourse-stylistics, sociolinguistics and society: A festschrift for Ayo Ogunsiji. Ibadan: Stirling-Horden. xx+580pp. ISBN: 978-978-032-701-9. (Nigeria).
Ayo Osisanwo, Kazeem Adebiyi-Adelabu & Adebayo Mosobalaje. Eds. 2018. Literary and linguistic perspectives on orality, literacy and gender studies: A celebration of Oluwatoyin Jegede @ 60. Ibadan: Kraft Books Limited. xxiv+626pp. ISBN: 978-978-918-525-2. (Nigeria).
Osisanwo, A. & Kazeem Adebiyi-Adelabu. 2019. Effective English usage: A textbook for GES 101 use of English I. Ibadan: Ibadan University Press. xii+312pp. ISBN: 978-978-043-722-1. (Nigeria).
Kazeem Adebiyi-Adelabu & Osisanwo, A. 2019. Effective communication and literary appreciation skills: A textbook for GES 201 Use of English II. Ibadan: Ibadan University Press. xiii+277pp. ISBN 978-978-8529-83-5. (Nigeria).
Osisanwo, A. A., Bamigbade, W., Igwebuike, E., Tella, A. 2020. Applied linguistics, linguistic variations and English usage in the Nigerian context: A festschrift for Moses Alo. Ibadan: University Press Limited.xviii+670pp. ISBN: 978-978-940-824-5. (Nigeria).
Rotimi Oladipupo, Julianah Akindele, Ayo Osisanwo (Eds.) 2020.Phonetics, phonology and sociolinguistics in the Nigerian context: a festschrift for Adenike Akinjobi. Ibadan: Stirling-Horden(Nigeria). xx+411pp. ISBN: 978-978-032-806-8. (Nigeria).
Niyi Osunbade, Foluke Unuabonah, Ayo Osisanwo, Akin Adetunji & Funke Oni. 2021. Pragmatics, discourse and society: A festschrift for Akin Odebunmi. Volume 1. Cambridge: Cambridge Scholars Publishing. (UNITED KINGDOM). ISBN: 978-1-5275-6881-5. https://www.cambridgescholars.com/product/978-1-5275-6881-5.
Niyi Osunbade, Foluke Unuabonah, Ayo Osisanwo, Akin Adetunji & Funke Oni. 2021. Pragmatics, discourse and society: A festschrift for Akin Odebunmi. Volumes 2. Cambridge: Cambridge Scholars Publishing. (UNITED KINGDOM). ISBN: 978-1-5275-7150-1. https://www.cambridgescholars.com/product/978-1-5275-7150-1.
Oluwole Oyetade, Akin Odebunmi, Ademola Ajayi, Rasheed Olaniyi and Ayo Osisanwo (Eds.) (2026): Research in Humanistic Studies I: Humanities, Social Media and Artificial Intelligence. Ibadan: Faculty of Arts, University of Ibadan. xii + 604pp. ISBN: 978- 978- 62502- 2-9.
Oluwole Oyetade, Akin Odebunmi, Ademola Ajayi, Rasheed Olaniyi and Ayo Osisanwo (Eds.) (2026): Research in Humanistic Studies II: Language, Literature and Religion. Ibadan: Faculty of Arts, University of Ibadan. xii + 604pp. ISBN: 978- 978- 62502- 1-2.
Oluwole Oyetade, Akin Odebunmi, Ademola Ajayi, Rasheed Olaniyi and Ayo Osisanwo (Eds.) (2026): Research in Humanistic Studies III: Discourse, Culture and Society. Ibadan: Faculty of Arts, University of Ibadan. xii + 488pp. ISBN: 978- 978- 62502- 0-5.
§ Chapters in Books
Osisanwo, A. 2009. Slangy Expressions as Communicative Tools among University Undergraduates. In Dele Adeyanju (Ed.) Sociolinguistics in the Nigerian Context. Germany: LINCOM EUROPA publishers. 206-222 pp. ISBN 978 3 89586 579 4. (Germany)
Osisanwo, A. 2009. Language Use in the Age of Mobile Technology: Face Mitigation in Telephone Conversation. In Akorede, Y.O.O, Ogunsiji, Y.M. and Boko, G.C. (Eds) Language and Literature in the Current Technological World. Porto-Novo: Sonou Publishers. 290-303 pp. ISBN 978-99919-69-64-0. (Republic of Benin)
Osisanwo, A. 2009. “Parts of Speech in English” in Ojo, J.O. and Ogunsiji, Y.M. (eds) Use of English for Undergraduates. Department of English, Ondo. pp 22-38. ISBN 978-2900-00-1 (Nigeria)
Osisanwo, A. 2010. Language, Style and Meaning in Selected Press Adverts on Chieftaincy Matters. In Akin Alao, Bimbo Adesoji and TundeBabawale (Eds.) Chieftaincy Institutions in Nigeria. Lagos: Centre for Black Arts and African Civilization (CBAAC). 1-26 pp. ISBN 978-8406-47-5 (Nigeria)
Osisanwo, A. 2010. Language, Style and Meaning in Selected Advertising Slogans. In Ayo Kehinde, Ayo Ogunsiji and Akin Odebunmi (Eds) Language, Literature and Discourse: A Festschrift in Honour of Professor LekanOyeleye at 60. Germany: LINCOM EUROPA publishers. 165-184 pp. ISBN 978 3 89586 458 2. (Germany)
Osisanwo, A. 2010. Language, Style and Meaning in Political Slogans. In Sola Babatunde, Akin Odebunmi, Akin Adetunji, Mahfouz Adedimeji (Eds.) Studies in Slang and Slogans. Germany: LINCOM EUROPA publishers. 275-288 pp. ISBN 978 3 929075 717. (Germany)
Osisanwo, A. 2011. Empowerment through Language: Mood in Selected Political Posters in Nigeria. In Wale Osisanwo and C.N. Kammelu (Eds) Empowerment through Language, Linguistics and Literature. Ago-Iwoye: OlabisiOnabanjo University Press. 197-222 pp. ISBN 978 2556-14. (Nigeria)
Osisanwo, A. 2011. A Semiotic Analysis of Selected Political Posters in the Development of politics in Nigeria. In Akin Alao (Ed.) Politics, Culture and Development in Nigeria: A Festschrift for Gabriel Olatunde Babawale. Lagos: Centre for Black Arts and African Civilization (CBAAC). 77-88 pp. ISBN 978-8406-73-4. (Nigeria)
Osisanwo, A. 2012. Cultural ideology and the Poetry of Okot P’ Bitek. In Ogunsiji, Y.M. (Ed.) Trends in Language and Literature. Ile-Ife: OAU Press. 99-121 pp. ISBN 978-136-053-4. (Nigeria)
Kamalu, I. & Osisanwo, A. 2015. Discourse analysis. In IkennaKamalu and Isaac Tamunobelema. (Eds.) Issues in the Study of Language and Literature. Ibadan: Kraft Books Limited. 169-195 pp. ISBN 978-918-321-0. (Nigeria)
Osisanwo, A. 2016. Representation of Nigerian General Elections and Social Actors in Selected Nigeria News Magazines’ Reports. In Akin Odebunmi, Ayo Osisanwo, Helen Bodunde, Stella Ekpe (Eds.) Grammar, Applied Linguistics and Society: A Festschrift for Wale Osisanwo. Ile-Ife: Obafemi Awolowo University Press. 248-265 pp. ISBN 978-136-553-6. (Nigeria)
Osisanwo, A. & Atoloye, L. 2018. The generic structure potential in The Punch editorials on Boko Haram. In F. Unuabonah, K. A. Ayoola& A. Adegoju (Eds.). Explorations in critical discourse and new media studies: essays in honour of Rotimi Taiwo. Glienicke: GaldaVerlag. 315 – 336 pp. ISBN 978-3-96203-023-0. (Germany).
