A Sociolinguistic Analysis of Newspaper Coverage and Reader Response to Covid-19 Reports
Ibiere Cookey,
Michael O. Ukonu,
Emeka S. Orekye
et al.
Abstract:Studies attest to the importance of official languages in health communication in multilingual societies. However, the challenge lies in using an official language in ways that enable both majority and minority language speakers to identify with their sociocultural orientations when using a lingua franca. With the emergence of Covid-19, this challenge has come to the forefront following surveys on citizen responses to health messages. The study examines the themes, narrative viewpoints, language modes of newsp… Show more
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