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§    Authored Books

1.  Osisanwo, A. (2003). Path to modern English usage. Lagos: Femolus-Fetop. 108pp. ISBN 978 306115-5. (Nigeria)

2. Osisanwo, A. (2006). Selected Topics in English Usage. Lagos: Femolus-Fetop. 78pp. ISBN 978 30611 5-4. (Nigeria) 

3. Osisanwo, A. (2009). Test of Orals in English for Schools and Colleges (with Audio CD). Lagos: Femolus-Fetop.170pp. ISBN 978-48151-4-9. (Nigeria) 

4. Osisanwo, A. (2012). Fundamentals of English Phonetics and Phonology. Lagos: Femolus-Fetop. 265pp. ISBN 978-48052-3-1. (Nigeria) 

5.  Osisanwo, A. (2013). The History of the English Language in Nigeria. Ibadan: University of Ibadan Distance Learning Centre. 94pp. (Nigeria) 

6. Osisanwo, A. (2019). Spoken English. Ibadan: University of Ibadan Distance Learning Centre. 158pp. (Nigeria) 

7. Osisanwo, A. & Okhuosi, R. 2026. Introduction to Phonetics and Phonology: Theory and Practice. Lagos: Femolus-Fetop. 309pp. ISBN 978-978-48052-3-1. (Nigeria)

§    Edited Books

8. Yemi Ogunsiji, J. O. Ojo, Yemi Olugbamigbe, S. Adejubee, C. N. Nnadi, A. Shuaibu, E. M. Fabiyi, Ayo Osisanwo (Eds.) 2012. Trends in language and literature.  Ile-Ife: OAU Press. 414pp. ISBN 978-136-053-4. (Nigeria) 

9. Akin Odebunmi, Ayo Osisanwo, Helen Bodunde, Stella Ekpe (Eds.) 2016 Grammar, applied linguistics and society: A festschrift for Wale Osisanwo @ 70.  Ile-Ife: Obafemi Awolowo University Press. 771pp. ISBN 978-136-553-6. (Nigeria) 

10. Ayo Osisanwo, Ibrahim Olaosun & Idowu Odebode. Eds. 2018. Discourse-stylistics, sociolinguistics and society: A festschrift for Ayo Ogunsiji. Ibadan: Stirling-Horden. xx+580pp. ISBN: 978-978-032-701-9. (Nigeria). 

11. Ayo Osisanwo, Kazeem Adebiyi-Adelabu & Adebayo Mosobalaje. Eds. 2018. Literary and linguistic perspectives on orality, literacy and gender studies: A celebration of Oluwatoyin Jegede @ 60. Ibadan: Kraft Books Limited. xxiv+626pp. ISBN: 978-978-918-525-2. (Nigeria). 

12. Osisanwo, A. & Kazeem Adebiyi-Adelabu. 2019. Effective English usage: A textbook for GES 101 use of English I. Ibadan: Ibadan University Press. xii+312pp. ISBN: 978-978-043-722-1. (Nigeria). 

13. Kazeem Adebiyi-Adelabu & Osisanwo, A. 2019. Effective communication and literary appreciation skills: A textbook for GES 201 Use of English II. Ibadan: Ibadan University Press. xiii+277pp. ISBN 978-978-8529-83-5. (Nigeria). 

14. Osisanwo, A. A., Bamigbade, W., Igwebuike, E., Tella, A. 2020. Applied linguistics, linguistic variations and English usage in the Nigerian context: A festschrift for Moses Alo. Ibadan: University Press Limited.xviii+670pp. ISBN: 978-978-940-824-5. (Nigeria). 

15. Rotimi Oladipupo, Julianah Akindele, Ayo Osisanwo (Eds.) 2020.Phonetics, phonology and sociolinguistics in the Nigerian context: a festschrift for Adenike Akinjobi. Ibadan: Stirling-Horden(Nigeria). xx+411pp. ISBN: 978-978-032-806-8. (Nigeria). 

16. Niyi Osunbade, Foluke Unuabonah, Ayo Osisanwo, Akin Adetunji & Funke Oni. 2021. Pragmatics, discourse and society: A festschrift for Akin Odebunmi. Volume 1. Cambridge: Cambridge Scholars Publishing. (UNITED KINGDOM). ISBN: 978-1-5275-6881-5. https://www.cambridgescholars.com/product/978-1-5275-6881-5. 

17. Niyi Osunbade, Foluke Unuabonah, Ayo Osisanwo, Akin Adetunji & Funke Oni. 2021. Pragmatics, discourse and society: A festschrift for Akin Odebunmi. Volumes 2. Cambridge: Cambridge Scholars Publishing. (UNITED KINGDOM). ISBN: 978-1-5275-7150-1.  https://www.cambridgescholars.com/product/978-1-5275-7150-1. 