Osisanwo, A. & Chinaguh, E. 2018. Rhetorical relations in presidential concession speeches of Goodluck Jonathan of Nigeria and John Mahama of Ghana. In Ayo Osisanwo, Ibrahim Olaosun&IdowuOdebode (Eds.) Discourse-stylistics, sociolinguistics and society: a festschrift for Ayo Ogunsiji. Ibadan: Stirling-Horden. 195-226pp. ISBN: 978-978-032-701-9. (Nigeria).
Osisanwo, A. & Adekunle, M. 2018. Expressions of political consciousness in Wole Soyinka’s Alapata Apata and Femi Osofisan’s Morountodun: A pragma-stylistic analysis. In Ayo Osisanwo, KazeemAdebiyi-Adelabu & Adebayo Mosobalaje. Eds. Literary and Linguistic Perspectives on Orality, Literacy and Gender Studies: A Celebration of Oluwatoyin Jegede @ 60. Ibadan: Kraft Books Limited. 521-541pp. ISBN: 978-978-918-525-2. (Nigeria).
Kehinde, M. A., Lamidi, M. T., Akinjobi, A. A., Osisanwo, A. A., Adebiyi-Adelabu, A. K. 2019. Theories and methodologies in English studies. In A. B. Ekanola, A. Raji-Oyelade and R. O. Olaniyi. Theories and methodologies in the humanities. TETFUND/Ibadan: Ibadan University Press. Pp 95-129. ISBN 978-978-8529-76-7.
Osisanwo, A. 2019. Speaking Skills as an enhancer of communication in the classroom. In Ruth K. B. Oji Communication in education: a handbook for teachers. Ibeju-Lekki: Pan-Atlantic University Press. Pp. 50-67. ISBN: 978-978-976-591-1.
Osisanwo, A. & Alugbin, M. 2019. Rhetoric of defeat in American presidential concession speeches (APCSs). In Oluwaseun Rachael Bello & Henry Jedidiah Hunjo (Eds), Sociolinguistics, (critical) discourse, pragmatics & Nigerian English: A Festschrift in honour of Dele Samuel Adeyanju. Lagos: Digitech Creative Press House. 523- 537pp. ISBN: 978-978-972-452-9. (Nigeria).
Osisanwo, A. 2019. Speaking skills: The sound system of English. In Kazeem Adebiyi-Adelabu & Ayo Osisanwo. Effective communication and literary appreciation skills: A textbook for GES 101 Use of English II. Ibadan: Ibadan University Press. Pp 19-38. ISBN 978-978-8529-83-5.
Osisanwo, A. 2019. Vocabulary development, meaning relations and spelling in English. In Ayo Osisanwo & KazeemAdebiyi-Adelabu. Effective English usage: A textbook for GES 101 Use of English I. Ibadan: Ibadan University Press. Pp 255-274. ISBN 978-978-043-722-1.
Osisanwo, A. 2020. The exemplary applied linguist: an exploration into Alo’s linguistic scholarship. Applied linguistics, linguistic variations and English usage in the Nigerian context: A festschrift for Moses Alo. Osisanwo, A. , Bamigbade, W., Igwebuike, E., Tella, A. (Eds.) (Nigeria). 3-14pp. ISBN: 978-978-940-824-5.
Osisanwo, A. & Ajibade, T. 2020. Context and gender issues in selected sermons of Nigerian female preachers. Applied Linguistics, Linguistic Variations and English Usage in the Nigerian Context: A Festschrift for Moses Alo. Osisanwo, A. A., Bamigbade, W., Igwebuike, E., Tella, A. (Eds.). Ibadan: University Press Limited. (Nigeria). 435-455pp.ISBN: 978-978-940-824-5.
Osisanwo, A. 2020. The quintessential Nigerian English phonologist: An exploration into Akinjobi’s phonological trajectory. In RotimiOladipupo, JulianahAkindele, Ayo Osisanwo (Eds.) Phonetics, phonology and sociolinguistics in the Nigerian context: a festschrift for AdenikeAkinjobi. Ibadan: Stirling-Horden(Nigeria).3-23pp. ISBN: 978-978-032-806-8.
Osisanwo, A. & Akintaro, S. 2020. Intonation Patterns as Contextualisation Cues and Discursive Strategies in Selected Ibadan Courtroom Discourse. In Rotimi Oladipupo, Julianah Akindele, Ayo Osisanwo. Phonetics, phonology and sociolinguistics in the Nigerian context: a festschrift for Adenike Akinjobi. Ibadan: Stirling-Horden(Nigeria). 109-131pp. ISBN: 978-978-032-806-8.
