26.339, FYI: Call for Papers: Exploring Democracy in Nigeria

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Subject: 26.339, FYI: Call for Papers: Exploring Democracy in Nigeria

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Date: Mon, 19 Jan 2015 18:17:19
From: Presley Ifukor [pifukor at yahoo.com]
Subject: Call for Papers: Exploring Democracy in Nigeria

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Exploring ‘democracy In Nigeria at 15’: Essays On Language And Politics

Editors:
Tunde Opeibi, Segun Awonusi, Josef Schmied & Presley Ifukor
In May 2014, Nigeria celebrated the fifteenth anniversary of uninterrupted
practice of civil rule. The event was significant in many ways. First, it
signifies a stabilisation process within the political space despite the
various challenges that have bedevilled the fledgling process. Second,
frequent military incursions into the socio-political space in Nigeria seem to
have been confined into the dustbin of the nation’s political history. Third,
it accentuates more opportunities for more participation among the civil
populace as well as a gradual embrace of the global standard of democratic
practice among the political class.

This volume therefore seeks to explore the roles played or being played by
language in building a stronger, stable and sustainable democracy in Nigeria.
How have stakeholders employed the facilities of language in political or
governance activities?

As scholars have argued, language and politics are inextricably intertwined; a
flourishing democratic practice necessarily encourages a flourishing
linguistic/discourse culture (Awonusi, 1996; Opeibi, 2011; Ifukor, 2010). 

Scholarly and empirically-based contributions that address this concern are
invited with the specific focus on investigating the use of language in
Nigerian political space between 1999 and 2014. Only papers that address the
focus/theme will be accepted for peer-review and possible inclusion in the
volume.

The papers must report on research in the areas of political linguistics,
sociolinguistics, discourse analysis and the new media relating to (but not
limited to) any of the following themes:
- Language and politics
- Language and governance
- Language, media and governance 
- Language and social factors in governance
- Language and culture in politics
- Language contact phenomena in politics
- Nigerian English in Nigerian democracy
- Language policy and democracy 
- Language and civic education
- The Internet and political discourse
- New Media and civic engagement
- Social protest and new media
- E-Governance

While the main focus of the volume is political discourse and civic
engagement, papers are welcome from related topics that focus on ‘Democracy in
Nigeria at 15’. In keeping with the focus, researchers submitting abstracts
are encouraged to equally consider Nigeria socio-cultural dimensions relevant
to their research.

Well-researched and scholarly papers of not more than 8,000 words written in
the latest APA Style guide, Times New Roman 12pt should be forwarded to the
emails below by June 30th 2015 at the latest. Only successful papers,
following the double-blinded peer reviewed process, will be included in the
volume. Notifications will be sent as soon as reviewers’ reports are received.

Proposed Publication Date: 2015
Proposed Publishers: Reputable International Academic Publishing Company

Editors: 
1. ‘Tunde Opeibi, PhD - Research Fellow of the Alexander von Humboldt
Foundation, Chemnitz University of Technology, Germany
2. Segun Awonusi, PhD- Professor, Department of English, University of Lagos,
Nigeria
3. Josef Schmied, PhD - Professor, & Chair of English Language and
Linguistics, Institute for English and American Studies, Chemnitz University
of Technology, Germany
4. Presley Ifukor, PhD – Department of English, University of Muenster,
Germany.

Your abstract (200 words max) and full paper should be forwarded to the
email(s) below: 
bopeibi at unilag.edu.ng
tunde at hrz.tu-chemnitz.de
pifukor at yahoo.com

Linguistic Field(s): Discourse Analysis
                     Sociolinguistics

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