18. Oluwole Oyetade, Akin Odebunmi, Ademola Ajayi, Rasheed Olaniyi and Ayo Osisanwo (Eds.) (2026): Research in Humanistic Studies I: Humanities, Social Media and Artificial Intelligence. Ibadan: Faculty of Arts, University of Ibadan. xii + 604pp. ISBN: 978- 978- 62502- 2-9.

19. Oluwole Oyetade, Akin Odebunmi, Ademola Ajayi, Rasheed Olaniyi and Ayo Osisanwo (Eds.) (2026): Research in Humanistic Studies II: Language, Literature and Religion. Ibadan: Faculty of Arts, University of Ibadan. xii + 604pp. ISBN: 978- 978- 62502- 1-2.

20. Oluwole Oyetade, Akin Odebunmi, Ademola Ajayi, Rasheed Olaniyi and Ayo Osisanwo (Eds.) (2026): Research in Humanistic Studies III: Discourse, Culture and Society. Ibadan: Faculty of Arts, University of Ibadan. xii + 488pp. ISBN: 978- 978- 62502- 0-5.

§    Chapters in Books

21. Osisanwo, A. 2009. Slangy Expressions as Communicative Tools among University Undergraduates.  In Dele Adeyanju (Ed.) Sociolinguistics in the Nigerian Context. Germany: LINCOM EUROPA publishers. 206-222 pp. ISBN 978 3 89586 579 4. (Germany) 

22. Osisanwo, A. 2009. Language Use in the Age of Mobile Technology: Face Mitigation in Telephone Conversation.  In Akorede, Y.O.O, Ogunsiji, Y.M. and Boko, G.C. (Eds) Language and Literature in the Current Technological World.  Porto-Novo: Sonou Publishers. 290-303 pp. ISBN 978-99919-69-64-0. (Republic of Benin) 

23. Osisanwo, A. 2009. “Parts of Speech in English” in Ojo, J.O. and Ogunsiji, Y.M. (eds) Use of English for Undergraduates. Department of English, Ondo. pp 22-38. ISBN 978-2900-00-1 (Nigeria) 

24. Osisanwo, A. 2010. Language, Style and Meaning in Selected Press Adverts on Chieftaincy Matters. In Akin Alao, Bimbo Adesoji and TundeBabawale (Eds.) Chieftaincy Institutions in Nigeria. Lagos: Centre for Black Arts and African Civilization (CBAAC). 1-26 pp. ISBN 978-8406-47-5 (Nigeria) 

25. Osisanwo, A. 2010. Language, Style and Meaning in Selected Advertising Slogans. In Ayo Kehinde, Ayo Ogunsiji and Akin Odebunmi (Eds) Language, Literature and Discourse: A Festschrift in Honour of Professor LekanOyeleye at 60. Germany: LINCOM EUROPA publishers. 165-184 pp. ISBN 978 3 89586 458 2. (Germany) 

26. Osisanwo, A. 2010. Language, Style and Meaning in Political Slogans.  In Sola Babatunde, Akin Odebunmi, Akin Adetunji, Mahfouz Adedimeji (Eds.) Studies in Slang and Slogans. Germany: LINCOM EUROPA publishers. 275-288 pp. ISBN 978 3 929075 717. (Germany) 

27. Osisanwo, A.  2011. Empowerment through Language: Mood in Selected Political Posters in Nigeria. In Wale Osisanwo and C.N. Kammelu (Eds) Empowerment through Language, Linguistics and Literature. Ago-Iwoye: OlabisiOnabanjo University Press. 197-222 pp.  ISBN 978 2556-14. (Nigeria) 

28. Osisanwo, A.  2011. A Semiotic Analysis of Selected Political Posters in the Development of politics in Nigeria. In Akin Alao (Ed.) Politics, Culture and Development in Nigeria: A Festschrift for Gabriel Olatunde Babawale. Lagos: Centre for Black Arts and African Civilization (CBAAC).  77-88 pp. ISBN 978-8406-73-4. (Nigeria) 

29. Osisanwo, A.  2012. Cultural ideology and the Poetry of Okot P’ Bitek. In Ogunsiji, Y.M. (Ed.) Trends in Language and Literature.  Ile-Ife: OAU Press. 99-121 pp. ISBN 978-136-053-4. (Nigeria) 

30. Kamalu, I. & Osisanwo, A.  2015. Discourse analysis. In IkennaKamalu and Isaac Tamunobelema. (Eds.) Issues in the Study of Language and Literature. Ibadan: Kraft Books Limited. 169-195 pp. ISBN 978-918-321-0. (Nigeria) 

