Ndimele: Four Decades in the Study of Nigerian La
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Ndimele: Four Decades in the Study of Nigerian La

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Ndimele: Four Decades in the Study of Nigerian La

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This volume is produced in commemoration of the official retirement of Professor Kay Williamson from the Department of Linguistics and Communication Studies, University of Port Harcourt, Nigeria. The contributing essayists cover five main generations of Nigerian linguists. The collection is divided into six sections: Language, history and Society; Applied Linguistics and Orthography Design; Gender and Communication Studies; Stylistics and Literature; Pragmatics, Discourse Analysis and Translation; and Formal Linguistics.Some of the contributors include: Ayo Bamgbose, Okon Essie, Ben Elugbe, P.A. Nwachukwu, E.N. Emenanjo, P. Anagbogu, Chinyere Ohiri-Aniche, O.M. Ndimele, O.G. Harry, Levi Igwe, C.U. Omego, O. Ojukwu, A.U. Weje, O.N. Anyanwu and A. Idafuro.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title page
  3. Copyright page
  4. Dedication
  5. Contents
  6. Preface
  7. A Brief Academic Profile of Contributors
  8. 0. Languages and Linguistics in Nigeria: An Introduction
  9. 1. Four Decades of Linguistics in Nigeria: Achievement, Issues and Principles
  10. 2. The Minority Question Revisited
  11. 3. The Study of Languages and Linguistics in Nigeria: Four Decades of Progress and Challenges
  12. 4. A Comparative Study of Initial Consonants in Lower Cross and Igboid Languages of Benue-Congo
  13. 5. Language as a Factor in Participation and Exclusion
  14. 6. How many Nigerian Languages are there?: Issues on the Definition and Identification of Language
  15. 7. The Marginalisation of Indigenous Nigerian Languages in Nigeria
  16. 8. The ‘Scientifisation of Indigenous Languages: The Case of Yoruba
  17. 9. Pidgin & Indigenous Languages of the Warri of Delta State
  18. 10. Tonal Reconstruction in Eastern Lower Cross Lects
  19. 11. Language, National Integration & the Nigeria Federation
  20. 12. Developing Minority Languages in Nigeria for Social Harmony & Good Governance
  21. 13. The Use of Slangs among University & Polytechnic Students in Calabar
  22. 14. Education & Minority Languages: The Nigerian Dimension
  23. 15. Standardisation Processes in Nigerian Languages
  24. 16. On the Concept of Bilingualism
  25. 17. National Development and the Language of Pedagogy: The Nigerian Dilemma
  26. 18. Free Variation in Child Language in Ibibio
  27. 19. Linguistic Reality & Pedagogy in Nigeria: A Comparative Study of English Language Scholarship, Planning & Standardized Examination Questions
  28. 20. A Contrastive Analysis of English & Efik Central Vowels: The Pedagogical Implications
  29. 21. The Learning of the Syllable Structure of English by Nigerian Students
  30. 22. Reader Orientation: An Approach to the Improvement of Term Papers
  31. 23. Four Decades of Languages & Linguistics Research & Training in Nigeria: Mastering the Probable & Managing the Unpredictable
  32. 24. College Students’ Attitudes towards English
  33. 25. Structure of the English Discipline Mode of Enquiry: A Metaphoric Methodology: Re-Engineering Nigeria’s Use of English
  34. 26. The Igbo Script: A Hindsight
  35. 27. The Limits of Accuracy in the Design of Orthographies
  36. 28. Edo Orthography Revisited
  37. 29. Feministic Tendencies in Igbo Drama: An Analysis of Mogbogu Obioma’s Adaaku
