Related Research Articles
Yoruba is a language spoken in West Africa, primarily in Southwestern and Central Nigeria. It is spoken by the ethnic Yoruba people. The number of Yoruba speakers is roughly 44 million, plus about 2 million second-language speakers. As a pluricentric language, it is primarily spoken in a dialectal area spanning Nigeria, Benin, and Togo with smaller migrated communities in Côte d'Ivoire, Sierra Leone and The Gambia.
Nigerian Pidgin, also called Naijá or Naija, is an English-based creole language spoken as a lingua franca across Nigeria. The language is sometimes referred to as Pijin, Brokun or "Vernacular". It can be spoken as a pidgin, a creole, dialect or a decreolised acrolect by different speakers, who may switch between these forms depending on the social setting. In the 2010s, a common orthography was developed for Pidgin which has been gaining significant popularity in giving the language a harmonized writing system.
Chief Daniel Olorunfẹmi Fágúnwà MBE, popularly known as D. O. Fágúnwà, was a Nigerian author of Yorùbá heritage who pioneered the Yorùbá language novel.
Oyo State is an inland state in southwestern Nigeria. Its capital is Ibadan, the third most populous city in the country and formerly the second most populous city in Africa. Oyo State is bordered to the north by Kwara State, to the east by Osun State, and to the southwest by Ogun State and the Republic of Benin. With a projected population of 7,840,864 in 2016, Oyo State is the fifth most populous in the Nigeria.
The University of Ibadan (UI) is a public research university in Ibadan, Nigeria. The university was founded in 1948 as University College Ibadan, one of many colleges within the University of London. It became an independent university in 1962 and is the oldest degree-awarding institution in Nigeria. Through its graduate network, the University of Ibadan has contributed to the political, industrial, economic and cultural development of Nigeria. The history and influence of the University of Ibadan have made it one of the most prestigious universities in Africa.
Kay Williamson, born Ruth Margaret Williamson, was a linguist who specialised in the study of African languages, particularly those of the Niger Delta in Nigeria, where she lived for nearly fifty years. She has been called "The Mother of Nigerian Linguistics" and is also notable for proposing the Pan-Nigerian alphabet.
Olawale Gladstone Emmanuel Rotimi, best known as Ola Rotimi, was one of Nigeria's leading playwrights and theatre directors. He has been called "a complete man of the theatre – an actor, director, choreographer and designer – who created performance spaces, influenced by traditional architectural forms."
Babafemi Adeyemi Osofisan, known as Femi Osofisan or F.O., is a Nigerian writer noted for his critique of societal problems and his use of African traditional performances and surrealism in some of his plays. A frequent theme that his drama explore is the conflict between good and evil. He is a didactic writer whose works seek to correct his decadent society. He has written poetry under the pseudonym Okinba Launko.
Interactional linguistics (IL) is an interdisciplinary approach to grammar and interaction in the field of linguistics, that applies the methods of Conversation Analysis to the study of linguistic structures, including syntax, phonetics, morphology, and so on. Interactional linguistics is based on the principle that linguistic structures and uses are formed through interaction and it aims at understanding how languages are shaped through interaction. The approach focuses on temporality, activity implication and embodiment in interaction. Interactional linguistics asks research questions such as "How are linguistic patterns shaped by interaction?" and "How do linguistic patterns themselves shape interaction?".
Neal R. Norrick held the chair of English Linguistics at Saarland University in Saarbrücken, Germany, where he established a linguistics curriculum firmly based in pragmatics and discourse analysis. In the last two decades, he has become an important personality in linguistic pragmatics for his pioneering works on humor and narrative in conversational interaction.
The Gods Are Not To Blame is a 1968 play and a 1971 novel by Ola Rotimi. An adaptation of the Greek classic Oedipus Rex, the story centres on Odewale, who is lured into a false sense of security, only to somehow get caught up in a somewhat consanguineous trail of events by the gods of the land.
Ladipo Ayodeji Banjo, is a Nigerian Emeritus professor of English language, educational administrator, former Vice-Chancellor of the University of Ibadan, Nigeria as well as former pro-chancellor of Ajayi Crowther University.