Osisanwo, A. & Ajibade, T. 2020. Discourse issues and strategies in Vice Chancellor Abel Idowu Olayinka’s convocation speeches. In Ayobami Kehinde, Oyesoji Aremu and Matthew Nton. Homage to a gentleman scholar-administrator: A festschrift in honour of Professor Abel Idowu Olayinka. Ibadan: Ibadan University Press. 11-33pp. ISBN: 978-978-8550-39-6.
Osisanwo, W. & Osisanwo, A. 2020. The Hallidayan systemic functional grammar. Interrogating gender through third world dialectics: a multi-disciplinary approach: a festschrift in honour of Yetunde O. O. Akorede. In Y. Ogunsiji, C. Adebiyi, A. O. Olajuyigbe, G. Dare, R. Adebile and O. M. Olaleye. Eds. pp 393-418. ISBN: 978-978-573-293-1.
Osisanwo, A. & Ojora, T. 2021. Impoliteness and entertainment in Who Deserves to be a Millionaire. Pragmatics, discourse and society: A festschrift for Akin Odebunmi. Volume 1. Cambridge: Cambridge Scholars Publishing. pp 285-311. (UNITED KINGDOM). ISBN: 978-1-5275-6881-5. https://www.cambridgescholars.com/product/978-1-5275-6881-5
Osisanwo, A. 2022. Introductory notes on stance and appraisal. Topics in Pragmatics and Discourse Analysis: Theory and Practice of Pragmatics Series, Vol. 3. Niyi Osunbade, Chuka Ononye, Simeon Ajiboye, Onwu Inya & Yunana Ahmed. Ibadan: Pragmatics Association of Nigeria. pp 102-122. ISBN 978-978-797-394-3. (Nigeria)
Osisanwo, A. & Odeyemi, F. 2022. The intonation of selected educated Hausa speakers of English in Bayero University, Kano. Linguistic discourses and literary appraisals: A festschrift for Raphael O. Atoye. Demola Jolayemi, Adenike Akinjobi, George Adekunle Ojo & Oladunjoye Faleye (Eds). Ilorin: Haytee Press & Publishing. pp 122-151. ISBN:978-978-983-928-5. (Nigeria).
Osisanwo, A. & Falade, Toluwalope. 2023. Identity construction and representation in education-centred internet memes. Transformation of Higher Education Through Institutional Online Spaces. Rotimi Taiwo, Bimbola Idowu-Faith and Simeon Ajiboye (Eds). Pennsylvania, USA: IGI Global. 50-71. (Nigeria).
Osisanwo, A. & Oyeyemi, T. 2023. Code alternation in selected Nigerian hip-hop music. Linguistic structure, language contact and virtual communication: A festschrift for Tayo Lamidi. IOA Nwabueze & R. Aboh (Eds.) Abuja: NOUN. pp 175-189. ISBN: 978-978-058-208-1.
Osisanwo, A. 2024. The Segmentals of English. Dele Adeyanju & Olutoyin Jegede (Eds.) Introduction to communication in English. A Publication of Chrisland University. 119-135.
Osisanwo, A. 2024. The Suprasegmentals of English. Dele Adeyanju & Olutoyin Jegede (Eds.) Introduction to communication in English. A Publication of Chrisland University. 136-152
Osisanwo, A. A. 2025. Security Challenge in Nigeria Is War: Metaphorical Constructions in Selected Nigerian Newspaper Editorials. Language, Technology and Society: Essays in Honour of Josef Schmied. Tunde Ope-Davies and Daniel Nkemleke. (Eds). Lagos: Academic Publishing Centre. 117-139.
Osisanwo, A. & Berekiah, O. (2026). Planning and hosting academic conferences in the humanities: hints and cues from the 5th biennial international conference of the Faculty of Arts, University of Ibadan, July 2025. In Oluwole Oyetade, Akin Odebunmi, Ademola Ajayi, Rasheed Olaniyi and Ayo Osisanwo (Eds.) Research in Humanistic Studies I: Humanities, Social Media and Artificial Intelligence. Ibadan: Faculty of Arts, University of Ibadan.
§ Journal Articles
Osisanwo, A. 2009. Transitivity and Theme Systems in Omobowale’s The President’s Physician. Journal of Contemporary Humanities. 3(1): 29-40. (Nigeria).
Osisanwo, A. 2010. Language, politics and development: a lexico-semantic analysis of selected political posters. International Journal of Languages and African Development. 2(1): 159-176. (Benin Republique).
Osisanwo, A. 2012. Lexico-semantic features of Nigerian Pidgin English in selected media advertisement jingles. Journal of Nigerian English Studies. 15(2): 118-135. (Nigeria).
Osisanwo, A. 2012. Conversationalisation of discourse in Tell and The News’ representation of Nigerian general elections (NGE). Working Papers: Journal of English Studies.5(1): 166-185. (Nigeria)
Osisanwo, A. 2013. Discourse representation in news stories on Obasanjo’s third term plot in TELL and THE NEWS. Ibadan Journal of Humanistic Studies. 23(1): 115-141. (Nigeria)
Osisanwo, A. 2013. Politeness phenomena in Omobowale’s The President’s Physician. Journal of Arts and Design Studies, 9(1): 1-10. (USA).
Oyeleye, L. and Osisanwo, A. 2013. Lexicalisation in media representation of the 2003 and 2007 general elections in Nigeria. World Journal of English Language. 3(2): 1-9. (Canada). http://dx.doi.org/10.5430/wjel.v3n2p1.
Oyeleye, L. and Osisanwo, A. 2013. Expression of ideologies in the media representation of the 2003 and 2007 general elections in Nigeria. Discourse & Society. 24(6): 763-773. https://doi.org/10.1177/0957926513486224. (USA).
Osisanwo, A. 2015. A morphological study of the use of pidgin in selected Nigerian electronic media advertisements. Research in English and Applied Linguistics. REAL Studies. 9(1): 155-173. (Germany)
Osisanwo, A. 2016. Discursive representation of Boko Haram terrorism in selected Nigerian newspapers. Discourse & Communication. 10(4) 341 –362. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/1750481316638149. (USA).
