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CHINAGUH, Emmanuel Chukwudi 

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Dr Emmanuel Chukwudi CHINAGUH is a Lecturer in the Department of Communication and General Studies at the Federal University of Agriculture Abeokuta (FUNAAB). He does research in English Language and Communication, medical discourse/pragmatics, and political/conflict discourse analysis. He is a discourse parser, schooled in Rhetorical Structure Theory, Systemic Functional Linguistics and Critical Discourse Analysis.

Doctor of Philosophy, English Jan. 2022
Master of Arts, English Jan. 2012
Bachelor of Education, English Sept. 2005
Senior School Certificate June 1999

i. 2020 TETFund National Research Fund (NRF) Team on Facework for Mental Health, led by Prof. B. I. Akeredolu-Ale
ii. Doctorate thesis research on “Discourse and Ideological Constructs in Selected Political Concession Speeches in Nigeria and the United States” at the University of Ibadan – 2017 – 2021

iii. A Master of Arts degree research on “Rhetoric and Political Speech” conducted at the University of Lagos, Akoka. – 2012

iv. A collaborative study with Dr A. A. Osisanwo of the University of Ibadan on “Rhetorical Relations in Presidential Concession Speeches of Goodluck Jonathan of Nigeria and John Mahama of Ghana’. for a festschrift in honour of Prof Ayo Ogunsiji

v. A collaborative study with Dr A. A. Osisanwo on “Linguistic Representations in Selected Presidential Concession Speeches” for Athens Journal of Mass Media and Communication.

vi. A collaborative research with Dr. K. Ashindorbe on “Communication, Leadership and Partisan Polarisation” published in the Journal of Humanities, Social Sciences and Creative Arts.

vii. A research on “Effective Communication” conducted for the Department of English, Chrisland University, Ogun State, Nigeria.

viii. A collaborative research with Prof. B. I. Akeredolu-Ale, Dr. K. G. Adeosun, and H. A. Adejumobi, on “Causal Discourse Structures in Medical Referral Materials” conducted for Linguistik Online.

ix. A collaborative research with Prof. B. I. Akeredolu-Ale on “Textual Cues and Characterisation in Children’s Fiction” for Journal of Humanities, Social Sciences and Creative Arts, Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta.

x. A collaborative research with Prof. B. I. Akeredolu-Ale, B. on “Blended Learning, Chatbots, our New Normal: Engineering and Reimagining the Teaching and Learning of English For Academic Purposes (EAP) for Sustainable Development” for NATRESL Journal

Research Scholar (Pre-selected), French Institute for Research in Africa (IFRA) 2023

Publication Incentive, Health and New Media Research Institute, Hallym University, 2022
South Korea

National Research Fund Grant by Tertiary Education Trust Fund 2021

Undergraduate Scholarship Award by Addax Petroleum Ltd 2002

Member, National Association of Teachers and Researchers of English as a Second Language (NATRESL)
Member, English Scholars Association of Nigerian (ESAN)
Member, Corpus Linguistic Association of Nigeria (CLAN)

i. Chinaguh, E. C. and Akeredolu-Ale, B. Textual Cues and Characterisation in Children’s Fiction. A-day conference in honour of Professor A. I. Odejide. August 18, 2022.

ii. Chinaguh, E. C., Akeredolu-Ale, Adeosun, K. G. and Adejumobi, H. O. Humanising Medicine: An Examination of Discourse Structures of Medical Causality. Humanising the Sciences Conference (HUSCON). Department of Communication and General Studies, Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, 2021 conference.

iii. Chinaguh, E. C., Adeosun, K. G. and Adejumobi, H. O. A Discourse Appraisal of Conspiracy Perceptions about COVID-19 and its Vaccines. English Scholars Association of Nigeria, 2021 conference.

i. Chinaguh, E. C., Adeosun, K. G. & Adejumobi, H. A Discourse Appraisal of Conspiracy Perceptions about COVID-19 and its Vaccines in Nigeria’s Social Media Space. Health & New Media Research, Hallym University, South Korea.

ii. Chinaguh, E. C. 2015. Rhetoric and Political Speech. Lambert Publishers, Saarbrucken.

iii. Osisanwo, A. and Chinaguh, E. C. 2018. ‘Rhetorical Relations in Presidential Concession Speeches of Goodluck Jonathan of Nigeria and John Mahama of Ghana’. In A. Osisanwo, I. Olaosun and I. Odebode. Discourse-Stylistics, Sociolinguistics, and Society. A festschrift for Ayo Ogunsiji.

iv. Osisanwo, A. and Chinaguh, E. C. 2020. Linguistic Representations in Selected Presidential Concession Speeches. Athens Journal of Mass Media and Communication.

v. Ashindorbe, K. and Chinaguh, E. C. Communication, Leadership and Partisan Polarisation: An Interrogation of some Selected Utterances of President Buhari. Journal of Humanities, Social Sciences and Creative Arts.

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