‘You are not flying till further notice’: (De)legitimisation of actions and power construction in selected aviation-related releases on passengers’ misdemeanours in Nigeria
Journal of Asian and African Studies
Published online on May 15, 2026
Abstract
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This study explores how Nigerian aviation authorities and operators use language to (de)legitimise actions and assert institutional power in press statements. Grounded in Fairclough’s three-dimensional model of critical discourse analysis and van Leeuwen’...
This study explores how Nigerian aviation authorities and operators use language to (de)legitimise actions and assert institutional power in press statements. Grounded in Fairclough’s three-dimensional model of critical discourse analysis and van Leeuwen’...