Osisanwo, A. A. 2016. Discursive construction of the Goodluck Jonathan administration in the war against Boko Haram terrorism in selected Nigerian newspapers. Ibadan Journal of English Studies. 12(1): 27-58. (Nigeria)
Osisanwo, A. 2016. Vote for Us, not for Them: discursive strategies and ideological structures in the 2015 campaign SMS messages for the next faculty head. Ibadan Journal of Humanistic Studies. 26(1): 135-157. (Nigeria)
Osisanwo, A. 2016. Role allocation in the media representation of participants in selected electoral discourses in Nigeria. Athens Journal of Mass Media and Communications. 2(3):183–204. https://doi.org/10.30958/ajmmc.2.3.3. (Greece).
Osisanwo, A. 2016. A socio-historical appraisal of the implantation of English in Nigeria. Historical Research Letter. Vol. 36. No.1: 28-32. https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/234668716.pdf. (USA).
Osisanwo, A. A. 2016. Positivity towards reading as a tool for better academic performance. Research on Humanities and Social Sciences. Vol. 6. No.19: 39-43. https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/234675405.pdf. (USA).
Osisanwo, A. 2017. Linguistic features of news reports of war on terrorism in Nigeria. Ife Studies in English Linguistics.13 (2): 57-82. (Nigeria)
Osisanwo, A. 2017. Conceptual metaphors in newspaper reportage of the war on Boko Haram terrorism in Nigeria. Ibadan Journal of Humanistic Studies. 27(1): 19-38. https://www.ajol.info/index.php/ibjhs/article/view/187131. (Nigeria)
Osisanwo, A. 2017. The winner as the chosen: #bbnaija fans discourse construction of the 2017 winner on selected social media. Papers in English & Linguistics (PEL). Vol. 18(3 & 4). (Nigeria)
Osisanwo, A. 2017. I belong to everybody yet to nobody: pragmatic acts in President Muhammadu Buhari’s inaugural speech. Athens Journal of Mass Media and Communications. Vol. 3(4). 297–320. https://doi.org/10.30958/ajmmc/3.4.2. (Greece)
Osisanwo, A. 2017. Stance and engagement in e-punch newspaper readers’ comments on former President Goodluck Jonathan administration’s war against Boko Haram terrorism in Nigeria. Journal of English Studies Association of Nigeria.19 (1):143-160. (Nigeria)
Osisanwo, A. & Oluwayemi, V. 2018. Divorce as conflict: representation of participants in selected Nigerian newspaper reports on divorce cases. Ibadan Journal of Humanistic Studies. 28(1): 91-108. (Nigeria)
Osisanwo, A. 2018. Pictorial representation of Nigerian political terrain in TELL and The News magazines. Ibadan Journal of English Studies. 14(1): 107-133. (Nigeria)
Osisanwo, A. & Ajibade, T. 2019. Gender ideologies and representations in some sermons of selected Nigerian female preachers. Ife Studies in English Linguistics. 14(1): 80-101. (Nigeria).
Osisanwo, A. 2019. Blame-frame and praise-frame on the Boko Haram terrorism in Nigeria newspapers: a discourse examination. PEOPLE: International Journal of Social Sciences. 4(3): 1633-1651. DOI- https://dx.doi.org/10.20319/pijss.2019.43.16331651. (USA)
Osisanwo, A. 2020. Responsibilisation and discourse: A study of the 2019 election postponement speech of INEC Chairman. Covenant Journal of Language Studies. Vol. 8(2): 1-15. (Nigeria)
Osisanwo, A. 2020. Visual representations of newspaper reportage of Boko Haram terrorism in Nigeria. American Journal of Art and Design. Vol. 5, No. 4, pp. 103-112. doi:10.11648/j.ajad.20200504.14. (USA).
Osisanwo, A. A. 2020. Discursive Strategies in Selected Political Campaign Songs in Southwestern Nigeria. Communication and Linguistics Studies (CLS). Vol. 6, No. 4, pp. 73-81. doi: 10.11648/j.cls.20200604.12. (USA).
Osisanwo, A. & Iyoha, C. 2020. ‘We are not terrorists; we are freedom fighters’ Discourse Representation of the Pro-Biafra Protest in Selected Nigerian Newspapers. Discourse & Society. 31(6): 631-647. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/0957926520939687. DOI: 10.1177/0957926520939687. (USA).
Osisanwo, A. & Chinaguh, E. 2020. Linguistic representations in selected presidential concession speeches. Athens Journal of Mass Media and Communications. Vol. 6(4): 271-294. doi.10.30958/ajmmc.6-4-4. (Greece).
Osisanwo, A. & Olaniyi, T. 2021. Discourse and visual strategies in framing internet fraudsters in selected Nigerian newspapers. Ibadan Journal of English Studies. (Special Edition). 16:132-156. (Nigeria)
Osisanwo, A. & Adegbenro, S. 2021. The leader is a watchman: a pragma-dialectical reading of Olusegun Obasanjo’s my watch. Budapest International Research and Critics in Linguistics and Education (BirLE) Journal. Vol. 4, No. 3: 1072-1083. doi.org/10.33258/birle.v4i3.2286. (Indonesia).
Osisanwo, A. & Iyoha, C. 2021a. Tracking ideology in Nigerian newspapers’ representation of the 2015 and 2016 pro-Biafra protests. Journal of English Studies Association of Nigeria. 23(1):132-158. (Nigeria).
Osisanwo, A. & Iyoha, C. 2021b. Discourse issues in Nigerian newspaper reportage of pro-Biafra protests in selected Nigerian newspapers. OPANBATA: LASU Journal of African Studies. Vol. 9 (1): 34-48. (Nigeria).
Osisanwo, A. A. 2021. Self-praise, other-assault: Representations in selected political campaign songs in Southwestern Nigeria. Ghana Journal of Linguistics: Selected papers from the 1st African Pragmatics Conference. 10.1: 228–250. http://dx.doi.org/10.4314/gjl.v10i1.9. (Ghana).
