ADEMILOKUN Mohammed Ayodeji

Email address(es): mohmilokun@yahoo.com

Office Address: Room 108, Humanities Blook 1, Faculty of Arts

Academic Qualifications: B.A., M.A., Ph.D.

Areas of Specialization:  Discourse Analysis

Title of M.A. Thesis:

A Semiotic Study of the Discourse of Student Soccer Fans in Selected Southwestern Nigerian Universities

Title of Ph.D. Thesis:

A Multimodal Semiotic Study of Selected Political Rally Discourse for the 2011 Electioneering Campaigns in Southwestern Nigeria

Fellowships:

Fulbright Fellowship, Five Colleges, Massachusetts, USA (2009/2010 Academic Session)

African Humanities Programme Dissertation Completion Fellowship Award Offered by the American Council of Learned Societies, USA (2013-2014)

Georg Forster Postdoctoral Fellowship Offered by the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, Germany; Technische Universitat, Chemnitz, Germany (2018-2019)

Georg Forster Return Fellowship Offered by the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, Germany (2019-2020)

Alexander von Humboldt Renewed Research Fellowship at Technische Universitat, Dresden, Germany (April 2022-June 2022)

Ongoing Current Research: The Discourses of EndSARS protests in Nigeria

Publications:

Olateju, M., Oyebode, O. &Ademilokun, M. (2014). Doing Multimodal Discourse Analysis. Ibadan: College Press and Publishers. (Nigeria)

Salami, L.O. & Ademilokun, M. (2019). Explorations in Linguistic Landscapes: A Study of Southwestern Nigeria. Berlin: Galda Publishers. (Germany)

Ademilokun, M.,Onanuga P., Oamen, F. & Alfred, B. (2021). Critical Discourse Analysis and the Linguistics of Social Media Interaction: A Festschrift for Rotimi Taiwo. Ibadan: College Press.

Ademilokun, M. (2011). “Reporting in English”. In Adegbite, A., Adekoya, S. & Adegoju, A. (Eds.), Use of English: A Manual on Communicative Skills for Tertiary Institutions. Ile-Ife: Department of English, Obafemi Awolowo University, 167-173. (Nigeria)

Ademilokun, M. (2012). “The Sentence in English”. In Olateju, M. (Ed.), Handbook on General Studies for Higher Institutions in Nigeria. Ibadan: College Press and Publishers Limited, 348-361. (Nigeria)

Ademilokun, M. (2016). “A Multimodal Analysis of the Public Discourse of the 2013 University Lecturers’ Strike in Nigeria”. In Taiwo, R. & Opeibi, T. (Eds.), The Discourse of Digital Civic Engagement: Perspectives from the Developing World. New York: Nova Science Publishers, 57-73. (U.S.A.)

Ademilokun, M. (2021). “A Corpus-Assisted Discourse Study of Pronouns in Social Transformation Campaigns in Nigeria”. In Schmied, J., Chenguang, C. & Hoffman, M. (Eds.), Research in English and Applied Linguistics, Volume 16, 85-112. (Chemnitz University of Technology, Chemnitz, Germany).

Ademilokun, M. (2021). “Doing Political Discourse Analysis”. In Ayoola, K. Aragbuwa, F. & Oyebode, O. (Eds.), Current Approaches to Discourse Analysis: A Manual for University Students. Ile-Ife: Obafemi Awolowo University Press, 301-328. (Nigeria)

Ademilokun, M. (2021). “Ideology in Mediatised Civic Engagement and Social Transformation Advocacy in Nigeria”. In Ademilokun, M.,Onanuga P., Oamen, F. & Alfred, B. (2021). Critical Discourse Analysis and the Linguistics of Social Media Interaction: A Festschrift for Rotimi Taiwo. Ibadan: College Press. (Nigeria)

Ademilokun, M. (2011). “A Stylistic Analysis of the Language of Nigerian University Student Fans of the English Premier League”, Papers in English and Linguistics, Vol. 12: 261-275. (Obafemi Awolowo University, Nigeria)

Ademilokun, M. (2012). “Communicative Imports of Visual Images in the Discourse of Some Nigerian Student Soccer Fans”, Ibadan: Journal of English Studies, Vol. 8: 75-94. (University of Ibadan, Nigeria)

Ademilokun, M. & Taiwo, R. (2013). “Discursive Strategies in Newspaper Campaign Advertisements for Nigeria’s 2011 Elections”, Discourse and Communication, Vol. 7(4): 435-455. (Pompeu Fabra University, Spain)

Ademilokun, M. (2013). “Discursive Features of Selected Political Song Texts of the 2011 Electioneering Campaign Rallies in South-western Nigeria”, Affrev Ijah: An International Journal of Arts and Humanities, Vol. 2(4): 262-282. (Ethiopia)

Coker, O. & Ademilokun, M. (2013). “An Appraisal of the Language Question in Third-Generation African Fiction”, The African Symposium, Vol. 13(2): 86-93. (North Carolina State University, U.S.A.)

