LANGUAGE, POWER AND IDEOLOGY IN LEGISLATIVE DISCOURSE: A CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF SENATE DELIBERATIONS ON NIGERIA’S TAX REFORM BILL
This study examines the role of language in constructing power, ideology, and participation in legislative discourse, with specific reference to Senate deliberations on Nigeria’s Tax Reform Bill (2024–2025). Anchored on Norman Fairclough’s three-dimensional model of Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA), the research inves...