Osisanwo, A. and Ojo, R. 2022. “They are sexual objects”: construction of female rape victims in selected Nigerian newspapers. Mediální Studia: Journal for Critical Media Inquiry, https://medialnistudia.fsv.cuni.cz/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2024/04/2022-01-Full.pdf. 16(1), 92–117. (Charles University, Czech Republic)
Osisanwo, A. 2022. This virus is a common threat to all humans: Discourse representation of covid-19COVID-19 in selected newspaper editorials. Athens Journal of Mass Media and Communications. Vol. 8(1): 59-78. https://doi.org/10.30958/ajmmc.8-1-4. (Greece)
Osisanwo, A. and Ilesanmi, O. 2023. Gender, ethnic and class as humour strategies in stand-up comedy of Bovi, Kenny Blaq, Akpororo and Basket Mouth. Comedy Studies, 14(1): 20-35, DOI: 10.1080/2040610X.2023.2149207. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/epdf/10.1080/2040610X.2023.2149207. (Routledge Taylor & Francis, UNITED KINGDOM).
Osisanwo, A. & Akano, R. 2023. Ideological stances in Yoruba nation secessionist discourse in selected Nigerian virtual communities. Language Matters, 54(2):104-121 https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/10228195.2023.2212140. DOI: 10.1080/10228195.2023.2212140. (Routledge Taylor & Francis, SOUTH AFRICA & UNISA, University of South Africa).
Osisanwo, A. & Akano, R. 2024. “A threat to national unity, an emancipator”: Discourse construction of the Yoruba nation secessionist agitation in selected Nigerian digital communities. Critical Discourse Studies, https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/epdf/10.1080/17405904.2023.2211176. doi:10.1080/17405904.2023.2211176. 21(6): 647–663. (Routledge Taylor & Francis, UNITED KINGDOM).
Osisanwo, A. & Akintaro, S. O. 2024. Contextual triggers of family conflicts in Folake Amanfo’s Celebrity Marriage and Caliph Uzar’s After Knot. Howard Journal of Communications. 36:3, 270-285. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/10646175.2024.2345650.
Osisanwo, A. & Atoloye, L. & Akintaro, S. 2024. Pragmatic acts of humour in family discourse in selected Maryam Apaokagi's comedy skits. European Journal of Humour Research. 12(2): 53-73. http://dx.doi.org/10.7592/EJHR.2024.12.2.843.
Osisanwo, A. & Falade, T. 2024. Directives and references in selected coronavirus-motivated internet memes. Language and Semiotic Studies. doi.org/10.1515/lass-2024-0008. 10(2): 245–266. (De Gruyter Mouton, Germany).
Osisanwo, A. & Akinade, K. 2024. Identity construction in the profile names of Yoruba Facebook users. Journal of Languages for Specific Purposes (JLSP). https://journals.indexcopernicus.com/api/file/viewByFileId/1925542. 11:1, 45-58. (University of Oradea, ROMANIA).
Osisanwo, A and Atoloye, L. 2024. Silence is the best answer for a bully: an exploration of humour techniques in selected Nigerian newspaper political cartoons. Language and Semiotic Studies. https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1515/lass-2024-0009/html?lang=en 10(3): 367–396. (De Gruyter Mouton, Germany)
Osisanwo, A. 2024. Gunmen, Bandits and Ransom Demanders: A Corpus-Assisted Critical Discourse Study of Construction of Abduction in Nigerian Press. Corpus-Based Studies Across Humanities. https://doi.org/10.1515/csh-2024-0003. 2(1): 135–156. (De Gruyter Mouton, Germany).
Osisanwo, A. & Adeyemo, M.O. 2024. “I am here… to serve you”: Pragmatic acts and strategies in the 2019 inaugural speeches of governors in southwest Nigeria. Insights into Language, Culture and Communication. 4(1): https://dx.doi.org/10.21622/737. https://apc.aast.edu/ojs/index.php/ILCC/article/view/ILCC.2024.04.1.737. (EGYPT).
Osisanwo, A. & Ilesanmi, O. 2024. Discursive tropes of queer-sexuality resistance in Nigerian standup comedy. Sexuality & Culture. 28, 2860–2878. DOI: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12119-024-10260-w.
Osisanwo, A. & Alugbin, M. 2024. Metaphorical Constructs and Semiotic Expressions in Online Discourse of English Premier League Match Results. Language and Semiotic Studies. https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1515/lass-2024-0032/html?lang=en. 10(3): 415–436. (De Gruyter Mouton, Germany)
Osisanwo, A. 2024. Human trafficking in Nairaland digital community: a corpus-assisted critical discourse study. Discourse Studies. 27(4): 560-609. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/14614456241282869. (Sage)
Osisanwo, A. & Alugbin, M. 2024. Pentecostal voices and discourse perspectives to LGBTQ+ narratives in Nigeria. African Identities. https://doi.org/10.1080/14725843.2024.2427177. (Routledge Taylor & Francis, UNITED KINGDOM).
Olajimbiti, E. & Osisanwo, A. 2024. Twittering Child Trafficking: A Corpus-Assisted Discourse Analysis of Selected X Interactions. Corpus-based Studies across Humanities. https://doi.org/10.1515/csh-2024-0021. 2(2): 385–408 (De Gruyter Mouton, Germany).
Osisanwo, A. & Adegbosin, O. 2025. “It’s the devil”: Responsibility allocation and negotiations in police-suspect interrogations in Ibadan, Nigeria. Journal of Forensic Psychology Research and Practice, 25:1, 172–192. doi.org/10.1080/24732850.2023.2299760. (Routledge Taylor & Francis, UNITED KINGDOM).
Osisanwo, A. A. 2025. Manipulative and recruitment strategies in BokoHaram terrorist statements. Journal of Asian and African Studies. 60:5, 3303-3318. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/00219096241228795. Doi:10.1177/00219096241228795. (Sage, UNITED KINGDOM)
Osisanwo, A. A. 2025. Discourse of ‘self’ and ‘other’ in newspaper editorials on insecurity in Nigeria. Journal of Asian and African Studies. 60:6, 4001-4021. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/00219096241243295. (Sage, UNITED KINGDOM)
Osisanwo, A. 2025. Delegitimating other in selected messages of Boko Haram terrorists. Critical Terrorism Studies. 18(1): 162-180. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17539153.2024.2397150. (Routledge Taylor & Francis, UNITED KINGDOM).