  38. 30. Traditional Marriage Rites as a Communication Channel in Yorubaland
  39. 31. Gender Stereotype in Language Acquisition
  40. 32. Language & Gender Politics: Lexical Usages & Meaning in the Fiction of Flora Nwapa
  41. 33. Women, Language & the Assertion of Power in African Literature
  42. 34. Information & Communication Technologies in Participatory Development: Gender & Language Dimensions
  43. 35. The Importance of Cultural Affairs in Communication & Writing in Africa
  44. 36. Foreign Media Coverage of Nigerian Affairs
  45. 37. Message Design & the Appropriateness of Language in Rural Broadcasting
  46. 38. The Good, the Bad and the Ugly: An Appraisal of Interpretations of the Female Gender in Yoruba Proverbs
  47. 39. The Igbo Hunter Poet: Articulator of Attitudes and Concerns of the Igbo
  48. 40. A Stylistic Account of Ngwa Igbo Hunting Poetry
  49. 41. The Language of the Igbo Satiric Poetry
  50. 42. Scatology, Form & Meaning in the Fiction of Biyi Bandele-Thomas
  51. 43. The Poet & his Audience: The Stylistic Significance of Addresser-Addressee Indicators in the Poetry of Niyi Osundare
  52. 44. An Indigenous Poetic Creation in Fulfulde, Yoruba & Igbo
  53. 45. The Application of some Marxist Literary Theories in some Selected Yoruba Plays
  54. 46. The Use of Instructional Materials in Teaching Yoruba Oral Literature
  55. 47. Language: A Tool for the Composition of Literature
  56. 48. Linguistic Explorations in Nigerian Movies: A Case Study of ‘Igodo’ & ‘Izaga’
  57. 49. A Stylistic Analysis of Niyi Osundare’s The Eye of the Earth
  58. 50. Exchange Types/Structural Patterns and Character Trait Projection in Wole Soyinka’s The Trial of Brother Jero
  59. 51. Genre Analysis: Interactional Patterns in ‘Knocking-on-the-Door’ Discourse among the Igbo
  60. 52. A Case for Studies in Conversational Analysis in Nigeria
  61. 53. Beyond ‘Hallelujah’ & ‘Amen’: An Enquiry into Discourse Innovations in Pentecostal Worship Service
  62. 54. On the Relationship between Translation & Pragmatics
  63. 55. Meaning & Interpretation in the Analysis of Discourse
  64. 56. Linguistic and Cultural Properties Characterized in Terms of Right Hand and Left Hand in Igbo
  65. 57. The Basics of Agoi Consonants
  66. 58. The Basics of Agoi Vowels
  67. 59. Ghost Consonants and Lenition in Leggho
  68. 60. Semantic Categorization in Tonal Assignment: An Investigation of Hausa, Igbo & Yoruba
  69. 61. Tones in Anaang
  70. 62. Contour Tones in Esan
  71. 63. Tonal Assimilation in Esan
  72. 64. Nasality in Esan: An Autosegmental Analysis
  73. 65. Phrasal Reduplication and Triplication in Kalabari
  74. 66. Tense, Aspect and Modality in Anglo-Nigerian Pidgin
  75. 67. Prefixes of the Koring Verb
  76. 68. Nominalizing Prefixes of Koring
  77. 69. The Subjunctive Mood in Achi-Igbo
  78. 70. Lexical Ambiguity in Igbo: The Case of some Homonymous Verbs
  79. 71. Igbo Nominal Compounds: A Semantico-categorization
  80. 72. The Logophoric Pronoun in Ikwere
  81. 73. More on Wh-question in Yoruba: A GB Approach
  82. 74. Some Remarks on Opposites in Owere-Igbo
  83. 75. Tense and Aspect in Ào
  84. 76. Exceptional Case-marking of NPs in Yoruba
  85. 77. On Inherent Complement Verbs in Igbo
  86. 78. On Agreement Issues within the Determiner Phrase & the Associative Marker in Lamnso
  87. 79. Igbo and the Syntactic Binary Hypothesis
  88. 80. Agreement Pattern in Hausa Nominal Constructions
  89. 81. On the Wh-Parameter and Grammar Induction: Insights from African Languages
  90. Back cover