Prof. Dr. Olurotimi O. Taiwo

Profile

Academic positionFull Professor
Research fieldsEnglish Language (Linguistics)
KeywordsComputer Mediated Discourse, Nigerian Englisch, Communication, Discourse, Technology

Current contact address

CountryNigeria
CityIle-Ife
InstitutionObafemi Awolowo University
InstituteDepartment of English
Homepagewww.rotimitaiwo.com

Host during sponsorship

Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Bernd KortmannEnglisches Seminar, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, Freiburg
Prof. Dr. Ulrike GutEnglisches Seminar, Universität Münster, Münster
Start of initial sponsorship01/09/2008

Programme(s)

2008Humboldt Research Fellowship Programme for Postdocs

Publications (partial selection)

2023Rotimi Taiwo, Fawunmi, Mayowa and Ogundare, Ajibola: Cultural conceptulisations in Elijah Akintunde’s Yoruba ballad gospel song Ijo Odi. In: Language and Semiotic Studies, 9, 2023, 313-332
2023Mohammed Ademilokun & Rotimi Taiwo: Discursive Construction of Higher Education Institutional Academic Identities in Nigeria.. In: ELOPE: English Language Overseas Perspectives & Enquiries, 20, 2023, 15-39
2023‘Rotimi Taiwo & Mohammed Ademilokun: Discursive Marketisation and Differentiation in Nigerian Universities Website. In: Rotimi Taiwo, Bimbola Idowu-Faith and Simeon Ajiboye, Transformation of Higher Education Through Institutional Online Spaces. IGI Global Publishers, 2023. 29-49
2023‘Rotimi Taiwo, Bimbola Idowu-Faith & Simeon Ajiboye: Transformation of Higher Education Through Institutional Online Spaces. IGI Global Publishers, 2023
2022 ‘Rotimi Taiwo & Olajumoke Oyinlade Adebayo: Baby dust to everyone: Emoting infertility in Nigerian online trying to conceive (TTC) forums.. In: Language Text & Society, 9, 2022, 1-15
2021‘Rotimi Taiwo, Alaba Akinwotu & Stella Kpolugo: Linguistic Impoliteness and Interpersonal Positioning in Nigerian Online Political Forum. In: Linguistik Online 109, 2021,
2020Paul Onanuga & Rotimi Taiwo: Discursive Features of Nigerian Online Ponzi Schemes’ Narratives. In: ELOPE: English Language Overseas Perspectives & Enquiries, 17, 2020, 61-82
2020Rotimi Taiwo & David Dontele: Discursive Functions of Coinages and Abbreviations in Nairaland Online Community. In: Covenant Journal of Languages 8, 2020,
2020Innocent Chiluwa, ‘Rotimi Taiwo & Esther Ajiboye: Hate speech and Political Media Discourse in Nigeria: The Case of Indigenous People of Biafra. In: International Journal of Media & Cultural Politics, 16, 2020, 191-212
2020Rotimi Taiwo & David Dontele: Identity and Ideological Positioning in Popular Nigerian Ethnic Jokes. In: Lagos Notes & Records, 26, 2020, 18-48
2020Rotimi Taiwo: Linguistic Impoliteness in Computer-mediated Discourse. In: Rossari Mbisike, Pius Akhimien & Olawumi Oni-Buraimoh, Trends in Semantics and Pragmatics. Lagos State University Press, 2020. 119-136
2020Paul Onanuga & Rotimi Taiwo: Multimodality in Selected Nigerian Ponzi Schemes’ Narratives. In: Ekpoma Journal of Languages & Literary Studies, 12, 2020, 327-351
2019Rotimi Taiwo: Emerging Trends in Cultures and Identities in English Studies in Nigeria . In: Journal of the English Scholars’ Association of Nigeria (JESAN), 2019, 9-21
2019Bukola Alfred & Rotimi Taiwo: Framing and Perspectives Exploring the Rhetorical Functions of Thematic Choices in Nigerian Editorials on Terrorism in Nigeria . In: Ghana Journal of Linguistics, 2019, 45-59
2019Florence Oluwaseyi Daniel & Rotimi Taiwo Information Packaging in Selected Nigerian Testamentary Wills . In: Journal of the English Scholars’ Association of Nigeria, 2019, 193-208
2018Rotimi Taiwo: Beyond the Text: Critical Discourse Analysis and the Quest for Meaning in Cyberspace Interaction. Obafemi Awolowo University Press, 2018
