23.3314, FYI: Call for Papers: Language in the Discourse of African Democracy

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Subject: 23.3314, FYI: Call for Papers: Language in the Discourse of African Democracy

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Date: Mon, 06 Aug 2012 12:01:54
From: Henry Hunjo [henry.hunjo at lasu.edu.ng]
Subject: Call for Papers: Language in the Discourse of African Democracy

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Call for Papers: Language in the Discourse of African Democracy

African nations in the twentieth century have had to contend with 
political crises resulting in taking decisive steps in shifting from one 
political system to another.  West African states, for instance, have had 
to shift from military rule to democracy. Similar shifts in 
political systems have also been observed in the Central and Eastern 
African nations. Countries of the Southern African region have 
also had political system changes that marked the region for study. 
South Africa apartheid region collapsed, opening the political 
sphere in the region for democratic practices. More African countries 
are experiencing new waves of political changes that call for 
study. The Arab nations of the North of Africa suddenly rose to 
embrace democratic rule. The processes involved in the evolution of 
a new political system brought with them contexts of language use in 
the negotiation of power, interest advocacy, political group 
formations and the shaping and reshaping of ideologies. It is important 
for scholars to study the language of democratic practices on 
the political sphere of Africa. Questions that require consideration for 
answers revolve around the historical and political antecedents 
of the nations and the colonial/postcolonial experiences that 
necessitate the embracing of democracy alternative to governance. 
Issues surrounding the influence of the West, European Union and 
Asia on the emergence of new democracy in Africa must also be 
taken into consideration. Well-researched academic papers are, 
therefore, invited from scholars in the field of Critical Discourse 
Analysis, Pragmatics, Stylistics, Media Discourse, Semiotics, Linguistic-
Anthropology, Sociology and Literary Criticism on the subject 
matter. Scholars are free to develop sub-themes across disciplines. 
Contributors could also consider topical issues around 
- Language (English) in conflict resolution in Africa
- The English language and legislation
- Campaigns, electoral process and the English language
- Media, Democracy and Governance
- Politeness in political discourse
- Implicatures and/or Explicatures in political discourse
- Any other well thought-out topics around the main theme 

Papers, which will be accompanied with a 300-word abstract, should 
not be more than 15 pages. Authors are free to use either APA 
or MLA style in their writings. Accepted contributions that are peer-
reviewed will be published in a book with the title, ''Language in 
the Discourse of African Democracy'' in the first quarter of 2013. 

Interested contributors can submit their papers electronically as mail 
attachment in MSW format, 12pt Times New Roman in 1.5 Line 
Spacing to the Editors at henry.hunjo at lasu.edu.ng, 
hunjo4ry at yahoo.com or ayodeledotun at yahoo.com. The deadline for 
the submission of entries is November 30 2012. Authors of accepted 
papers will be contacted by the end of December 2012. Final drafts 
of papers will be expected at the end of January, 2013. 

Editors
Dr Henry Hunjo
Department of English
Faculty of Arts
Lagos State University, Ojo
08027350429; 08032971644
henry.hunjo at lasu.edu.ng
hunjo4ry at yahoo.com

Dr Ayo Ayodele
Department of English
Faculty of Arts
Lagos State University, Ojo
08023143731
ayodeledotun at yahoo.com 



Linguistic Field(s): Discourse Analysis





 






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