Osisanwo, A. 2025. Insecurity and safety complications in Nigeria: a corpus-assisted critical discourse study of human security threat in Nigerian newspaper reports. Corpus Pragmatics. 9: 167-198. doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s41701-025-00184-7. (Springer Nature)
Akeredolu-Ale, B.I., Osisanwo, A., Chinaguh, E. 2025. Pragmatic strategies in medical encounters with mental health patients in Nigeria. Professional Discourse & Communication, 7(2), 51–72. https://doi.org/10.24833/2687-0126-2025-7-2-51-72.
Osisanwo, A. and Oluwayemi, V. 2025. Problematising migration: news discourses in Nigerian newspapers. (Journal of the English Scholars’ Association of Nigeria (JESAN), Vol. 27, No. 2. 121-136. https://journalofenglishscholarsassociation.org/journals/index.php/JESAN/issue/view/12/140.
Alugbin, M. and Osisanwo, A. 2025. ‘We are all migrants’: Ideological construction and representation of xenophobia in Nigerian and South African newspaper reports, African Journalism Studies. Vol 46 (3). 258-274. https://doi.org/10.1080/23743670.2025.2533827.
Osisanwo, A. & Adedayo, V. 2025. Impoliteness and the Artefacts of Satirical Discourse in Pius Adesanmi’s Naija No Dey Carry Last (African Identity). https://doi.org/10.1080/14725843.2025.2609892.
Osisanwo, A. & Agunbiade, M. 2026: Beyond Academic Discourse: Practs of Humour in Departmental Chatrooms of Selected Federal University Students in Southwest Nigeria. African Identities. 24(1): 114–132 https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/epdf/10.1080/14725843.2024.2339842. (United Kingdom).
Osisanwo, A. 2026. Self-legitimation strategies in selected messages of Boko Haram terrorists. Critical Discourse Studies. 23(1): 20-37. https://doi.org/10.1080/17405904.2024.2412556. (Routledge Taylor & Francis, UNITED KINGDOM).
Osisanwo, A. & Oji, R. 2026. Us and Them: Discourses On October 20, 2020 #Endsars Shooting At the Lekki Toll Gate in Nigerian Newspapers. Pragmatics & Society. 17(2):153-174. https://doi.org/10.1075/ps.22097.osi. (John Benjamins Publishing Company, USA).
Osisanwo, A. 2026. Nigeria Bleeds: A Multimodal CDA of Images on Social Media Resistance Discourse Against Insecurity in Nigeria (Visual Communication Quarterly). https://doi.org/10.1080/15551393.2025.2600918
§ Articles that have already appeared in Refereed Conference Proceedings:
Osisanwo, A. 2017. Stance and engagement in Facebook discourse participants’ response to the news of Chibok girls’ release. In Adebola Ekanola, Stephen A. Odebunmi & Babatunde R. Ojebuyi (Eds.) Polity Debacle and the Burden of Being in Africa: Proceedings of the Third Biennial Conference of the Faculty of Arts, University of Ibadan, Ibadan. 390-415.
Books, Chapters in Books and Articles already accepted for publication.
§ Chapters in Books (Accepted)
122. Osisanwo, A. A. “They are infidels and our enemies”: a corpus-based discourse study of person deixis in the representation of ‘other’ in Boko Haram terrorists’ rhetoric. The Linguistic Expression of Culture, Identity and Social Issues in Sub-Sahara Africa. Nana Aba Appiah-Amfo, Akin Odebunmi & Jemima Akosua Anderson (Eds.). New York: NiSC.
§ Journal Articles
123. Osisanwo, A. A. ‘We are Allah’s messenger, doing his bidding’: a corpus-based discourse study of deixis as markers of ‘self’ in selected Boko Haram sermons. (Sent to Chemnitz Journal.) Research in English and Applied Linguistics. REAL Studies. 18(1): . (Germany)
Conferences, Seminars, Webinars and Workshops Attended (with Dates)
2025
§ African Pragmatics Association International Webinar (AfPA) on the theme, “Experienced-based Postgraduate Supervision in Applied Language Studies” held on Wednesday, October 15, 2025.
Paper Read: (with Prof. Aloysius Ngefac) Writing a good discussion of findings
§ 8th International Conference for the Linguistics of English (ISLE) hosted by the University of Santiago de Compostela from 1-4 September 2025. The conference theme is English Linguistics on the Way: Expanding Horizons
Paper Read: (with Anne Barron, Ezekiel Olajimbiti & Akin Odebunmi) “Don't worry, I will take care of this”: First date payment negotiation sequences and gender in Nigeria.
§ 19th International Pragmatics Conference, held at the University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia, 22-27 June, 2025.
Papers Read: a. Social media activism rhetoric as a catalyst for social (re)orientation among Nigerian youths: a discourse engagement of #EndSARS protest
b. (with Lekan Atoloye): Linguistic and multimodal humour strategies in Nigerian newspaper political cartoons
§ A Lead Paper Presented at the 6th International Conference of the Faculty of Humanities, Ignatius Ajuru University of Education, Rumuolumeni, Port Harcourt, Nigeria, April 1-5, 2025.
Paper Read: A discourse-humanistic dimension to tackling security challenges in Nigeria
§ 7th Webinar of Corpus Linguistics Association of Nigeria (CLAN), held 12 March 2025.
Paper Read: Doing a corpus-assisted critical discourse analysis: an introduction
§ International Workshop of College for Social Sciences and Humanities, “Discourse-Pragmatic Variation in Postcolonial English Contexts (DVPEC)” held at University Alliance Ruhr Essen, Germany, 6 and 7 February 2025.
Paper Read: (with Anne Barron, Ezekiel Olajimbiti & Akin Odebunmi) “Well, I am paying”: Payment Negotiation Patterns and Gender on a First Date in Nigeria
2024
§ 2nd International Conference of Corpus Linguistics Association of Nigeria (CLAN) in conjunction with BOWEN University, Iwo, Osun State, Nigeria, held 28-30 August 2024.
