Studies in slang and slogans / edited by Sola Babatunde [and others].

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Babatunde, Sola Timothy.

Contributor:

Babatunde, Sola Timothy.

Series:

LINCOM studies in pragmatics ; 18.

LINCOM studies in pragmatics ; 18

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

English language--Nigeria--Slang.

English language.

College students--Nigeria--Language.

College students.

Slogans--Nigeria.

Slogans.

College students--Language.

English language--Slang.

Nigeria.

Genre:

Aufsatzsammlung.

Physical Description:

xii, 309 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 22 cm.

Place of Publication:

München : Lincom Europa, 2010.

Contents:

Politics and American slang / Leonard R.N. Ashley

Axis of evil : a pragmatic consideration / Adam Bedarek

Slang, sexual organ and metaphor in Nigerian English / Akin Odebunmi

Indonesian slang in internet chatting / Howard Manns

Slang, naming and Nigerian supporters of English premiership / Akin Adetunji

Slang and the Nigerian Army / Bola Shakirat Ijaiya

Students' slang in the University of Ilorin / Sola Babatunde & Ayotunde S. Folorunsho

Students' slang on Internet fraud / 'Wale Oni & O.J. Oke

Slang in text messaging amongst Nigerian university students / Ononye Chuka & Romanus Aboh

Slang among Nigerian university students : forms and types / M.A. Aremu

Kegites' slang in a Nigerian university / Adeniyi Osunbade & Adeolu Adeniji

Slogan and anti-slogan practices : a confrontation on public space and advertising in Parisian subway / Kenza Cherkaoui Messin & Natalia La Valle Lyon

Sociological and historical contexts of number plate sloganeering in Nigeria / Mahfouz Adedimeji

The politics and pragmatics of slogans on Nigerian vehicle number plates / S.A. Aladeyomi & K.K. Olaniyan

Slogan and sloganising in Nigerian political and religious discourses / M.A. Alo

Language and style in political slogans / Ayo Osisanwo

A pragmatic analysis of political slogans : a case of Governor Gbenga Daniel of Ogun state, Nigeria / Toyin Makinde & Sola Odeneye

Political slogans in Chinua Achebe's A man of the people / Amaka Ezeife & Ebuka Igwebuike.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9783929075717

3929075717

OCLC:

555638207

Publisher Number:

9783929075717