From the Virtual Sphere to Physical Space : Exploring Language Use in Nigerian Democracy.

Opeibi, Tunde.

From the Virtual Sphere to Physical Space : Exploring Language Use in Nigerian Democracy. - Göttingen : Cuvillier Verlag, (c)2018. - 1 online resource (207 pages) - REAL Studies / v. 13 .

Nigerian Democracy and Political Discourse:A Socio-historical Perspective.

Includes bibliographies and index.

Intro; Preface; Contents; Gaining Political Capital through Social Media: A Studyof Akinwunmi Ambode's Twitter Campaigns during the2015 Elections in Nigeria; Web Discourses in Nigeria's Democracy:How New Digital Humanities Methodologies Can Be Usedto Follow National Language Practices1; Digital Discourse of Radical Movements:Exploring stance and Positioning in Nigerian MilitantGroups' Online Discourses; Political Song-Lashing in Southwestern Nigeria:A Sociolinguistic Perspective; Yoruba-English Bilingualism in the Language of PoliticalCampaigns in South-West Nigeria. Political Administration, Communication andDevelopment in Nigeria: The Politics of 'Saying' and'Unsaying' in Nigeria's 2015 Elections"If indeed this is the will of the Ekiti people":A Discursive Critique of a Concession Speech; Of Carrions and Vultures: Political Malfeasance in TayoOlafioye's The Parliament of Idiots: Tryst of the Sinatorsand Ubangiji: The Conscience of Eternity; Beyond Redemption?: A Comparative Analysis of theNigerian Politician in Ola Rotimi's Our Husband HasGone Mad Again and Olu Obafemi's Naira Has No Gender.



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Democracy--Nigeria.


Electronic Books.

JQ3090 / .F766 2018