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Open AccessPublished: 3 September 2026

Styles and Nigerian Socio-Political Challenges in Selected Poems of Niyi Osundare

Oluwafemi Bolanle Jolaoso, Saheed Olalekan Olayiwola

Linguistic Exploration · 37-54 · 10.55121/le.v3i2.102447

This study presented a stylistic analysis of Niyi Osundare’s A Villager’s Protest to investigate the social-political challenges facing Nigeria. Through a close examination of the poem’s linguistic, literary and thematic features, the paper accounts for how the poet critiques the country’s hollow political promises, corruption a

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Open AccessPublished: 16 July 2026

Cultural Conceptualizations in Nigerian Students’ Sign-Out Discourses

Adaobi Ngozi Okoye, Peter Oyewole Makinde

Linguistic Exploration · 1–20 · 10.55121/le.v3i2.102315

Across higher institutions of learning in Nigeria the sign-out practice has become an active custom marking students’ transition from undergraduate life to the wider world. This emerging youth practice is often characterized by flamboyant displays of fashion, style and affluence and carefully curated social media posts blend the

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Open AccessPublished: 20 October 2025

Linguistic Deviances as Stylistic Resources in the Nigerian Music Industry: A Semiotic Analysis of Adeleke’s “Funds” and Apata’s “Hustle”

Peter Oyewole Makinde, Precious Chinasa Onyenwe

Linguistic Exploration · 133-150 · 10.55121/le.v2i2.768

This study examined linguistic deviances (LDs) as stylistic resources in the Nigerian music industry, through a semiotic analysis of Adeleke’s “Funds” and Apata’s “Hustle”. Linguistic deviance, a hallmark of creative language use in artistic expression, is explored here as a deliberate semiotic act that encodes cultural, ideolog

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Open AccessPublished: 11 April 2025

Regional Assimilation of Syntax-Pragmatic Markers of Nigerian English in Contemporary Literary Texts

Samuel Babatunde Akanbi, Toluwalase Popoola Toluwalase

Linguistic Exploration · 60–77 · 10.55121/le.v2i1.457

This study examined syntax-pragmatic patterns in three selected literary texts from Northern, Eastern, and Western Nigeria using Labov’s language variation theory. Data were collected from secondary sources and analyzed qualitatively. The findings revealed distinct syntactic patterns across regions, categorized into three groups

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Open AccessPublished: 19 October 2024

Enhancing Language Proficiency and Academic Success: The Impact of Bilingual Education on Primary School Students in Nigeria

Olusegun Oladele Jegede

Linguistic Exploration · 51–64 · 10.55121/le.v1i1.173

This study examined the impact of bilingual education on primary school students in Nigeria, with a particular focus on language proficiency and overall academic success. It aimed to address existing research gaps by investigating how bilingual programs influence students’ command of both their native language and English, as we

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