LINGUIST List 25.3021
Wed
Jul 23 2014
FYI: Call for Papers:
English and Literary Studies in
Nigeria
Editor for this issue:
Uliana Kazagasheva <ulianalinguistlist.org>
Date: 23-Jul-2014
From: Emmanuel Omobowale
<ebomobowale
yahoo.com>
Subject: Call for Papers:
English and Literary Studies in Nigeria
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English and Literary Studies in Nigeria: Essays
in Honour of Ayo Banjo
Emeritus Professor Ayo Banjo, the longest
serving Vice Chancellor of the University of
Ibadan, will turn 80 on the 2nd of May, 2014.
As a world-acclaimed outstanding scholar of
English, he has impacted the Nigerian English
and literary studies excellently through
milestone contributions that have given
direction to the theory and practice of the
disciplines in Nigeria. In recognition of this
great contribution, the Department of English,
University of Ibadan, is planning a publication
in his honour. This publication, which is
expected to cover his major and aligned areas
of research interest, will address the
following topics/issues (and others considered
to be relevant to English and literary studies
in Nigeria) in theory and practice:
1. History of English in Nigeria.
2. The Banjonian Classification of English in
Nigeria: strengths and weaknesses.
3. Contextual dynamism and Banjonian
paradigms.
4. Variety differentiation in Nigerian
English.
5. The Nigerian national language question and
Banjonian interventions.
6. Nigerian English and the question of
international intelligibility.
7. Current trends in Nigerian English
morphology and syntax.
8. Current trends in Nigerian English lexis and
semantics.
9. Current trends in Nigerian English
phonology.
10. Sociolinguistic features of Nigerian
English.
11. Pragmatic features of Nigerian English.
12. Stylistic features of Nigerian English.
13. Lexicography and Nigerian English.
14. The interactions of English and indigenous
languages.
15. Generations of Nigerian literary
artists.
16. History of Nigerian literature in
English.
17. Adaptations of Nigerian indigenous
languages in Nigerian literature: poetry, drama
and prose.
18. Manifestations of global literary
traditions in Nigerian literature.
19. Oral tradition forms in Nigerian literary
expression.
20. Cultural presence in Nigerian literature:
poetry, drama and prose.
21. English and literary studies in Nigeria:
How far and to where?
Articles, which should be between 5000 and
8000, should be sent electronically to
papaabnm2
gmail.com and ebomobowale
yahoo.com. The deadline for all
submissions is December 15, 2014.
Linguistic Field(s): General Linguistics
Subject Language(s):
English (eng)
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