31. Osisanwo, A.  2016. Representation of Nigerian General Elections and Social Actors in Selected Nigeria News Magazines’ Reports. In Akin Odebunmi, Ayo Osisanwo, Helen Bodunde, Stella Ekpe (Eds.) Grammar, Applied Linguistics and Society: A Festschrift for Wale Osisanwo.  Ile-Ife: Obafemi Awolowo University Press. 248-265 pp. ISBN 978-136-553-6. (Nigeria) 

32. Osisanwo, A. & Atoloye, L.  2018.  The generic structure potential in The Punch editorials on Boko Haram.  In F. Unuabonah, K. A. Ayoola& A. Adegoju (Eds.). Explorations in critical discourse and new media studies: essays in honour of Rotimi Taiwo. Glienicke: GaldaVerlag. 315 – 336 pp. ISBN 978-3-96203-023-0.  (Germany). 

33. Osisanwo, A. & Chinaguh, E. 2018. Rhetorical relations in presidential concession speeches of Goodluck Jonathan of Nigeria and John Mahama of Ghana. In Ayo Osisanwo, Ibrahim Olaosun&IdowuOdebode (Eds.) Discourse-stylistics, sociolinguistics and society: a festschrift for Ayo Ogunsiji. Ibadan: Stirling-Horden. 195-226pp. ISBN: 978-978-032-701-9.  (Nigeria). 

34. Osisanwo, A. & Adekunle, M. 2018.  Expressions of political consciousness in Wole Soyinka’s Alapata Apata and Femi Osofisan’s Morountodun: A pragma-stylistic analysis. In Ayo Osisanwo, KazeemAdebiyi-Adelabu & Adebayo Mosobalaje. Eds. Literary and Linguistic Perspectives on Orality, Literacy and Gender Studies: A Celebration of Oluwatoyin Jegede @ 60. Ibadan: Kraft Books Limited. 521-541pp. ISBN: 978-978-918-525-2. (Nigeria). 

35. Kehinde, M. A., Lamidi, M. T., Akinjobi, A. A., Osisanwo, A. A., Adebiyi-Adelabu, A. K. 2019. Theories and methodologies in English studies. In A. B. Ekanola, A. Raji-Oyelade and R. O. Olaniyi. Theories and methodologies in the humanities. TETFUND/Ibadan: Ibadan University Press. Pp 95-129. ISBN 978-978-8529-76-7. 

36. Osisanwo, A. 2019. Speaking Skills as an enhancer of communication in the classroom. In Ruth K. B. Oji Communication in education: a handbook for teachers. Ibeju-Lekki: Pan-Atlantic University Press. Pp. 50-67. ISBN: 978-978-976-591-1. 

37. Osisanwo, A. & Alugbin, M. 2019. Rhetoric of defeat in American presidential concession speeches (APCSs). In Oluwaseun Rachael Bello & Henry Jedidiah Hunjo (Eds), Sociolinguistics, (critical) discourse, pragmatics & Nigerian English: A Festschrift in honour of Dele Samuel Adeyanju.  Lagos: Digitech Creative Press House. 523- 537pp. ISBN: 978-978-972-452-9. (Nigeria). 

38. Osisanwo, A. 2019. Speaking skills: The sound system of English. In Kazeem Adebiyi-Adelabu & Ayo Osisanwo. Effective communication and literary appreciation skills: A textbook for GES 101 Use of English II. Ibadan: Ibadan University Press. Pp 19-38. ISBN 978-978-8529-83-5. 

39. Osisanwo, A. 2019. Vocabulary development, meaning relations and spelling in English. In Ayo Osisanwo & KazeemAdebiyi-Adelabu. Effective English usage: A textbook for GES 101 Use of English I. Ibadan: Ibadan University Press. Pp 255-274. ISBN 978-978-043-722-1. 

40. Osisanwo, A. 2020. The exemplary applied linguist: an exploration into Alo’s linguistic scholarship. Applied linguistics, linguistic variations and English usage in the Nigerian context: A festschrift for Moses Alo. Osisanwo, A. , Bamigbade, W., Igwebuike, E., Tella, A. (Eds.) (Nigeria). 3-14pp. ISBN: 978-978-940-824-5. 

41. Osisanwo, A. & Ajibade, T. 2020. Context and gender issues in selected sermons of Nigerian female preachers. Applied Linguistics, Linguistic Variations and English Usage in the Nigerian Context: A Festschrift for Moses Alo. Osisanwo, A. A., Bamigbade, W., Igwebuike, E., Tella, A. (Eds.). Ibadan: University Press Limited. (Nigeria). 435-455pp.ISBN: 978-978-940-824-5. 

