“The soro-soke [speak up] generation”: multimodality and appraisal choices in selected #EndSars civil protest-related memes in Nigeria

This paper explores the deployment of multimodal elements as appraisal resources in #Endsars civil unrest-related memes in Nigerian social media space (WhatsApp and Twitter) to express affective meanings and intersubjective positioning. The study investigates how both verbal and non-verbal elements...

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Main Authors: Okesola Saheed Omotayo, Oyebode Oluwabunmi Opeyemi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: De Gruyter 2023-06-01
Series:Language and Semiotic Studies
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1515/lass-2022-0016