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Lydia Damilola Oyewole

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Open access Sep 2026

PEJORATIVE LANGUAGE AND ETHNIC IDENTITY: THE LABELLING OF ILORIN PEOPLE

Language is a central resource through which social identities are constructed, evaluated, and contested in daily interaction. In linguistically diverse settings such as Ilorin, Nigeria, evaluative and pejorative expressions serve as instruments for positioning individuals and groups within local social hierarchies. Th...

F. Kareem, Rashidat Omotola Salawu, Lydia Damilola Oyewole · 0 citations

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