Laurel J. Brinton is an American-born Canadian linguist.
Abel Idowu OlayinkaFAS is a Nigerian professor of applied geophysics. He is a former deputy vice chancellor and former vice chancellor of the University of Ibadan. He is also the president of the West African Research and Innovation Management Association.
Francis Egbokhare is a prolific scholar, academic linguist, writer, and professor from Nigeria, and a fellow and the immediate past president of the Nigerian Academy of Letters. He has held positions at the University of Ibadan for many years as a professor of linguistics and as the Director of the Distance Learning Centre. He lives in Ibadan.
Ayọ̀ Bámgbóṣé is an academic linguist, the first professor of Linguistics in Nigeria. He has made contributions to education and linguistics, achieving recognition in form of honours and election to offices in professional bodies.
Akin Adesokan is a Nigerian writer, scholar and novelist with research interests into twentieth and twenty-first century African and African American/African Diaspora literature and cultures. He is currently the associate professor of comparative literature at Indiana University Bloomington. He exerts influence on Nigerian cultural environment through commentary, advocacy, and writing.
Tayo Lamidi is a Nigerian academic. He is the professor of Generative Syntax and Contact Linguistics at the Department of English, University of Ibadan. He is one of Nigeria's notable generative syntacticians.
Ahmed Parker Yerima is a Nigerian academic, professor playwright and theater director. He was director-general of the Nigerian National Theatre, and has previously served as director of the National Troupe. He is a professor of Theater and Performing Arts and has been dean of the College of Humanities at Redeemer's University The board of trustees of the redeemers university has been appointed Prof. Ahmed Parker Yerima as Acting Vice Chancellor of the University.
since 2013.
Nicholas Amechi Akwanya, FNAL is a Nigerian retired professor, priest, poet and a novelist. He was a former dean of Postgraduate studies of the University of Nigeria, Nsukka and a former head of department of English and Literary Studies of the institution. He is a fellow of Nigeria Academy of Letters.
References
- ↑ "At UI CETel, we ensure standard teaching with state-of-the-art tools —Director » Nigerian Oracle". Nigerian Oracle. 2018-05-31. Retrieved 2020-05-24.
- ↑ "Akinola Odebunmi | University of Ibadan Nigeria - Academia.edu". ui-edu-ng.academia.edu. Retrieved 2020-05-25.
- ↑ "Meet our material donors – Pragmatics Association of Nigeria" . Retrieved 2020-05-24.
- ↑ "Akin Odebunmi". University of Ibadan. University of Ibadan. Retrieved June 6, 2017.
- ↑ "Akin Odebunmi". Redeemer's University, Ede. Redeemer's University. Retrieved June 6, 2017.
- ↑ "Freiburg Institute for Advanced Studies Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg" . Retrieved June 6, 2017.
- ↑ "Professor Akin Odebunmi". Google Scholar. Google Scholar. Retrieved June 11, 2017.
- ↑ "Publications". Researchgate. Retrieved June 11, 2017.
- ↑ Odebunmi, Akin (2010). "Code selection at first meetings: a pragmatic analysis of doctorclient conversations in Nigeria" (PDF). InLiSt. 22 (1). Retrieved June 11, 2017.
- ↑ Odebunmi, Akin (2012). ""The baby dey CHUK CHUK": Language and emotions in doctor–client interaction". Pragmatics and Society. 3 (1): 120–148. doi:10.1075/ps.3.1.05ode.
- ↑ Odebunmi, Akin (2013). "Multiple codes, multiple impressions: An analysis of doctor–client encounters in Nigeria": 373–403. Retrieved June 11, 2017.
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - ↑ Odebunmi, Akin (2011). "Concealment in consultative encounters in Nigerian hospitals" (PDF). Pragmatics. 21 (4): 619–645. doi: 10.1075/prag.21.4.06ode .
- ↑ "Freiburg Institute for Advanced Studies Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg" . Retrieved June 6, 2017.
| International | |
|---|---|
| National | |