42. Osisanwo, A. 2020. The quintessential Nigerian English phonologist: An exploration into Akinjobi’s phonological trajectory. In RotimiOladipupo, JulianahAkindele, Ayo Osisanwo (Eds.) Phonetics, phonology and sociolinguistics in the Nigerian context: a festschrift for AdenikeAkinjobi. Ibadan: Stirling-Horden(Nigeria).3-23pp. ISBN: 978-978-032-806-8. 

43. Osisanwo, A. & Akintaro, S. 2020. Intonation Patterns as Contextualisation Cues and Discursive Strategies in Selected Ibadan Courtroom Discourse. In Rotimi Oladipupo, Julianah Akindele, Ayo Osisanwo. Phonetics, phonology and sociolinguistics in the Nigerian context: a festschrift for Adenike Akinjobi. Ibadan: Stirling-Horden(Nigeria). 109-131pp. ISBN: 978-978-032-806-8.

44. Osisanwo, A. & Ajibade, T. 2020. Discourse issues and strategies in Vice Chancellor Abel Idowu Olayinka’s convocation speeches. In Ayobami Kehinde, Oyesoji Aremu and Matthew Nton. Homage to a gentleman scholar-administrator: A festschrift in honour of Professor Abel Idowu Olayinka. Ibadan: Ibadan University Press. 11-33pp. ISBN: 978-978-8550-39-6. 

45. Osisanwo, W. & Osisanwo, A. 2020. The Hallidayan systemic functional grammar. Interrogating gender through third world dialectics: a multi-disciplinary approach: a festschrift in honour of Yetunde O. O. Akorede. In Y. Ogunsiji, C. Adebiyi, A. O. Olajuyigbe, G. Dare, R. Adebile and O. M. Olaleye. Eds. pp 393-418. ISBN: 978-978-573-293-1. 

46. Osisanwo, A. & Ojora, T.  2021.  Impoliteness and entertainment in Who Deserves to be a Millionaire. Pragmatics, discourse and society: A festschrift for Akin Odebunmi. Volume 1. Cambridge: Cambridge Scholars Publishing. pp 285-311. (UNITED KINGDOM). ISBN: 978-1-5275-6881-5.  https://www.cambridgescholars.com/product/978-1-5275-6881-5 

47. Osisanwo, A. 2022. Introductory notes on stance and appraisal. Topics in Pragmatics and Discourse Analysis: Theory and Practice of Pragmatics Series, Vol. 3. Niyi Osunbade, Chuka Ononye, Simeon Ajiboye, Onwu Inya & Yunana Ahmed. Ibadan: Pragmatics Association of Nigeria. pp 102-122. ISBN 978-978-797-394-3. (Nigeria)

48. Osisanwo, A. & Odeyemi, F. 2022. The intonation of selected educated Hausa speakers of English in Bayero University, Kano. Linguistic discourses and literary appraisals: A festschrift for Raphael O. Atoye. Demola Jolayemi, Adenike Akinjobi, George Adekunle Ojo & Oladunjoye Faleye (Eds). Ilorin: Haytee Press & Publishing. pp 122-151. ISBN:978-978-983-928-5. (Nigeria). 

49. Osisanwo, A. & Falade, Toluwalope. 2023. Identity construction and representation in education-centred internet memes. Transformation of Higher Education Through Institutional Online Spaces. Rotimi Taiwo, Bimbola Idowu-Faith and Simeon Ajiboye (Eds). Pennsylvania, USA: IGI Global. 50-71. (Nigeria). 

50. Osisanwo, A. & Oyeyemi, T. 2023. Code alternation in selected Nigerian hip-hop music. Linguistic structure, language contact and virtual communication: A festschrift for Tayo Lamidi. IOA Nwabueze & R. Aboh (Eds.) Abuja: NOUN. pp 175-189. ISBN: 978-978-058-208-1. 

51. Osisanwo, A. 2024. The Segmentals of English. Dele Adeyanju & Olutoyin Jegede (Eds.) Introduction to communication in English. A Publication of Chrisland University. 119-135. 

52. Osisanwo, A. 2024. The Suprasegmentals of English. Dele Adeyanju & Olutoyin Jegede (Eds.) Introduction to communication in English. A Publication of Chrisland University. 136-152

53. Osisanwo, A. A. 2025. Security Challenge in Nigeria Is War: Metaphorical Constructions in Selected Nigerian Newspaper Editorials. Language, Technology and Society: Essays in Honour of Josef Schmied. Tunde Ope-Davies and Daniel Nkemleke.  (Eds). Lagos: Academic Publishing Centre. 117-139.

54.  Osisanwo, A. & Berekiah, O. (2026). Planning and hosting academic conferences in the humanities: hints and cues from the 5th biennial international conference of the Faculty of Arts, University of Ibadan, July 2025. In Oluwole Oyetade, Akin Odebunmi, Ademola Ajayi, Rasheed Olaniyi and Ayo Osisanwo (Eds.) Research in Humanistic Studies I: Humanities, Social Media and Artificial Intelligence. Ibadan: Faculty of Arts, University of Ibadan.

