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Biography

Chuka Ononye (BA, MA, PGDE, PhD, FCAI) is a researcher at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, where he teaches discourse analysis, pragmatics, stylistics, and semantics. His research interests lie in critical and cognitive linguistics, with expertise in the use of discourse analytical and pragmatic theories/concepts to analyse conflict/violence, political and peace discourses as manifest in (non-)literary texts. He is a fellow of Zentrum Moderner Orient (ZMO) in Berlin, and the Social Science Research Council (SSRC) in New York. His papers have appeared in Language and Literature, Discourse Studies, GEMA Online Journal of Language Studies, Research in Pragmatics, Okike, and Indonesian Journal of Applied Linguistics, among others. He is an active member of such professional bodies as the Pragmatics Association of Nigeria (PrAN), International Pragmatics Association (IPrA), Poetics and Linguistics Association (PALA), English Language Teachers Association of Nigeria (ELTAN), English Scholars Association of Nigeria (ESAN), Linguistics Association of Nigeria (LAN), Association of Nigerian Authors (ANA), among others. He enjoys research, teaching, and learning, travelling and meeting people, physical fitness, poetry, and applied art, among other hobbies.

Activities

Employment (2)

University of Nigeria: Nsukka, Enugu, NG

2019-10-03 to present | Senior Lecturer (Department of English and Literary Studies)
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Alvan Ikoku Federal College of Education: Owerri, Imo State, NG

2011-12-05 to 2016-01-05 | Lecturer (Department of English Language and Literature)
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Education and qualifications (4)

University of Ibadan: Ibadan, Oyo, NG

2009-06-02 to 2014-02-25 | Doctor of Philisophy in English (Department of English)
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University of Nigeria: Nsukka, Enugu, NG

2010-05-02 to 2012-11-03 | Postgraduate Diploma in Education (Educational Foundations)
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University of Ibadan: Ibadan, Oyo, NG

2006-07-02 to 2008-09-02 | Master of Arts in English (Department of English)
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Ahmadu Bello University: Zaria, Kaduna, NG

2000-03-02 to 2004-11-02 | Bachalor of Arts in English (Department of English)
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Professional activities (3)

International Pragmatics Association (IPrA): Antwerp, BE

2020-04 to present | Member
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Pragmatics Association of Nigeria: Ibadan, Oyo, NG

2018-06-06 to present | Professional (English/Linguistics Studies)
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Zentrum Moderner Orient: Berlin, Berlin, DE

2017-08-30 to 2017-10-03 | Visiting Research Fellow
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Funding (2)

Using Memoirs as Antidotes to Nigeria’s Political Quagmire and as Tools for National Integration

2023-01 to 2025-01 | Contract
Tertiary Education Trust Fund (Abuja, Nigeria, NG)
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Stance Acts as Pull Strategies for Radicalisation: A Corpus-based Study of the propaganda Used by the Islamic Movement of Nigeria and Indigenous People of Biafra

2021-06 to 2022-02 | Grant
Social Science Research Council (New York, New York, US)
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Chuka Ononye

Works (11)

Discursive strategies of framing in Nigerian and South African headlines on xenophobic violence

Southern African Linguistics and Applied Language Studies
2024-12-08 | Journal article
Contributors: Chuka F. Ononye; Tochukwu J. Chukwuike
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Legitimizing Violence in Religious Propagation?: Linguistic Metaphors as Stance Acts in Boko Haram Pre-Violence Sermons

Howard Journal of Communications
2024-08-07 | Journal article
Contributors: Chuka F. Ononye; Ja’afar A. Wakili; Tochukwu J. Chukwuike
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The #PantamiMustGo political activism: A textual analysis of narrative agency in protest discourse

Discourse Studies
2024-02-16 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1461-4456
Part of ISSN: 1461-7080
Contributors: Innocent Chiluwa; Chuka Fred Ononye
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“Who Is Our Man?”: Corpus-Assisted Understanding of Naming Strategies in Support-Motivated Conflicts Among BBNaija Housemates’ Virtual Fans

2023 | Book chapter
Contributors: Chuka F. Ononye; Tochukwu J. Chukwuike; G. Uchechukwu Chigbu
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“There’s still something positive about the Niger Delta ecology”: Metaphor and ideology in the Niger Delta poetic discourse

Language and Literature: International Journal of Stylistics
2023-08 | Journal article
Contributors: Chuka Ononye; Innocent Chiluwa
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Relational work strategies in conflict-motivated discourses in The Passion of Christ

Biblical Theology Bulletin
2022 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-85136685718

Part of ISSN: 19457596 01461079
Contributors: Ononye, C.F.; Ezugwu, C.H.
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Participant’s Roles and Cognitive Relations in Niger Delta Conflict News Discourse

Sage Open
2021-04 | Journal article
Contributors: Chuka Fred Ononye; Olaosun Ibrahim Esan; Ahmed Yunana
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The Discursive Mechanisms of Nigerianisms and “Trancultured” Identities in Mary Specht’s Migratory Animals

International Journal of Applied Linguistics and English Literature
2019-09-30 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 2200-3452
Part of ISSN: 2200-3592
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Metalinguistic evaluators and pragmatic strategies in selected hate-inducing speeches in Nigeria

Indonesian Journal of Applied Linguistics
2019-05-31 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 2502-6747
Part of ISSN: 2301-9468
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Linguistic Identity and the Stylistics of Nativisation in Adichie’s Purple Hibiscus

GEMA Online® Journal of Language Studies
2018-11-28 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1675-8021
Part of ISSN: 2550-2131
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LEXICO-STYLISTIC CHOICES AND MEDIA IDEOLOGY IN NEWSPAPER REPORTS ON NIGER DELTA CONFLICTS

Indonesian Journal of Applied Linguistics
2017-05-31 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 2502-6747
Part of ISSN: 2301-9468
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Peer review (7 reviews for 4 publications/grants)

Review activity for Ghana journal of linguistics. (4)
Review activity for International journal of humanities and cultural studies. (1)
Review activity for Journal of African media studies. (1)
Review activity for Legon Journal of the Humanities. (1)