When Tricycles Speak: Language Practices and Ideology in Tricycle Texts in Nigeria

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作者：
Mensah, Eyo O. [1 ,5 ]
Nyong, Benjamin O. [2 ]
Mensah, Eyamba O. [3 ]
Ayeni, Queen O. [4 ]
机构：
[1] Univ Ghana, Merian Inst Adv Studies MIASA, Legon, Ghana
[2] Arthur Jarvis Univ, Dept Languages & Linguist, Akpabuyo, Cross River Sta, Nigeria
[3] Univ Calabar, Dept Mass Commun, Calabar, Nigeria
[4] Univ Calabar, Dept Modern Languages & Translat Studies, Calabar, Nigeria
[5] Univ Ghana, Merian Inst Adv Studies Africa MIASA, 26 Legon Hill,OO Box LG 1075, Accra, Ghana
来源：
JOURNAL OF ASIAN AND AFRICAN STUDIES | 2023年
关键词：
Tricycle; automobile texts; linguistic ideology; identity; ecosocial semiotics; public transport; GRAFFITI; VEHICLES; ART;
D O I：
10.1177/00219096231197779
中图分类号：
K9 [地理];
学科分类号：
0705 ;
摘要：
This article investigates the sociocultural aspects of street-related linguistic practices on commercial tricycles in Uyo metropolis, south-eastern Nigeria. Marginal urban texts on tricycles reveal a process of identity construction and the quest for ideological distinctiveness of the grassroots in articulating their spatial street wisdom. The study offers contextual analyses of tricycle texts to unpack how they reflect riders' social conditions, and problematise how riders relate their subjectivities to the audience in the mobile urban space. We conclude that tricycle texts bring to light creative aspects of a local subculture that lends a voice to a marginalised segment of the society.
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