§    Journal Articles

55. Osisanwo, A. 2009. Transitivity and Theme Systems in Omobowale’s The President’s Physician. Journal of Contemporary Humanities. 3(1): 29-40. (Nigeria).  

56. Osisanwo, A. 2010. Language, politics and development: a lexico-semantic analysis of selected political posters. International Journal of Languages and African Development. 2(1): 159-176. (Benin Republique). 

57. Osisanwo, A. 2012. Lexico-semantic features of Nigerian Pidgin English in selected media advertisement jingles. Journal of Nigerian English Studies. 15(2): 118-135. (Nigeria). 

58. Osisanwo, A. 2012. Conversationalisation of discourse in Tell and The News’ representation of Nigerian general elections (NGE). Working Papers: Journal of English Studies.5(1): 166-185. (Nigeria) 

59. Osisanwo, A. 2013. Discourse representation in news stories on Obasanjo’s third term plot in TELL and THE NEWS. Ibadan Journal of Humanistic Studies. 23(1): 115-141. (Nigeria) 

60. Osisanwo, A. 2013. Politeness phenomena in Omobowale’s The President’s Physician. Journal of Arts and Design Studies, 9(1): 1-10. (USA). 

61. Oyeleye, L. and Osisanwo, A. 2013. Lexicalisation in media representation of the 2003 and 2007 general elections in Nigeria. World Journal of English Language. 3(2): 1-9. (Canada). http://dx.doi.org/10.5430/wjel.v3n2p1.  

62. Oyeleye, L. and Osisanwo, A. 2013. Expression of ideologies in the media representation of the 2003 and 2007 general elections in Nigeria. Discourse & Society. 24(6): 763-773. https://doi.org/10.1177/0957926513486224. (USA). 

63. Osisanwo, A. 2015. A morphological study of the use of pidgin in selected Nigerian electronic media advertisements.  Research in English and Applied Linguistics. REAL Studies. 9(1): 155-173. (Germany)

64. Osisanwo, A. 2016. Discursive representation of Boko Haram terrorism in selected Nigerian newspapers.  Discourse & Communication. 10(4) 341 –362.  DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/1750481316638149. (USA).

65. Osisanwo, A. A. 2016. Discursive construction of the Goodluck Jonathan administration in the war against Boko Haram terrorism in selected Nigerian newspapers. Ibadan Journal of English Studies. 12(1): 27-58. (Nigeria) 

66. Osisanwo, A. 2016. Vote for Us, not for Them: discursive strategies and ideological structures in the 2015 campaign SMS messages for the next faculty head. Ibadan Journal of Humanistic Studies. 26(1): 135-157. (Nigeria) 

67. Osisanwo, A. 2016. Role allocation in the media representation of participants in selected electoral discourses in Nigeria.  Athens Journal of Mass Media and Communications.  2(3):183–204. https://doi.org/10.30958/ajmmc.2.3.3. (Greece). 

68. Osisanwo, A. 2016. A socio-historical appraisal of the implantation of English in Nigeria.  Historical Research Letter.  Vol. 36. No.1: 28-32. https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/234668716.pdf. (USA). 

69. Osisanwo, A. A. 2016. Positivity towards reading as a tool for better academic performance.  Research on Humanities and Social Sciences.  Vol. 6. No.19: 39-43. https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/234675405.pdf. (USA). 

70. Osisanwo, A. 2017. Linguistic features of news reports of war on terrorism in Nigeria. Ife Studies in English Linguistics.13 (2): 57-82. (Nigeria) 

71. Osisanwo, A. 2017. Conceptual metaphors in newspaper reportage of the war on Boko Haram terrorism in Nigeria. Ibadan Journal of Humanistic Studies. 27(1): 19-38. https://www.ajol.info/index.php/ibjhs/article/view/187131. (Nigeria) 

72. Osisanwo, A. 2017. The winner as the chosen: #bbnaija fans discourse construction of the 2017 winner on selected social media. Papers in English & Linguistics (PEL). Vol. 18(3 & 4). (Nigeria) 

73. Osisanwo, A. 2017. I belong to everybody yet to nobody: pragmatic acts in President Muhammadu Buhari’s inaugural speech. Athens Journal of Mass Media and Communications. Vol. 3(4). 297–320. https://doi.org/10.30958/ajmmc/3.4.2. (Greece) 

74. Osisanwo, A. 2017. Stance and engagement in e-punch newspaper readers’ comments on former President Goodluck Jonathan administration’s war against Boko Haram terrorism in Nigeria. Journal of English Studies Association of Nigeria.19 (1):143-160. (Nigeria) 

75. Osisanwo, A. & Oluwayemi, V. 2018.  Divorce as conflict: representation of participants in selected Nigerian newspaper reports on divorce cases. Ibadan Journal of Humanistic Studies. 28(1): 91-108. (Nigeria) 

76. Osisanwo, A. 2018. Pictorial representation of Nigerian political terrain in TELL and The News magazines.  Ibadan Journal of English Studies. 14(1): 107-133. (Nigeria)   

77. Osisanwo, A. & Ajibade, T. 2019. Gender ideologies and representations in some sermons of selected Nigerian female preachers. Ife Studies in English Linguistics. 14(1): 80-101. (Nigeria). 