Ademilokun, M. (2013). “Aspects of the Grammar of Political Rally Discourse of the 2011 Electioneering Campaigns in Southwestern Nigeria”, Ife Journal of Languages and Literatures, Vol. 1(1): 171-194. (Obafemi Awolowo University, Nigeria)

Ademilokun, M. (2014). “Yoruba Proverbs and the Anti-corruption Crusade in Nigeria”, Inkanyiso: The Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences, Vol. 6(1): 41-48. (University of Zululand, South Africa)

Adegoju, A. & Ademilokun, M. (2015). “Verbal and Visual Signifiers of Advertising Shares Offers in Nigeria’s 2005 Bank Recapitalisation”, Discourse and Communication, Vol. 9(5): 519-533.(Pompeu Fabra University, Spain)

Ademilokun, M. (2015). “Aspects of Attitudinal Meaning in Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari’s Inauguration Speech: An Appraisal Analysis”, The African Symposium, Vol. 15(2): 3-10. (North Carolina State University, U.S.A.)

Asiyanbola, A. & Ademilokun, M. (2015). “Literacy and Language of Instruction in Nigeria: A Case of Integrated Science Teaching in Select Primary Schools”, International Journal of Literacy and Development, Vol. 2(1): 37-44. (Kenya)

Ademilokun, M. (2015).“Discursive Strategies in Selected Political Rally Campaigns of 2011 Elections in Southwestern Nigeria”, International Journal of Society, Culture and Language, Vol. 3(1): 120-132. (Iran)

Ademilokun, M. (2016). “Appraisal of Resources in Post-Election Defeat-Concession Speeches of Some Gubernatorial Candidates in Southwestern Nigeria, 2014-2015”, Africology:The Journal of Pan-African Studies, Vol. 9(1): 167-187. (California State University, U.S.A.)

Ademilokun, M. & Olateju, M. (2016). “A Multimodal Discourse Analysis of Some Visual Images in the Political Rally Discourse of 2011 Electioneering Campaigns in Southwestern Nigeria”, International Journal of Society, Culture and Language, Vol. 4(1): 1-19. (Iran)

Ademilokun, M. (2016). “Perceptions on Code-Switching as a Pedagogical Tool in Secondary School Science Classroom”, Journal of Communicative English, Vol. 13: 115-125. (English Unit, Federal University of Agriculture, Makurdi, Nigeria)

Ademilokun, M. (2017). “Aspects of Yoruba Lingual-Cultural Retentions in Abimbola Adelakun’s Under the Brown Rusted Roofs”, Ghana Journal of Linguistics, Vol. 6(3): 59-80. (University of Legon, Ghana)

Ademilokun, M. (2018). “Discursive Construction of Nigeria’s Economic Crisis in the Media Texts of State Actors (2016-2017)”, Obitun Journal of Humanities, Vol. 9: 148-165. (Ekiti State University, Nigeria)

Ademilokun, M. (2019). “Discursive Strategies in Select Mediatised Social Transformation Advocacy in Nigeria”, Discourse, Context and Media, Vol. 28: 44-51. (Elsevier, Holland)

Ademilokun, M. (2019). “A Corpus-Assisted Critical Discourse Analysis of Modality in Social Transformation Campaigns in Nigeria”, Discourse and Interaction, Vol. 12(2): 5-28. (Masaryk University, Czech Republic)

Ademilokun, M. (2019) “‘Visualising for Social Change’: A Critical Multimodal Study of Select Visuals in Nigeria´s Social Transformation Campaign”, Ibadan Journal of Humanistic Studies, Vol. 29: 21-39.(University of Ibadan, Nigeria)

Ademilokun, M. & Babalola, S. (2020). “Aspects of Transitivity in Select Social Transformation Discourse in Nigeria”, Language and Semiotic Studies, Vol. 6(2):42-64. (Soochow University, China)

Ademilokun, M. & Olateju, M. (2020). “A Multimodal Critical Study of Selected Political Rally Campaign Discourse of 2011 Elections in Southwestern Nigeria”, Language and Semiotic Studies, Vol. 6(3):72-95. (Soochow University, China)

Ademilokun, M. (2020). “Between Citizens´ Voices and Social Transformation: Discursive Practices in Civic Engagement Texts of Some Nigerians”, Papers in English and Linguistics, Vol. 21(3&4): 13-30. (Obafemi Awolowo University, Nigeria)

Ademilokun, M. (2021). “An Appraisal Analysis of Select Social Transformation Campaigns in Nigeria”, Journal of English Studies Association of Nigeria, Vol. 23(2): 48-80. (Nigeria)

Ademilokun, M. & Bamigbade, W. A. (2021). “Social Consciousness in the Lyrics of Folarinde Falana (Falz): A Critical Discourse Analysis Perspective”, International Journal of Language and Literature, Vol. 9(2):44-57. (U.S.A.)

Ademilokun M. (2023). “Discursive Strategies in Newspaper Opinion Discourse on EndSARS Protests in Nigeria”, Journal of English Scholars’ Association of Nigeria, Vol. 25(2): 38-53. (Nigeria)

Ademilokun, M. & Taiwo, R. (2023). “Discursive Construction of Higher Education Institutional Academic Identities in Nigeria”, Elope: Overseas Perspectives on English Language, Vol. 20(1): 15-19. (Slovenia, Scopus-indexed)