Volume 8, No. 1 & 2

- Pragmatics of Healing Negotiation in Doctor-patient Interaction at a Nigerian University Teaching Hospital. – Oluwabunmi Mojisola Adeoye & Abiola S. Kalejaiye – 1
- Representation of Yoruba Ontological Thought through Creative Use of Language in Ahmed Yerima’s Abobaku – Matthew Kayode Akano – 17
- The Verbal Category in Defaka: A Functional and Structural Description – Inoma Nsima Georg Essien – 26
- Compliments and Compliment Responses on a Nigerian TikTok Celebrity – Abosede Adebola Otemuyiwa & Abimbola Okonkwo – 41
- A Multimodal Critical Discourse Analysis of Crime-related Themes in Naira Marley’s Songs – Oluwatomilola Nifemi Ayokunle & Victoria Oluwamayowa Gbadegesin – 60
- Symbols as Tools of Yoruba Cultural Communication in Ahmed Yerima’s Abobaku – Simeon Olufunso Sonde, Julius Toyin Ayedun & Kofowo Rukayat Marayesa – 78
- A Sociolinguistic Study of Gendered Language in English – Abiodun Akintayo & Olukunle Olosu – 90
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