78. Osisanwo, A.  2019. Blame-frame and praise-frame on the Boko Haram terrorism in Nigeria newspapers: a discourse examination. PEOPLE: International Journal of Social Sciences. 4(3): 1633-1651. DOI- https://dx.doi.org/10.20319/pijss.2019.43.16331651. (USA) 

79. Osisanwo, A. 2020. Responsibilisation and discourse:  A study of the 2019 election postponement speech of INEC Chairman. Covenant Journal of Language Studies. Vol. 8(2): 1-15. (Nigeria) 

80. Osisanwo, A. 2020. Visual representations of newspaper reportage of Boko Haram terrorism in Nigeria. American Journal of Art and Design. Vol. 5, No. 4, pp. 103-112. doi:10.11648/j.ajad.20200504.14. (USA). 

81. Osisanwo, A. A. 2020. Discursive Strategies in Selected Political Campaign Songs in Southwestern Nigeria. Communication and Linguistics Studies (CLS). Vol. 6, No. 4, pp. 73-81. doi: 10.11648/j.cls.20200604.12. (USA). 

82. Osisanwo, A. & Adegbosin, O. 2020. “Oga, I’m not lying”:  Discursive strategies in selected police-suspect interrogations in Ibadan, Nigeria. The International Journal of Humanities and Social Studies. 8(11):  278-286. doi:  10.24940/theijhss/2020/v8/i11/HS2011-085. https://www.internationaljournalcorner.com/index.php/theijhss/article/view/156835. (INDIA). 

83. Osisanwo, A. & Iyoha, C. 2020. ‘We are not terrorists; we are freedom fighters’ Discourse Representation of the Pro-Biafra Protest in Selected Nigerian Newspapers. Discourse & Society. 31(6): 631-647.  https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/0957926520939687.  DOI: 10.1177/0957926520939687.   (USA).  

84. Osisanwo, A. & Chinaguh, E. 2020. Linguistic representations in selected presidential concession speeches. Athens Journal of Mass Media and Communications. Vol. 6(4): 271-294. doi.10.30958/ajmmc.6-4-4. (Greece). 

85. Osisanwo, A. & Olaniyi, T. 2021. Discourse and visual strategies in framing internet fraudsters in selected Nigerian newspapers. Ibadan Journal of English Studies. (Special Edition). 16:132-156. (Nigeria)   

86. Osisanwo, A. & Adegbenro, S. 2021. The leader is a watchman: a pragma-dialectical reading of Olusegun Obasanjo’s my watch. Budapest International Research and Critics in Linguistics and Education (BirLE) Journal.  Vol. 4, No. 3: 1072-1083. doi.org/10.33258/birle.v4i3.2286. (Indonesia). 

87. Osisanwo, A. & Iyoha, C. 2021a. Tracking ideology in Nigerian newspapers’ representation of the 2015 and 2016 pro-Biafra protests. Journal of English Studies Association of Nigeria. 23(1):132-158. (Nigeria). 

88. Osisanwo, A. & Iyoha, C. 2021b. Discourse issues in Nigerian newspaper reportage of pro-Biafra protests in selected Nigerian newspapers. OPANBATA: LASU Journal of African Studies. Vol. 9 (1): 34-48. (Nigeria). 

89. Osisanwo, A. A. 2021. Self-praise, other-assault: Representations in selected political campaign songs in Southwestern Nigeria. Ghana Journal of Linguistics: Selected papers from the 1st African Pragmatics Conference.  10.1: 228–250. http://dx.doi.org/10.4314/gjl.v10i1.9. (Ghana). 

90. Osisanwo, A. and Ojo, R. 2022. “They are sexual objects”: construction of female rape victims in selected Nigerian newspapers. Mediální Studia: Journal for Critical Media Inquiry, https://medialnistudia.fsv.cuni.cz/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2024/04/2022-01-Full.pdf. 16(1), 92–117. (Charles University, Czech Republic) 

91. Osisanwo, A. 2022. This virus is a common threat to all humans: Discourse representation of covid-19COVID-19 in selected newspaper editorials. Athens Journal of Mass Media and Communications. Vol. 8(1): 59-78. https://doi.org/10.30958/ajmmc.8-1-4. (Greece) 

92. Osisanwo, A. and Ilesanmi, O. 2023. Gender, ethnic and class as humour strategies in stand-up comedy of Bovi, Kenny Blaq, Akpororo and Basket Mouth. Comedy Studies, 14(1): 20-35, DOI: 10.1080/2040610X.2023.2149207. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/epdf/10.1080/2040610X.2023.2149207. (Routledge Taylor & Francis, UNITED KINGDOM). 

