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Language & Society, RC 25 of the International Sociological Association Volume 3, Number 2 September 2015 LLaanngguuaaggee DDiissccoouurrssee && SSoocciieettyy ISSN: 2239-4192 http://language-and-society.org/journal 2 Language, Discourse & Society ISSN: 2239-4192 http://language-and-society.org/journal [email protected] 3 Language, Discourse & Society A Journal Published by the Language & Society, Research Committee 25 of the International Sociological Association Editorial Board Federico Farini, University Campus Suffolk, United Kingdom (Journal Editor) Stéphanie Cassilde, Centre d’Etudes en Habitat Durable, Belgium Amado Alarcon, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Spain Nadezhda Georgieva-Stankova, Trakia University, Bulgaria Trinidad Valle, Fordham University, USA Keiji Fujiyoshi, Koyasan University, Japan Language, Discourse & Society is an international peer reviewed journal published twice annually (June and December) in electronic form. The journal publishes high-quality articles dedicated to all aspects of sociological analyses of language, discourse and representation. The editorial board will consider proposed articles based on clear methodological and theoretical commitment to studies of language. Articles must substantially engage theory and/or methods for analyzing language, discourse, representation, or situated talk. 4 Note for contributors: This is the last issue of Language, Discourse & Society in its current format. Language, Discourse & Society is going to shift from a miscellaneous format to thematic issues, still including a small varia section. Please check the website (http://www.language-and- society.org/journal/index.html), RC25 Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/ISARC25/timeline?ref=page_internal) and RC25 newsletter periodically for the announcement of the new call for articles, and authors’ guidelines. For any information please feel free to email: [email protected] 5 Language, Discourse & Society Contents Volume 3, Number 2 September 2015 Message From The Editor …………………………………….....……………. 7 Message From the incoming Editor in Chief……...………….....……………. 9 CALL FOR EDITORS FOR E- JOURNAL LANGUAGE, DISCOURSE AND SOCIETY ……………………………………………………………………………………10 Gbenga FAKUADE, Bukola FADAHUNSI, Adewale RAFIU & Blanle ADEKEYE THE SOCIOLINGUISTICS OF COMPOUND SURNAMES AMONG SOME EDUCATED YORUBA MARRIED WOMEN ……………………………..…...…….…11 Lucia TAYLOR HIGH-LEVEL PROFESSIONAL WOMEN IN THE LEGAL DOMAIN AND THEIR UNIQUE UTILIZATION OF THEIR PROFESSIONAL IT-BASED WORK CALENDARS: A SOCIOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE………………………………...…26 Joseph OMONIYI FRIDAY-OTUN PIDGINS AS NATIONAL LANGUAGES IN SOME AFRICAN COUNTRIES: THE HURDLES AND THE WAY FORWARD…………...…………………………………………………………...………… 50 Sumti CHUSNA & Ribut WAHYUDI APPRAISAL DEVICES ON THE “X FACTOR INDONESIA” COMMENTARIES…………………………………………………………………………. 70 Hezekiah Olúfé ̩ mi ADÉÒ ̩ Ṣ ÚN SOCIO-POLITICAL DISCOURSE IN CONTEMPORARY YORÙBÁ WRITTEN POETRY: A SOCIO-SEMIOTIC APPRAISAL OF ÀJÀNÀKÚ’S ORIN EWÚRO AND OLÚNLÁDÉ’S EWÌ ÌGBÀLÓDÉ…………………………………………………............. 94 Frédéric MOULENE THE CHALLENGE OF SOCIOLOGY OF LANGUAGE: BEYOND SOCIOLINGUITICS; TOWARDS DISCOURSE ANALYSIS……………………..….. 119 Language, Discourse & Society acknowledges reviewers…………………134 6 Language & Society Research Committee 25 of the International Sociological Association 7 MESSAGE FROM THE EDITOR I am glad to introduce the sixth issue of Language, Discourse & Society . This is the last issue before a new editorial board will take in charge the exciting task of supporting the development of the scolarly debate on language in society. With the new editorial board please expect some substantial changes in the journal. Further information and announcmet will be posted both in the RC25 Website and Facebook Page. This issue includes six articles. The first article, from Fakuade, Fadahunsi, Rafiu and Adekeye is titled ‘The sociolinguistics of compound surnames among some educated Yoruba married women’, and discusses argues that some of the social factors which are found to be responsible for the use of compound surnames by married women include education, religion and exposure to western culture. With the Second article, taylor offers a perspective on the way in which a number of professional women, active in the legal domain, utilize their IT-based work calendars to create nominal entries concerning their respective primary group (family) members’ activities and events, which are directed exclusively to themselves. The article is titled ‘High-level professional women in the legal domain and their unique utilization of their professional it-based work calendars: a sociological perspective’. The author of the third article