Language, Literature and Culture in a Multilingual Society. Vol II
A Festschrift for Abubakar Rasheed
O.-M. Ndimele, M. Ahmad & H.M. Yakasai (eds.)
University of Port Harcourt; Bayero University; Bayero University
This book is devoted to celebrate an eminent scholar of Linguistic Stylistics, Professor Abubakar Adamu Rasheed of the Department of English and Literary Studies, Bayero University, Kano, Nigeria, and the current Vice-Chancellor of the University. Being an expert in stylistics, discourse linguistics, systemic functional grammar and media English, Professor Rasheed has been very influential in high level research culminating in the development and preservation of Nigerian languages and the training of young academics. He has continued to provide quality academic and administrative leadership at his home-base university and beyond.
The book contains 77 papers meticulously selected from over 150 papers read at 24th Annual Conference of the Linguistic Association of Nigeria. The majority of the papers address the main theme of the conference, i.e. “Language, Literature and Culture in a Multilingual Society”. There are, however, a number of other papers addressing vital issues in outer circumstances which we deliberately included to cater for other interests beyond the main focus. The main reason for doing this is to enable the reader to have robust knowledge of the current state of research in linguistics, languages and literatures in Nigeria, and to add to the body of existing literature in these fields of learning. The papers here cover Language and Society, Language Teaching and Learning, Language Engineering, Literatures and Cultures, Stylistics and Gender Studies, Formal Linguistics and many more. The book can be read by any linguist of whatever theoretical orientation.
Table of Contents
Section Four: Formal Linguistics
Russell G. Schuh: Word Families in Hausa
Lawan Xanladi Yalwa: The Development & Harmonization of Hausa Orthography
Lawan Xanladi Yalwa: The Interface between Phonology & Syntax: A Case of Stability of Tones of Hausa Direct & Indirect Object Clitic Pronouns
Mukhtar A. Yusuf: The Status of Determiners and Quantifiers: Radfordian Approach
Ọládiípọ̀ Ajíbóyè: À-ì-Derived Nominals in Yorùbá
Hafizu Miko Yakasai: Lexicalization as a Gradual Process in Hausa Reduplication
Enieketin C. Eneware & Ebini-Ipiri R. Worufah: The Pronominal System of Kolokuma-Izon
Abdulhamid Abubakar: Deletion in Hausa
Ibriszimow Dymitri & Aisha Iya Ahmed: What About Passivization in Warji?
Victoria I. N. Isha & Andrew Haruna: The Syllable Structure of Izere
Salisu Ahmed Yakasai: The Sociolinguistic Dimension of Reduplication in the Nigerian Linguistic Terrain
Enieketin C. Eneware & Ebini-Ipiri R. Worufah: The Noun Phrase in Kolokuma-Izon
Kolawole Adeniyi: On the Status of the Downstep in Yoruba
Yakubu Magaji Azare: Hausa Deverbal Noun Forms and their Metonymic Affinity from the Cognitive Perspective
Imoh Philip Manda: Nominal Inflection in Bassa
Polycarp. N. Dajang: The Psychological Reality of the Phoneme: Evidence from Ngas speakers of English
Salem Ochala Ejeba: Syntax of Pronominal Subject in Igala
Linda Chinelo Nkamigbo: An Acoustic Investigation of Igbo Vowels
Adebola Ayoola Isaiah: An Optimality Analysis of Tone & Vowel Harmony in Oworo
Balogun Nasrudeen Akanbi: Vowel Harmony in Ekiti Dialect of Yoruba
Ataisi Emiya Gladday: Deixis in Obolo
A.G. Batagarawa: Existential Sentences of Hausa: A Study of Movement Operations
Apollos Agamalafiya: Aspects of Tsureshe Morphology
Ibrahim Awwal: An Autosegmental Account of Reduplication in Hausa & Yoruba
Abubakar Muhammad: Negative Concord in Hausa: A Minimalist Account
Sergio Baldi: The Presence of Portuguese in Some African Languages
Mohammed Aminu Muazu & Fibi Balami: Verb Derivation in Bura
Oye Taiwo: Morphology-Syntax Interaction in the Derivation of Nominal Compounds in Yorùbá
Amaechi B. Oha: The Head-feature Parameter and the Igbo Verb Compound
S.I. Abochol: A Systemic Linguistic Analysis of Legalese: The Case of Independent Corrupt Practices & other Related Offences Act, 2000
Stephen Madu Anurudu & Ayo Bamgbose: Head-Modifier Shift in Igbo
Eseoghene Aleh: Focus Constructions in Urhobo
Amos Dlibugunaya: A Comparative Lexical Study of Kilba & Margi
B.H. Isaac: Sentence Structure in Gokana
Ozo-mekuri Ndimele: Nigerian Pidgin: An Overview
Vol. II: ISBN 9783862886739. Linguistics Edition 106. 554pp. (Ch. 43-77). 2016.