93. Osisanwo, A. & Akano, R. 2023.  Ideological stances in Yoruba nation secessionist discourse in selected Nigerian virtual communities. Language Matters, 54(2):104-121  https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/10228195.2023.2212140. DOI: 10.1080/10228195.2023.2212140. (Routledge Taylor & Francis, SOUTH AFRICA & UNISA, University of South Africa). 

94. Osisanwo, A. & Akano, R. 2024.  “A threat to national unity, an emancipator”: Discourse construction of the Yoruba nation secessionist agitation in selected Nigerian digital communities. Critical Discourse Studies, https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/epdf/10.1080/17405904.2023.2211176. doi:10.1080/17405904.2023.2211176. 21(6): 647–663. (Routledge Taylor & Francis, UNITED KINGDOM). 

95. Osisanwo, A. & Akintaro, S. O. 2024. Contextual triggers of family conflicts in Folake Amanfo’s Celebrity Marriage and Caliph Uzar’s After Knot.  Howard Journal of Communications. 36:3, 270-285. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/10646175.2024.2345650. 

96. Osisanwo, A. & Atoloye, L. & Akintaro, S. 2024. Pragmatic acts of humour in family discourse in selected Maryam Apaokagi's comedy skits. European Journal of Humour Research. 12(2): 53-73. http://dx.doi.org/10.7592/EJHR.2024.12.2.843. 

97. Osisanwo, A. & Falade, T. 2024. Directives and references in selected coronavirus-motivated internet memes. Language and Semiotic Studies.  doi.org/10.1515/lass-2024-0008.  10(2): 245–266. (De Gruyter Mouton, Germany).

98. Osisanwo, A. & Akinade, K. 2024. Identity construction in the profile names of Yoruba Facebook users. Journal of Languages for Specific Purposes (JLSP). https://journals.indexcopernicus.com/api/file/viewByFileId/1925542. 11:1, 45-58. (University of Oradea, ROMANIA). 

99. Osisanwo, A and Atoloye, L. 2024. Silence is the best answer for a bully: an exploration of humour techniques in selected Nigerian newspaper political cartoons. Language and Semiotic Studies. https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1515/lass-2024-0009/html?lang=en 10(3): 367–396. (De Gruyter Mouton, Germany) 

100. Osisanwo, A. 2024. Gunmen, Bandits and Ransom Demanders: A Corpus-Assisted Critical Discourse Study of Construction of Abduction in Nigerian Press. Corpus-Based Studies Across Humanities. https://doi.org/10.1515/csh-2024-0003. 2(1): 135–156. (De Gruyter Mouton, Germany). 

101. Osisanwo, A. & Adeyemo, M.O. 2024. “I am here… to serve you”: Pragmatic acts and strategies in the 2019 inaugural speeches of governors in southwest Nigeria. Insights into Language, Culture and Communication. 4(1): https://dx.doi.org/10.21622/737. https://apc.aast.edu/ojs/index.php/ILCC/article/view/ILCC.2024.04.1.737. (EGYPT).    

102. Osisanwo, A. & Ilesanmi, O. 2024. Discursive tropes of queer-sexuality resistance in Nigerian standup comedy. Sexuality & Culture. 28, 2860–2878. DOI: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12119-024-10260-w. 

103. Osisanwo, A. & Alugbin, M. 2024. Metaphorical Constructs and Semiotic Expressions in Online Discourse of English Premier League Match Results.  Language and Semiotic Studies. https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1515/lass-2024-0032/html?lang=en. 10(3): 415–436.  (De Gruyter Mouton, Germany) 

104. Osisanwo, A. 2024. Human trafficking in Nairaland digital community: a corpus-assisted critical discourse study. Discourse Studies. 27(4): 560-609. DOI:  https://doi.org/10.1177/14614456241282869. (Sage) 

105. Osisanwo, A. & Alugbin, M. 2024.  Pentecostal voices and discourse perspectives to LGBTQ+ narratives in Nigeria. African Identities.  https://doi.org/10.1080/14725843.2024.2427177. (Routledge Taylor & Francis, UNITED KINGDOM). 

