“Let the Poor Breath”: a Multimodal Critical Discourse Analysis of selected Memes on the State of Nigerian Economy

This study examined how the selected memes depict the state of the Nigerian economy using multimodal critical discourse analysis. The acquired data were examined using Kress and Van Leeuwen's (2006) multimodal discourse analysis and Van Dijk’s (2015) critical discourse analysis.

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Journal
Southern Semiotic Review
Published
2025-08-13
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https://doi.org/10.33234/ssr.22.8
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Discourse Analysis in Language Studies
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“Let the Poor Breath”: a Multimodal Critical Discourse Analysis of selected Memes on the State of Nigerian Economy

Babatunde B. Samuel, Olamide Obademi
Southern Semiotic Review
Discourse Analysis in Language Studies
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“Let the Poor Breath”: a Multimodal Critical Discourse Analysis of selected Memes on the State of Nigerian Economy

Babatunde B. Samuel, Olamide Obademi
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Abstract

This study examined how the selected memes depict the state of the Nigerian economy using multimodal critical discourse analysis. The acquired data were examined using Kress and Van Leeuwen's (2006) multimodal discourse analysis and Van Dijk’s (2015) critical discourse analysis.

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