in the collection, Omoniyi Friday-Otun, present a research on the language situation in Africa, revisisting the concepts of lingua franca, Pidgin and Creole, and paid attention to the use of Pidgin in Nigeria and Ghana. The article debates on the suitability, or otherwise, of Pidgins as national languages in some African countries.The title of the article is ‘Pidgins as national languages in some african countries: the hurdles and the way forward’. Chusna And Wahyudi offer new methodological insights by applying ‘appraisal theory’ on X-Factor judges’ commentaries, in the artcle ‘Appraisal devices on the “X Factor Indonesia” Commentaries’, while Adéò ̩ ṣ ún discusses the results of a research on how two poets used their texts to accentuate their views on different political and social events in the country. The poems for the analysis are selected from Àjànàkú’s Orin Ewúro (1998) and Olúnládé’s Ewì Ìgbàlódé (2002) and discussed within the theoretical framework of socio-semiotics. The article is titled ‘Socio-political discourse in contemporary Yorùbá written poetry: a socio-semiotic appraisal of Àjànàkú’s Orin Ewúro and Olúnládé’s Ewì Igbàlódé’. The sixth and final article, ‘The challenge of sociology of language: beyond sociolinguitics; towards discourse analysis’ is authored by Moulène, and develops a series of crucial epistemplogical and methodological questions arised by the debate between the advocates of 8 Sociology of language as an independent discipline and the ones who argue that sociology is inevitably a sociology of language. Leaving my role as Editor after three years I leave the management of the Journal in good hands. The new Editor, Stéphanie Cassilde, is a committed member of the RC25 board, a well respected scolar and an enthousiastic colleague. It will be a pleasure for me to work with her and to offer her my support as the new RC25 vice-president. Stéphanie will not be alone: she will be supported by the whole RC25 Board which was elected last March and officially nominated in occasion of the ISA world Congress in Yokohama back in July. Our president, Amado Alarcón, Tour treasurer, Nadezhda Georgieva-Stankova, our newsletter editor, Trinidad Valle and our webmaster, Keiji Fujiyoshi, will join me in offering Stéphanie all the help she will need. Please let me spend a few words to express my deepest gratitude to the RC25 executive board 2010-2014 that constantly supported the journal since it was proposed at the 2010 ISA World Congress in Gothenburg. Thank you Marie-Celine Pascale, Melanie Heath, Amado Alarcón, Taiwo Abioye, Daniela Laendert. I would also like to thank Marta Soler, who served the vice-editor of Language, Discourse & Society in the last four years. A special thank you goes to Kali Michaels, who was the most reliable and the best language editor I could have worked with. And, last but not least, a big thank you to all the contributors and reviewers (see the list at the end of the issue), without your dedication the Journal simply would not exist. Federico Farini, Editor Language, Discourse and Society University Campus Suffolk in Ipswich United Kingdom [email protected] [email protected] MESSAGE FROM THE INCOMING EDITOR IN CHIEF Created four years ago under the leadership of Federico Farini, Language, Discourse & Society collected six issues with 42 articles covering a broad range of topics and languages, from theoretical to mainly applyied research, across various languages and geographical areas. To my point of view, this diversity represents well the richness of the Research Committee 25 “Language and Society” of the International Sociological Association, and serves well RC25’s objective “to advance sociological knowledge concerning language, face-to-face interaction and language-related phenomena” (by-laws). Being RC25’s journal does not imply that Language, Discourse & Society is closed on itself: the wide majority of the published articles were written by scholars who are not members of RC25. I consider this supports also RC25’s objective. Amado Alarcón and Federico Farini offered me to pursue the development of Language, Discourse & Society as editor in chief in order to publish thematic issues, coordinated by editors, who are specialized in the chosen thematic. I thank them for their confidence to entrust me with this challenge. I am looking forward serving RC25 and Language, Discourse & Society . With my best regards, Stéphanie Cassilde, incoming Editor in Chief Language, Discourse and Society Centre d’Etudes en Habitat Durable Belgium [email protected] [email protected] CALL FOR EDITORS FOR E- JOURNAL LANGUAGE, DISCOURSE AND SOCIETY Language, Discourse & Society is an international peer reviewed journal published twice annually (June and December) in electronic form. The journal publishes high-quality