Going superstitious and blaming the invisible ‘other’: A linguistic appraisal of social media posts on ‘Village People’
In this study, we explore how superstitions and blame are weaved in the linguistic constructions and representations of village people, the infamous mystic villains. Using Cultural Discourse Analysis (CuDA), we examine selected social media tweets and posts in which netizens deployed a mix of lingu...
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| Main Authors: | Ebuka Elias Igwebuike, Lily Chimuanya, Anya Egwu |
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | deu |
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University of Warsaw Press
2024-12-01
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| Series: | Studies in African Languages and Cultures |
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| Online Access: | https://salc.uw.edu.pl/index.php/SALC/article/view/425 |
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