Paper Read: Corpus-Assisted Discourse Analysis
§ 9th Annual Global Digital Humanities Symposium, held at Michigan State University in East Lansing, Michigan, USA, March 20-24, 2024
Paper Read: Security issues, migration and the JAPA syndrome in Nigeria: a corpus-assisted critical discourse study of social media posts.
§ AAAL Houston 2024 @ Hyatt Regency Houston 2024, Organised by the American Association for Applied Linguistics of 2900 Delk Road, Suite 700, PMB 321, Marietta, GA 30067, held at Hyatt Regency Hotel, Houston Texas, USA, 15-19 March, 2024
Paper Read: Discourse construction of gunmen in Nairaland digital community: A corpus-assisted critical discourse study
§ 3rd African Pragmatics Conference of the African Pragmatics Association in conjunction with the Department of English, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria, on the theme “Pragmatic and Global Security” 19-21, February 2024.
Paper Read: Discourse Construction of Human Trafficking in Nairaland Digital Community: A Corpus-Assisted Critical Discourse Study
2023
§ The Inaugural Conference of the African Humanities Association (AHA) on the theme “Engaging Humanities, Social Sciences and Arts Scholarship in Africa” hosted by the Centre for African Studies at the University of Cape Town, South Africa, 26-29 November, 2023.
Paper Read: Representation of violence in selected English-medium Nigerian newspapers: a corpus-assisted critical discourse study
§ The 1st CLAN International Conference on the theme “Language, Corpora and Society” held in conjunction with the Department of English, Redeemer’s University, Ede, Osun State, Nigeria, 28 Nov. – 1 Dec, 2023.
Paper Read: Discourse construction of security challenge in selected Nigerian newspapers: a corpus-assisted critical discourse study
§ International Conference on Digital English World-Wide with Focus on Africa and Beyond, held at Technische Universität, Chemnitz, Germany, 14-16 July, 2023.
Paper Read: They Kill, Maim and Kidnap for Ransom: A Corpus-assisted Study of the Representations of Abductors in the Nigerian Newspapers
§ 18th International Pragmatics Conference, held at Université Libre de Bruxelles, Solbosch Campus, Brussels, Belgium, 9-14 July, 2023.
Paper Read: Recruitment strategies and loyalist ideology in terrorist rhetoric in Africa and the Middle East
§ African Humanities Program Manuscript Development Workshop, in Collaboration with The American Council of Learned Societies, held at Aqua Safari Resort, Ada, Ghana, May 7- 11, 2023.
Paper Read: A corpus-based discourse study of person deixis in the representation of ‘other’ in boko haram leaders’ rhetoric
2022
§ Network Meeting of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, held at Goethe University, Frankfurt, Germany, from 9 – 11 November, 2022.
Paper Read: Insecurity and Safety Complications: A Critical Discourse Study of Nigerian Newspaper Representations of Security in Nigeria
§ 2nd African Pragmatics Conference: “Pragmatics in Africa: Culture, Cognition and Development”, held at University of Nairobi, Kenya from 2nd - 4th February, 2022
Paper Read: (with Ruth Oji) Pragmatic Acts and Strategies in Business Communication Rhetoric on COVID-19
2021
§ 4th International Conference of Pragmatics Association of Nigeria: “Pragmatics and Global Conflict”, held at the Department of English, University of Benin, Benin, Edo State, Nigeria, February 8th – 11th, 2021
Paper Read: (with Ruth Oji) Us and Them: Discourses On The October 20 #Endsars Shooting At Lekki Toll Gate Narratives
2020
§ 1st African Pragmatics Conference: “Pragmatics in Africa - Theory and Practice”,
held at University of Ghana, from 6th - 7th February, 2020
Paper Read: Verbassault in political campaign jingles: ideologies, representations and discourse strategies among political rivals in southwestern Nigeria
2019
§ 2nd Workshop/Conference of the Nigerian Pragmatics Association (NPrA), held at the Department of English, Bowen University, Iwo, Osun State, Nigeria, April 28 – May 1, 2019
Paper Read: (De)Responsibilisation and Discourse Strategies in Selected Political Leaders’ Discourses on the 2019 General Elections in Nigeria
§ Ibadan Humboldt Kollege in Linguistics and Humanistic Medicine (Ib-Humanmed 2019) in collaboration with Alexander von Humboldt, held at the Department of English, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria, September, 23-26, 2019.
Paper Read: Therapeutic Negotiations: Discursive Strategies in Online Medical Encounters on Sexual Health
2018
§ 1st National Workshop on Pragmatics Research organized by the Nigerian Pragmatics Association (NPrA) in conjunction with the Department of English, Lagos State University, Ojo, Lagos, July 17 - 19, 2018
§ 3rd London International Conference on Social Science & Humanities (ICSSH) in conjunction with Global Research & Development Services, held at South Kensington Campus, Imperial College, London, London SW7 2AZ, United Kingdom, April 10-11, 2018.
2017
§ African Humanities Program Manuscript Development Workshop, in Collaboration with The American Council of Learned Societies, held at Hephzibah Christian Centre, Peduase-Aburi, Ghana, May 21- 26, 2017.
§ Third Biennial International Conference, organized by Faculty of Arts, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, March 14 -18, 2017
2016
§ 32nd Annual National Conference of English Scholars’ Association of Nigeria in Collaboration with Department of English, Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife (IFESAN 2016), held at Oduduwa Hall, OAU, Ile-Ife, September 5-8, 2016.
2015
§ International Conference/Workshop on Race and Racism, held at Faculty of Humanities, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa
November 13-14, 2015.
2012
§ Ife English Language, Literature and Communication Conference, organized by the Department of English, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife. 20-23 August, 2012.
2011
§ Toyin Falola Annual Conference on Africa and the African Diaspora on the theme,
Creativity and Cultural Expressions in Africa and the African Diaspora, held at the Conference Centre, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, between July 4 and July 6, 2011.
2010
§ Nigerian English Studies Association 2010 Conference held at Covenant University, Otta between 3rd and 5th November, 2010.
