Rotimi Taiwo
Biographic Data
| ID | 6407901 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Rotimi Taiwo |
| GIVEN NAMES | Rotimi |
| FAMILY NAME | Taiwo |
| SIGNATURE | TAIWO R |
| AFFILIATIONS | Obafemi Awolowo University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-2614-5198 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 6 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 6 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2009 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Cultural conceptualizations of neologisms and coinages in Nigerian multicultural discussion on Nairaland Forum
How do multicultural groups communicate to reflect common cultural understanding in online discussion forums? How do they engage coinages and neologisms in discussion forums to reflect their common understanding of conceptualizations of ideas? These are the issues interrogated in this study. This study investigates the cultural conceptualizations of coinages and neologisms in Nairaland Forum . Eliciting fifty coinages and neologisms from Nairalan…
Otherness and cultural conceptualisations of Gender and Social Class in Nigerian English
Studies of varieties of English have focused on cultural conceptualisations in different varieties, showing how these are deeply rooted in culture. Likewise, several other studies have reported discourses of otherness. This study is an exploration of the intersection of these two concepts – otherness and conceptualisations. Using data from Nigerian English, the study demonstrates how othering and categorisations could derive from cultural concept…
Cultural conceptulisations in Elijah Akintunde’s Yoruba ballad gospel song Ijo Odi ‘Dance of the Deaf’
What kind of actions or reactions can sudden good news elicit in the experiencer? How can these actions/reactions be cognitively interpreted by others? Is there a nexus between social realities and the gospel? Using these questions as a spark, this article critically examines the cultural conceptualisations in Ijo Odi , a Yoruba gospel ballad by Elijah Akintunde. Drawing insights from Cultural Linguistics, this study argues that cultural symbols …
Linguistic Impoliteness and Interpersonal Positioning in Nigerian Online Political Forum
Interactional positioning has to do with how people express their attitudes and dispositions to others (stance) and signal how they wish to relate with other participants in the discourse (engagement). These are closely connected with the extent to which impoliteness is expressed in discourse and the resources and strategies employed. This study investigates interactional positioning and impoliteness in two Nigerian political discussion sites, Na…
Hate speech and political media discourse in Nigeria: The case of the Indigenous People of Biafra
The study adopts approaches in linguistics and critical discourse analysis to interpret media speeches and public statements of the Biafra secessionist movement leader, Nnamdi Kanu, as hate speech. The study shows that hate speech in discourses produced by the separatist Indigenous People of Biafra appears as language aggression, such as insults and verbal attacks, as well as threats. Discourse structures such as the use of interrogation and meta…
The functions of English in Nigeria from the earliest times to the present day
The use of the English language in Nigeria dates back to the late sixteenth and early seventeenth century when British merchants and Christian missionaries settled in the coastal towns called Badagry, near Lagos in the present day South Western Nigeria and Calabar, a town in the present day South Eastern Nigeria. The merchants initially traded in slaves until the slave trade was abolished in 1807, at which time freed slaves of Nigerian origin ret…
Hate speech and political media discourse in Nigeria: The case of the Indigenous People of Biafra
The study adopts approaches in linguistics and critical discourse analysis to interpret media speeches and public statements of the Biafra secessionist movement leader, Nnamdi Kanu, as hate speech. The study shows that hate speech in discourses produced by the separatist Indigenous People of Biafra appears as language aggression, such as insults and verbal attacks, as well as threats. Discourse structures such as the use of interrogation and meta…
Otherness and cultural conceptualisations of Gender and Social Class in Nigerian English
Studies of varieties of English have focused on cultural conceptualisations in different varieties, showing how these are deeply rooted in culture. Likewise, several other studies have reported discourses of otherness. This study is an exploration of the intersection of these two concepts – otherness and conceptualisations. Using data from Nigerian English, the study demonstrates how othering and categorisations could derive from cultural concept…
The functions of English in Nigeria from the earliest times to the present day
The use of the English language in Nigeria dates back to the late sixteenth and early seventeenth century when British merchants and Christian missionaries settled in the coastal towns called Badagry, near Lagos in the present day South Western Nigeria and Calabar, a town in the present day South Eastern Nigeria. The merchants initially traded in slaves until the slave trade was abolished in 1807, at which time freed slaves of Nigerian origin ret…
Hate speech and political media discourse in Nigeria: The case of the Indigenous People of Biafra
The study adopts approaches in linguistics and critical discourse analysis to interpret media speeches and public statements of the Biafra secessionist movement leader, Nnamdi Kanu, as hate speech. The study shows that hate speech in discourses produced by the separatist Indigenous People of Biafra appears as language aggression, such as insults and verbal attacks, as well as threats. Discourse structures such as the use of interrogation and meta…
Linguistic Impoliteness and Interpersonal Positioning in Nigerian Online Political Forum
Interactional positioning has to do with how people express their attitudes and dispositions to others (stance) and signal how they wish to relate with other participants in the discourse (engagement). These are closely connected with the extent to which impoliteness is expressed in discourse and the resources and strategies employed. This study investigates interactional positioning and impoliteness in two Nigerian political discussion sites, Na…
Cultural conceptulisations in Elijah Akintunde’s Yoruba ballad gospel song Ijo Odi ‘Dance of the Deaf’
What kind of actions or reactions can sudden good news elicit in the experiencer? How can these actions/reactions be cognitively interpreted by others? Is there a nexus between social realities and the gospel? Using these questions as a spark, this article critically examines the cultural conceptualisations in Ijo Odi , a Yoruba gospel ballad by Elijah Akintunde. Drawing insights from Cultural Linguistics, this study argues that cultural symbols …
Otherness and cultural conceptualisations of Gender and Social Class in Nigerian English
Studies of varieties of English have focused on cultural conceptualisations in different varieties, showing how these are deeply rooted in culture. Likewise, several other studies have reported discourses of otherness. This study is an exploration of the intersection of these two concepts – otherness and conceptualisations. Using data from Nigerian English, the study demonstrates how othering and categorisations could derive from cultural concept…
Cultural conceptualizations of neologisms and coinages in Nigerian multicultural discussion on Nairaland Forum
How do multicultural groups communicate to reflect common cultural understanding in online discussion forums? How do they engage coinages and neologisms in discussion forums to reflect their common understanding of conceptualizations of ideas? These are the issues interrogated in this study. This study investigates the cultural conceptualizations of coinages and neologisms in Nairaland Forum . Eliciting fifty coinages and neologisms from Nairalan…
Sociology (5 works) · Linguistics (4 works) · Philosophy (4 works) · Discourse Analysis in Language Studies (3 works) · Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies (3 works) · Philosophy (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Psychology (3 works) · Art (2 works) · Gender Studies (2 works)