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The study investigates suicide discourse in selected e-newspapers in Nigeria using the theoretical framework of cognitive semiotics, espoused by Zlatev. It specifically explores how language and mind interact implicitly to project ideological meaning in the selected websites. Findings show that adverbials and interrogatives/rhetorical operations are significant socio-cognitive cues deployed by suicides to express ideational, justificatory, interpersonal, revolutionary, affective, aggressive, and depressive attitudes in the data. Instances of adverbials specifically evoke some physical dimensions of suicide, while Interrogatives/rhetorical operations reflect the psychological aspects of suicide. The study concludes that the solution to the subject of suicide lies partly in the hands of government (by providing jobs, bridging the gap between the rich and the poor, and regulating the sales of hazardous pesticides) and partly in the hands of every individual in the Nigerian clan (by learning to share their problems with guidance counsellors and reliable people around).
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