§ Fifth Annual Conference and Workshop on Language and Literary Development in the Current Global Economic Realities, Organised by the School of Languages, Adeyemi College of Education, Ondo, Nigeria at Adeyemi College of Education, Ondo, May 4 to 7, 2010.
§ 23rd Annual Conference of the Linguistic Association of Nigeria held at the University of Port Harcourt between Monday, November 29 and Friday, December 3, 2010.
2009
§ Second International Conference on Politics and Development in Africa, organized by the Centre for Issues on Development in Africa, Institut de Developement, Et D’EchangesEndogenes, (IDEE), Quidah, Benin Republique, June 15 to 19, 2009.
§ Fourth National Conference on Emerging Trends in the Work of Art in the Current Technological Advancement in Languages, Literature and Culture, Organised by the School of Languages, Adeyemi College of Education, Ondo, Nigeria at Adeyemi College of Education, Ondo, March 2 to 6, 2009.
2008
§ National Conference on Chieftaincy Institution in Nigeria, organised by Department of History, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria, in conjunction with Centre for Black Arts and African Civilization (CBAAC) at OAU, Ile-Ife, April 9th to 10th, 2008.
§ Interdisciplinary Conference on Peoples and Cultures in Nigeria, Organised by the Nigerian Cultural Studies Network (NCSN), Obafemi Awolowo University in conjunction with Adeyemi College of Education, Ondo, Nigeria at Adeyemi College of Education, Ondo. May 7 to 8, 2008.
§ International Conference on African Literature (IICAL), Organised by the Department of English, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, July 3 to 6, 2008.
§ Second Annual National Conference of School of Languages, Federal College of Education, Obudu, Cross River State, July 7 to 11, 2008.
2007
§ Third Annual Conference of the School of Languages, Federal College of Education, Kano, 27th to 31st August, 2007.
§ First Mid-term Conference of Reading Association of Nigeria (RAN) on ‘Education Policy, Literacy Education and National Development, University of Ibadan, Ibadan from 9 to 12 October, 2007.
Peer Recognition:
Offshore (Global):
§ Reviewer – Discourse & Society (Sage)
§ Reviewer – African Journalism Studies (Routledge Taylor & Francis)
§ Reviewer – Media, War & Conflict (Sage)
§ Reviewer – Terrorism and Political Violence (Taylor & Francis)
§ Reviewer – Mediální Studia, (Charles University, Czech Republic)
§ Reviewer – African Identities (Taylor & Francis)
§ Reviewer – Journal of Asian and African Studies (Taylor & Francis)
§ Reviewer – Journal of International Communication (Routledge Taylor & Francis)
§ Reviewer – Multimodal Communication (De Gruyter)
§ Reviewer – Research in African Languages and Linguistics (Germany)
§ Reviewer – Southern African Linguistics and Applied Language Studies (Routledge Taylor & Francis)
§ Reviewer – Critical Discourse Studies (Taylor & Francis)
§ Reviewer – Pragmatics and Society (John Benjamins)
§ Reviewer – Journal of Language and Politics (John Benjamins)
§ Reviewer – Language Matter (Taylor & Francis)
§ Reviewer – Humanities and Social Sciences Communications (Springer Nature)
§ Reviewer – Language and Semiotic Studies (De Gruyter)
§ Reviewer –Journal of Forensic Psychology Research and Practice (Taylor & Francis)
§ Reviewer –Journal of Contemporary African Studies (Routledge Taylor &
Francis)
§ Reviewer – Communicatio (UNISA)
§ Reviewer – Security Journal (Palgrave Macmillan Springer Nature)
Offshore (African):
§ Reviewer – Legon Journal of the Humanities (Ghana)
§ Reviewer – Ghana Journal of Linguistics (University of Ghana)
§ Reviewer – Contemporary Journal of African Studies, University of Ghana (Ghana)
Onshore (Nigerian):
§ Reviewer – Research in Pragmatics (PrAN, Nigeria)
§ Reviewer – Covenant Journal of Language Studies (Covenant Uni, Nigeria)
§ Reviewer – Ibadan Journal of Humanistic Studies. (UI, Nigeria)
§ Reviewer – Journal of English Scholars Association of Nigeria (ESAN, Nigeria)
§ Reviewer –Awiye Journal of Language, Literature and Communication Studies, (Osun State University, Ikire, Nigeria)
§ Reviewer – LASU Journal of Humanities (LASU, Nigeria)
§ Reviewer – Ibadan Journal of English Studies (UI, Nigeria)
§ Reviewer – Oye Journal of Language, Literature & Popular Culture (FUOYE)
§ Reviewer – Journal of Humanities, Social Sciences And Creative Arts (FUNAAB)
Services outside the University
§ Chief Usher – Chapel of the Resurrection, University of Ibadan, Ibadan (2016 – 2020)
§ Editor-in-Chief, The Resurrection, Chapel of the Resurrection, University of Ibadan, Ibadan (2016 – date)
§ Member, Guild of Ushers, Chapel of the Resurrection, University of Ibadan, Ibadan
§ Member, Resurrection Morning Star, Chapel of the Resurrection, University of Ibadan, Ibadan
§ Member, Advisory Committee, the Global DH Symposium, Michigan State University in East Lansing, Michigan, USA (2024 to date)
Other Academic Engagements:
§ External Examiner for Academic Programmes
o External Examiner to the Department of English, Chrisland University, Nigeria. 2020 – 2022.
§ Postgraduate (MA & Doctoral Dissertation Examiner)
1. Department of Languages and Literary Studies, Babcock University, Ilishan Remo, Ogun State:
a. 2022 (Two MA; One MPhil)
b. 2023 (Two MA Candidates)
c. 2025 (Three MA Candidates)
2. Department of English, Lead City University, Ibadan, Oyo State
a. 2021 (One MA Candidate)
3. Department of English, Ajayi Crowther University, Oyo, Oyo State
a. September, 2024 (Five MA Candidates)
b. October, 2024 (Seven MA Candidates)
4. Department of Communication, Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, University of Fort Hare, Alice, South Africa
a. November, 2024 (One MA Candidate)
§ Promotion Assessment
o Department of English and Literary Studies, College of Education, Ikere-Ekiti, 2020. (Principal Lecturer).
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