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ABSTRACT
This study titled “Language and Activism” using “ENDSARS as a case study” is analyzed using a semiotic method of analysis. This study seemed to have had no previous work done on it. The aims and objectives of the study are to identify the linguistic features of the hashtags (#), the actions motivated by the linguistic features, the influence the hashtag has on the protesters, and the importance of language use on social media. The data was collated via the use of my mobile phone and laptop, sourced through the hashtags used during the 2020 protest on Twitter, Instagram, blogs, and other social media platforms and news outlets. The findings indicate that there are linguistic features embedded within the hashtags and the hashtag motivates different actions. The hashtags which were used during the protest were symbolic in their meanings. I recommend understanding the language features and the action which they motivate.