2018Rotimi Taiwo & Felicia Oamen: Perspectivisation in Nigeria’s Political Visual Communication: A Critical Discourse Analysis. . In: Covenant Journal of Language Studies (CJLS) , 2018, 1-22
2017Rotimi Taiwo: Discursive Forms and Functions of Digital Deceptive Communication in Nigerian Online Discourse. In: Innocent Chiluwa, Deception and Deceptive Communication, Motivations Recognition Techniques and Behavioral Control. Nova Science Publishers, 2017. 245-274
2017Helen Ugah & Rotimi Taiwo Discursive Pragmatic Strategies in Selected Nigerian Motivational Blogs. In: EKSU Studies in Language and Literature, 2017, 194-213
2017Rotimi Taiwo, Orevaoghene Agba & Adebukunola Feyisitan Social Media and Discursive Construction of Rumours in Nigeria. In: Ife Studies in English Language, 2017, 69-94
2016'Rotimi Taiwo, Akin Odebunmi and Akin Adetunji Analyzing Language and Humor in Online Discourse. IGI Global, 2016
2016Rotimi Taiwo: Cognitive Verbs and Stance Taking In Nigerian Jobs And Careers Portals Online. In: Marang: Journal of Language and Literature, 2016, 1-19
2016Yetunde Idehen & Rotimi Taiwo Sentence Typologies and Civic Engagement in Nairaland Forum. In: Rotimi Taiwo & Tunde Opeibi The Discourse of Digital Civic Engagement: Perspectives from the Developing World. Nova Science Publishers, 2016. 75-90
2016Rotimi Taiwo Tunde Opeibi: The Discourse of Digital Civic Engagement: Perspectives from the Developing World. Nova Science Publishers, 2016
2015Rotimi Taiwo: 'Who will employ them?' Questions as Engagement Strategies in Nigerian Job Portals Online. In: Ghana Journal of Linguistics, 2015, 41-63
2015Rotimi Taiwo: Cyberbehavior. In: Mehdi Khosrow-Pour Encyclopedia of Information Science and Technology, 3rd Edition. IGI Global Publishers, 2015. 638-646
2015Foluke Unuabonah & Rotimi Taiwo: Illocutionary Acts in Antenatal Health Talks: A Case Study of a Hospital in Southwestern Nigeria. In: Tunde Opeibi Josef Schmied Tope Omoniyi Kofo Adedeji, Essays on Language in Societal Transformation: A Festschrift in Honour of Segun Awonusi. CUVILLIER VERLAG, 2015. 98-106
2015Rotimi Taiwo Ebuka Igwebuike: Mobile Phone Beeping. In: Zheng Yan, Encyclopedia of Mobile Phone Behavior, Volumes 1, 2, 3. IGI Global Publishers, 2015. 71-81
2015Rotimi Taiwo: Pentecostal Discourse Communities of SMS Users in Southwestern Nigeria. In: Rosalind I. J. Hackett and Benjamin F. Soares New Media and Religious Transformations in Africa. Indiana University Press, 2015. 190-204
2015Rotimi Taiwo Ebuka Igwebuike: Representation of Bakassi Peninsula Conflict in Nigeria and Cameroon Print Media: A Critical Discourse Approach. In: Linguistik Online, 2015, 29-45
2014Rotimi Taiwo: Impoliteness in Online Discussion Forum: A Study of Trolling in Nairaland.com. In: Innocent Chiluwa Presley Ifukor Rotimi Taiwo, Pragmatics of Nigerian English in Digital Discourse. LINCOM Europa, 2014. 67-76
2014Segun Adekoya Rotimi Taiwo Kehinde Ayoola Adeyemi Adegoju Linguistic and Literary Issues in Digital Communication in the Globalised Age. Obafemi Awolowo University Press, 2014
2014Eunice Fajobi Rotimi Taiwo: On the Pedagogical Exploration of 'Phono-Spkn' Messages in ESL Phonology Classrooms. In: Segun Adekoya Rotimi Taiwo Kehinde Ayoola Adeyemi Adegoju, Current Linguistic and Literary Issues in Digital Communication in the Globalised Age. Obafemi Awolowo University Press, 2014. 562-583
2014Innocent Chiluwa Presley Ifukor Rotimi Taiwo: Pragmatics of Nigerian English in Digital Discourse. LINCOM Europa, 2014
2013Mohammed Ademilokun Rotimi Taiwo: Discursive Strategies in Newspaper Campaign Advertisements for Nigeria’s 2011 Elections . In: Discourse and Communication, 2013, 431-452
2013Rotimi Taiwo: Emerging Trends in English Language in the New Media: A Case Study of Satire in Nigerian Text Messages. In: Journal of Nigeria English Studies Association (JNESA), 2013, 58-73
