Description
This edited book analyses the relationship between discourse and conflict, exploring both how language may be used to promote conflict and also how it is possible to avoid or mitigate conflict through tactical use of language.
Innocent Chiluwa is Professor of English Linguistics and Media/Digital Communications in the Department of Languages and General Studies at Covenant University, Nigeria. He is is a Research Fellow of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation (AvH) (Bonn), and a visiting Professor in the Department of English at the University of Freiburg, Germany. He has published books and edited volumes in media studies, social media and society, discourse and conflict studies and deception studies.