106. Olajimbiti, E. & Osisanwo, A. 2024. Twittering Child Trafficking: A Corpus-Assisted Discourse Analysis of Selected X Interactions. Corpus-based Studies across Humanities. https://doi.org/10.1515/csh-2024-0021. 2(2): 385–408 (De Gruyter Mouton, Germany). 

107. Osisanwo, A. & Adegbosin, O. 2025. “It’s the devil”: Responsibility allocation and negotiations in police-suspect interrogations in Ibadan, Nigeria. Journal of Forensic Psychology Research and Practice, 25:1, 172–192. doi.org/10.1080/24732850.2023.2299760. (Routledge Taylor & Francis, UNITED KINGDOM). 

108. Osisanwo, A. A. 2025. Manipulative and recruitment strategies in BokoHaram terrorist statements.  Journal of Asian and African Studies. 60:5, 3303-3318.  https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/00219096241228795. Doi:10.1177/00219096241228795. (Sage, UNITED KINGDOM) 

109. Osisanwo, A. A.  2025. Discourse of ‘self’ and ‘other’ in newspaper editorials on insecurity in Nigeria. Journal of Asian and African Studies. 60:6, 4001-4021. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/00219096241243295. (Sage, UNITED KINGDOM) 

110. Osisanwo, A. 2025. Delegitimating other in selected messages of Boko Haram terrorists. Critical Terrorism Studies. 18(1): 162-180.  http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17539153.2024.2397150. (Routledge Taylor & Francis, UNITED KINGDOM). 

111. Osisanwo, A. 2025. Insecurity and safety complications in Nigeria: a corpus-assisted critical discourse study of human security threat in Nigerian newspaper reports. Corpus Pragmatics. 9: 167-198. doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s41701-025-00184-7. (Springer Nature) 

112. Akeredolu-Ale, B.I., Osisanwo, A., Chinaguh, E. 2025. Pragmatic strategies in medical encounters with mental health patients in Nigeria. Professional Discourse & Communication, 7(2), 51–72. https://doi.org/10.24833/2687-0126-2025-7-2-51-72.  

113. Osisanwo, A. and Oluwayemi, V. 2025. Problematising migration: news discourses in Nigerian newspapers. (Journal of the English Scholars’ Association of Nigeria (JESAN), Vol. 27, No. 2. 121-136. https://journalofenglishscholarsassociation.org/journals/index.php/JESAN/issue/view/12/140. 

114. Alugbin, M. and Osisanwo, A. 2025. ‘We are all migrants’: Ideological construction and representation of xenophobia in Nigerian and South African newspaper reports, African Journalism Studies. Vol 46 (3). 258-274. https://doi.org/10.1080/23743670.2025.2533827.

115. Osisanwo, A. & Abidoye, T. 2025. “Coronavirus is Enemy, Formidable and Opportunistic”: Pragmatic Acts in Selected Covid-19 Political Speeches in Nigeria. European Journal of Applied Linguistics. https://www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi/10.1515/eujal-2024-0028/html.

116. Osisanwo, A. & Adedayo, V. 2025. Impoliteness and the Artefacts of Satirical Discourse in Pius Adesanmi’s Naija No Dey Carry Last (African Identity). https://doi.org/10.1080/14725843.2025.2609892.

117. Osisanwo, A. & Agunbiade, M.  2026: Beyond Academic Discourse: Practs of Humour in Departmental Chatrooms of Selected Federal University Students in Southwest Nigeria. African Identities. 24(1): 114–132 https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/epdf/10.1080/14725843.2024.2339842. (United Kingdom).

118. Osisanwo, A. 2026. Self-legitimation strategies in selected messages of Boko Haram terrorists. Critical Discourse Studies. 23(1): 20-37. https://doi.org/10.1080/17405904.2024.2412556. (Routledge Taylor & Francis, UNITED KINGDOM).

119. Osisanwo, A. & Oji, R. 2026. Us and Them: Discourses On October 20, 2020 #Endsars Shooting At the Lekki Toll Gate in Nigerian Newspapers. Pragmatics & Society. 17(2):153-174. https://doi.org/10.1075/ps.22097.osi. (John Benjamins Publishing Company, USA).

120. Osisanwo, A. 2026. Nigeria Bleeds: A Multimodal CDA of Images on Social Media Resistance Discourse Against Insecurity in Nigeria (Visual Communication Quarterly). https://doi.org/10.1080/15551393.2025.2600918

§  Articles that have already appeared in Refereed Conference Proceedings:

121. Osisanwo, A.  2017. Stance and engagement in Facebook discourse participants’ response to the news of Chibok girls’ release. In Adebola Ekanola, Stephen A. Odebunmi & Babatunde R. Ojebuyi (Eds.) Polity Debacle and the Burden of Being in Africa: Proceedings of the Third Biennial Conference of the Faculty of Arts, University of Ibadan, Ibadan. 390-415.