2013Rotimi Taiwo: English Language Teaching and 21st Century Teacher Competencies. In: English Language Teaching Today, A Journal of English and English Language Teaching Communication Skills, 2013, 1-8
2013Akinmade Akande Rotimi Taiwo: Languages in Contact and Contact Linguistics in Africa and Beyond. Nova Science Publishers, 2013
2012Rotimi Taiwo & Innocent Chiluwa: Computer-mediated Discourse in Africa. Nova Science Publishers, 2012
2012Rotimi Taiwo: Discursive Manipulation Strategies in Virtual Scams. In: Kirk St. Armant & Sigrid Kelsey, Computer Mediated Communication Across Cultures: International Interactions in Online Environments. Information Reference Science, 2012. 143-154
2012Rotimi Taiwo: Language and Cultural Identity in Nigerian Online Diaspora Discourse. In: Papers in English Linguistics, 2012, 1-24
2012Rotimi Taiwo: Language and Mobile Telecommunication in Nigeria: SMS as a Digital Age Lingual-cultural Expression. Obafemi Awolowo University Press, 2012
2012Rotimi Taiwo: Nigerian English . In: Rotimi Taiwo, Mouton World Atlas of Variation in English. Mouton de Gruyter, 2012. 410-416
2011Rotimi Taiwo: Discursive Forms and Functions of Flaming in Nigerian Online Discussion Forums. In: Abuja Journal of English and Literary Studies, 2011, 1-16
2010Rotimi Taiwo: 'The Thumb Tribe ' Innovative English Usage: Creativity and Social Cange in the Context of SMS Messages in Nigeria. In: California Linguistc Notes , 2010, 1-18
2010Rotimi Taiwo: Discourse Features in Nigerian Online Discussion Forums. In: Jung-ran, Park Eileen Abels Interpersonal Relations and Social Patterns in Communication Technologies: Discourse, Norms: Language Structures and Cultural Variables. . IGI Global (Information Science Reference), 2010. 185-201
2010Rotimi Taiwo: Handbook of Discourse Behavior and Digital Communication: Language, Structure and Social Interaction Vol. I. IGI Global Publishers, 2010
2010Rotimi Taiwo: Handbook of Discourse Behavior and Digital Communication: Language, Structure and Social Interaction Vol. II. IGI Global Publishers, 2010
2010Rotimi Taiwo: Respelling and Creativity in SMS: Implications for Literacy in the Developing World. In: Thao Le Quynh Le Megan Short Language and Literacy in a Challenging World. Nova Science Publishers, 2010. 289 -302
2010Rotimi Taiwo: Social Identity and Discursive Practices in Nigerian Online Forums. In: Nnamdi Ekeanyanwu Chinedu Okeke Indigenous Societies, ICTs and Cultural Globalization in the 21st Century, is the Global Village Truly Real? . VDM Verlag, 2010. 70-91
2010Rotimi Taiwo: The Dynamics of language mixing in Nigerian digital communication. In: Rotimi Taiwo, Handbook of Research on Discourse Behavior and Digital Communication: Language Structures and Social Interaction. IGI Global (Information Science Reference), 2010. 179-190
2009Rotimi Taiwo: Interpersonal social responsibility in the context of SMS messaging in south-western Nigeria. In: Tunde Babawale, Olukoya Ogen, Culture and Society, popular culture, language and inter-group relations. Centre for Black and African Arts and Civilization (CBAAC), 2009. 165-179
2009Rotimi Taiwo: Interrogation in Online forums: A case study of Nigerian online discourse. In: Gordon Adika, Felix Abidemi Fabunmi, Akeem Segun Salawu, Current perspectives in phono-syntax and dialectology. Department of Gur-Gonja, Faculty of Languages, University of Education, 2009. 342-368
2009Rotimi Taiwo: The Use of Socio-cultural Elements for Creativity in Nigerian SMS Texts. In: Journal of Linguistics Association of Nigeria, 2009,
2008Rotimi Taiwo: Linguistic forms and functions of SMS text messages. In: Sigrid Kelsey, Kirk St Armant, Handbook of research in computer-mediated communication. IGI Global Publishers, 2008. 969-982