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"Esprit de Corps": Ingroup Identity Construction and Contextual Conceptualisations among the (Para)Military Discourse Community
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God'sgift Ogban Uwen; Bassey A. Ekpenyong – Journal of Language, Identity, and Education, 2024
The paper examines the use of esprit de corps as an intragroup identity construction device that indexes contextual conceptualisations among the (para)military discourse community in Nigeria. Data were generated through participant observation and audio tape recordings of randomly selected personnel of the target agencies at designated checkpoints…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Military Personnel, Language Usage, Sense of Community