37.1093, TOC: Pragmatics and Society 17 / 2 (2026)

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Date: 17-Mar-2026
From: Eric Burgstede [eric at benjamins.nl]
Subject: Pragmatics and Society Vol. 17, No. 2 (2026)


Publisher: John Benjamins
                        http://www.benjamins.com/

Journal Title: Pragmatics and Society
Volume Number: 17
Issue Number: 2
Issue Date: 20260317

Subtitle: Thematic Issue: Pragmatics in African Contexts

Main Text:

2026.  v, 141 pp.
Table of Contents
Articles
Us and them: Discourses on October 20, 2020 #endsars shooting at the
Lekki toll gate in Nigerian newspapers
Ayo Osisanwo & Ruth Karachi Benson Oji
pp. 153–174
Stances and ideologies in Nigerian pro-gay tweets: A linguistic
perspective
Olubunmi Funmi Oyebanji
pp. 175–195
The discursive construction of femininity in metacommentaries on a
rape-joke in Nigeria
Ibukun Filani
pp. 196–222
Noun forms of address among matatu touts in multilingual Kenya:
Pragmatic functions beyond politeness theory
Billian Khalayi Otundo
pp. 223–244
Address forms and self-reference practices in Kenya: A semio-cultural
conceptualization perspective
Mohammad Hossein Keshavarz & Maureen Kajuju Murori Panagiotou
pp. 245–267
Assigning ‘sacred’ meaning to songs: A pragmatic perspective
Antoine Willy Ndzotom Mbakop
pp. 268–288
Book review
Martin Gill,Aino Malmivirta & Brita Wårvik (eds.). 2024. Structures in
Discourse: Interaction, adaptability, and pragmatic functions
Reviewed by Ylva Biri
pp. 289–293

Linguistic Field(s): Pragmatics
                     Sociolinguistics




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