Kola Owolabi

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Kola Owolabi

Awon Apileko fun Ayo Bamgbsoe

Kola Owolabi (ed.) (1995), Langurage in Nigeria. Ibadan Nigeria. ISBN 978-2895-00-8. 529 pp.

Atoka awon ohun ti a ko nnkan le lori ninu iwe naa ni a to si isale wonyi;

Contents

Contributors ix Foreword xi Acknowledgements xiv Dedication xv

1. Introduction and Overview

       Kola Owolabi                                                                1

Section I: Phonetics and Phonology

2. Denasalization lin Yoruba: A Non-Linear Approach

       O. Awobuluyi and F. Oyebade                                          16

3. Discrimination and Identification of Yoruba Tones: Perception

      Experiments and Acoustic Analysis
      Clement A. Bakare                                                                                32

4. The ‘Assimilated Low Tone’ in Ghotuo

       Ben Elugbe                                                            68

5. Prosodic Truncation and Template Satisfaction in Ibibio Verbs

      Akinbiyi Akinlabi                                                      75

Section II: Morphology and Syntax

6. More on Yoruba Prefixing Morphology

       Kola Owolabi                                                                 92

7. The Role of Functional Categories in Syntax: The Yoruba Case

       Yiwola Awoyale                                                             113

8. The ‘Grade’ as a Functional Element and Re-interpretation

        of Relations in the Hausa Verbal Component
        A.H. Amfani                                                                                    128

9. Category Incorporation in West African Languages

        I.S.G. Madugu                                                            142                                                                       


10. X – Movement and Igbo Complex Predicates

         M.A. Uwalaka                                                           156

Section III: Sociolinguistics and Foreign Language Teaching/Learning

11. On Language Use and Modernity in Nigeria

          Ayo Banjo                                                             177

12. Language Education Provisions in Nigeria’s National Policy

         on Education: A Critique
         Adekunle Adeniran                                                   189

13. Towards a Study of Linguistic Variation in Yoruba:

        A Preliminary Statement
        S. Oluwole Oyetade                                                                        201

14. Issues in the Establishment of Standard Igbo

        E. Nolue Emenanjo                                               213

15. Modern European and Nigerian Languages in Contact

        A.G. Adebayo                                                            230

Section IV: Literature

16. Yoruba Folklore as Source Material in Fagunwa’s Novels

         Balogun  Ogunpolu                                              238

17. Fagunwa’s Brave Spirit: A Study of the Contexts

        Literary Reputation
        D.S. Izevbaye                                                           250

18. Langbodo: A Dramatic Adaptation of Ogboju Ode Ninu

        Igbo Irumole
        P.A. Ogundeji                                                      276

19. The Bahaviour of Words in Wole Soyinka’s The Road

         Femi Fatoba                                                          286

20. Colonialism and the Yoruba Writer: A Study of Ladele’s

        Igba Lo De
        Bisi Ogunsina                                                     297

21. The Role of Literature in the Intellectual and Social

        Development of the African Child
        Akinwumi Isola.

22. The Monologic Cult: Modern Literature and the Problems

         of Audience in Africa (Preliminary Notes)
         Femi Osofisan.                                                    323

23. Femi Fatoba: A New Voice in Yoruba Poetry

         Olatunde O. Olatunji                                                330

Section V: Stylistics

24. Caliban’s Gamble: The Syylistic Repercussions of Writing

         African Literature in English
         Niyi Osundare                                                    340

25. Translation and the African Writer in English:

         A Sample Study of Achebe’s TFA and NLAE
         A. Lekan  Oyeleye                                                    364

26. A Stylistic Analysis of Some of the Novels of Achebe and Beti

         Anthony Biakolo                                               380
    

Section VI: Language and Culture

27. African World, Western Concepts: The Problem of

        Language and Meaning in Religio-anthropological
        Interpretations of /African World-Views
        Olusegun Oladipo                                                   396

28. Socio-Economic Dynamics and The Development of

        Emai Counting System
        Francis Egbokhare                                                  408

29. The Impact of Arabic on the Linguistic and Cultural Life of

        the Yoruba People
        Sayed H.A. Malik                                                  424

Section VII: Language and Education

30. Determining Language in Education Policy: The Dilemma

       in Africa
       Adedeji Awoniyi                                                    441

31. The Teaching of Adult Literacy

       M.A.L. Omole and Gbolagade Adekanmbi                        455



32.  The need for Medical Vocabulary in Nigerian Languages 
       O.F. Fafowora                                                                              471

33. Editing the Editor’s Own English: Some Observations on the

       “Literacy” of Nigerian Book Editors.
       Festus Agboola Adesanoye                                   474

34. Language and Disability: The Nigerian Experience

       Julie N. Onwuchekwa and I.A. Nwazuoke                        490
       
       Appendix A. Bamgbose’s Curriculum Vitae                               503
       Appendix B. Other Papers Received                           522
       Name Index                                                  524