One message, many tongues: An exploration of media multilingualism in Nigerian political discourse

Journal of Language and Politics

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 223-248

  Opeibi, Tunde Olusola ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAGOS   (Nigeria)

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EID: 51249161204     PISSN: 15692159     EISSN: 15699862     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1075/jlp.6.2.06ope     Document Type: Article

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