Explorations in the Sociology of Language and Religion
Edited by Tope Omoniyi and Joshua A. Fishman †
[Discourse Approaches to Politics, Society and Culture, 20] 2006. viii, 347 pp.
Tope Omoniyi
List of John Benjamins publications for which Tope Omoniyi plays a role.
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Subjects Discourse studies | Language policy | Pragmatics | Sociolinguistics and Dialectology | Sociology
Articles
2006. 10. Societal multilingualism and multifaithism: A sociology of language and religion perspective. Explorations in the Sociology of Language and Religion, Omoniyi, Tope and Joshua A. Fishman † (eds.), pp. 121–140
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2006. 22. Epilogue. Explorations in the Sociology of Language and Religion, Omoniyi, Tope and Joshua A. Fishman † (eds.), pp. 338–341
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2006. 1. Introduction. Explorations in the Sociology of Language and Religion, Omoniyi, Tope and Joshua A. Fishman † (eds.), pp. 1–9
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2003. Language ideology and politics: A critical appraisal of French as second official language in Nigeria. Africa and Applied Linguistics, Makoni, Sinfree and Ulrike H. Meinhof (eds.), pp. 13–25
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1997. My blood, my Nation: Ethnicity and Nationality as alternative and hierarchical Identities in African Borderlands. ITL - International Journal of Applied Linguistics 117/118, pp. 27–50
Identity is an important phenomenon both in traditional and in modern Africa. Before the advent of colonialism, people and communities were identified largely by ethnicity within a political framework. However, within each of the ethnic units, there were other parameters by which people were… read more | Article
1994. English and the other Tongues in Official Communicative Interaction in Nigeria. ITL - International Journal of Applied Linguistics 103/104, pp. 57–75
This paper examines issues of language choice and language use patterns, attitudes to English and to indigenous languages in official communicative interaction in Nigeria as they exist in the offices today. The report is projected against the background of the claim that English is 'the language of… read more | Article