Date: 18-Oct-2006 From: Odebunmi Akinola <akinodebyahoo.com> Subject: CFP for Book on Slang in American/African Politics
Papers are invited from scholars working on slang and political discourse for publication in the book, Perspectives on Slang in American and African Politics. The papers, which could be of any length, should address the topics below or any other one that is considered relevant to the use and understanding of slang in the political lives of Americans and Africans:
1. Contextual issues in political slang 2. Slang and campaigns 3. Slang and manifestoes 4. Slang and propaganda 5. Slang and governance 6. Slang and political speech 7. The media and political slang 8. Slang and election conduct 9. Slang and grassroot mobilisation 10. Slang and political debates 11. Slang in parliamentary meetings 12. Literary representation of political slang 13. Slang and political manoeuvres 14. Neologising and sustaining political slang
The deadline for submission of articles is 31 March, 2007. Authors should adopt the APA referencing style. Electronic or hard copies of the papers should be sent to the following address:
Dr Akin Odebunmi Department of English University of Ibadan Ibadan, Nigeria E-mail: akinodebyahoo.com
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