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The Strategic Salience of Prof Gabriel Egbe’s Language Game

Posted By: adminon: September 16, 2021In: BookspaceTags: 'Ninglish', Antonio Gramsci, Englishes, Ferdinand de Saussure, Harvard, Jacques Derrida, John Austin, NUC, Prof Adigun Agbaje, Veritas UniversityNo CommentsViews:
The Strategic Salience of Prof Gabriel Egbe’s Language Game

By Adagbo Onoja It is since 1962 that Oxford University’s John Austin delivered his “How to Do Things With Words” but, till today, the idea that it is language rather than reason or nature t... Read more

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Contesting Global English in Prof Gabriel Egbe’s Provocative Inaugural Lecture

Posted By: adminon: November 19, 2019In: FlashbackTags: Cartesianism, Francis Cardinal Arinze, Linguicide, Prof Adigun AgbajeNo CommentsViews:
Contesting Global English in Prof Gabriel Egbe’s Provocative Inaugural Lecture

By Adagbo ONOJA An Inaugural Lecture is, by tradition, not open to critical assessment. It is perhaps the only ritual in academia in which no questions are asked. But, no one would be surpri... Read more

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The Weak Points of Electoral Reportage in Nigeria – Prof Adigun Agbaje

Posted By: adminon: October 05, 2016In: GovernanceTags: Alh Baba Shettima ArfoMohammed Haruna, General Hassan Usman Katsina, INEC, Moddibbo Kawu, Prof Adigun Agbaje, Professor Abubakar MomohNo CommentsViews:
The Weak Points of Electoral Reportage in Nigeria – Prof Adigun Agbaje

The unbeatable characterisation of elections across Africa as quinquennial warfare would tend to make election coverage a key issue of concern for an electoral research institute in Nigeria.... Read more

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