Extending the rape narrative: A corpus-assisted discourse analysis of the construction of rape in selected Nigerian dailies.
This study examines the discursive construction of rape in news reports from the standpoint of critical linguistics. To do this, a corpus of news articles on rape cases was generated from five Nigerian newspapers (The Punch, Vanguard, Daily Trust, Nigerian Tribune and Sun) published between 2018-202...
| Publicado en: | Legon Journal of the Humanities Vol. 35; no. 1; pp. 164 - 192 |
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2024
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