A Multidimensional Interface and Nigerian Political Discourse: A Case Study of Ideological Issues Underlying Coronavirus Discourse in Nigeria

IF 0.5 3区文学 0 LANGUAGE & LINGUISTICS

Language Matters Pub Date : 2022-01-02 DOI:10.1080/10228195.2022.2055113

Mayowa Akinlotan

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Abstract

Abstract This article proposes a theoretical framework modelling the Nigerian socio-political landscape through coronavirus news headlines. Drawing on news headlines from major newspapers in Nigeria reporting on the coronavirus pandemic, the article argues that discourses in Nigeria can gain significant insights through the analytic lens of a multidimensional interface. The principle argues that certain multidimensional ideologies are universal to discourses in Nigeria, including all of its participants, the social structure, and all that makes up these structures. It is also argued that a meaningful interpretation and analysis of socio-political texts in Nigeria is only possible through the conceptual elements identified in the proposed model.

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多维界面与尼日利亚政治话语——以尼日利亚冠状病毒话语背后的意识形态问题为例

摘要本文提出了一个通过冠状病毒新闻标题模拟尼日利亚社会政治格局的理论框架。这篇文章引用了尼日利亚主要报纸报道冠状病毒大流行的新闻标题，认为尼日利亚的话语可以通过多维界面的分析视角获得重要见解。该原则认为，某些多维意识形态在尼日利亚的话语中是普遍的，包括其所有参与者、社会结构以及构成这些结构的所有因素。还有人认为，只有通过拟议模型中确定的概念要素，才能对尼日利亚的社会政治文本进行有意义的解释和分析。

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期刊介绍： The purpose of Language Matters is to provide a journal of international standing with a unique African flavour focusing on multilingualism in Africa. Although the journal contributes to the language debate on all African languages, sub-Saharan Africa and issues related to multilingualism in the southern African context are the journal’s specific domains. The journal seeks to promote the dissemination of ideas, points of view, teaching strategies and research on different aspects of African languages, providing a forum for discussion on the whole spectrum of language usage and debate in Africa. The journal endorses a multidisciplinary approach to the study of language and welcomes contributions not only from sociolinguists, psycholinguists and the like, but also from educationalists, language practitioners, computer analysts, engineers or scholars with a genuine interest in and contribution to the study of language. All contributions are critically reviewed by at least two referees. Although the general focus remains on multilingualism and related issues, one of the three issues of Language Matters published each year is a special thematic edition on Language Politics in Africa. These special issues embrace a wide spectrum of language matters of current relevance in Southern Africa.