Convergence: English and Nigerian Languages : A Festschrift for Munzali A. Jibril [1 ed.] 9789785416497, 9789785412703

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T

he Festschrift Series for Nigerian Linguists has gathered sufficient momentum, and now it is a house-hold name in the linguistic circle both home and abroad. The project, therefore, no longer requires any elaborate introduction. The present volume, which is the 5th in the series, is devoted to Professor Munzali A. Jibril. Professor Jibril is a celebrated icon in university administration, and an erudite Professor of English Linguistics. The title of this special edition was deliberately chosen to crown Professor Jibril’s academic prowess in both English and indigenous Nigerian languages, and to mark his official exit from active university lectureship in a GRAND STYLE. To many of us his friends, former students, colleagues and close associates, Professor Jibril represents the solid and dependable bridge between the old and young generations of Nigerian linguists. While in office as the Rector Nigerian Defence Academy, the Deputy Vice-Chancellor of his University (Bayero University, Kano), and later the Executive Secretary of Nigerian Universities Commission (NUC), Professor Jibril positively touched the lives of his colleagues and friends. As Professor Jibril retires from active classroom teaching into active consultancy services, we pray and wish him well. This volume in print is our own little way to appreciate all the good deeds of this ever-shining STAR OF GOOD HOPE.

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Of over 150 papers received for this volume, only 72 survived the rigours of assessment. Besides papers covering the main theme of this volume, i.e. the interaction between English and indigenous Nigerian languages, there are a number of papers on other secular areas of linguistics (e.g. language and history, language planning and policy, language documentation, language engineering, lexicography, translation, gender studies, language acquisition, language teaching and learning, pragmatics, discourse and conversational analysis) and even literature in English and African languages. There is also a rich section devoted to the major ‘traditional’ fields of linguistics (e.g. phonology, morphology, syntax and semantics). We hope our readers will find this volume quite revealing and useful in their search for quality knowledge.

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6HFWLRQ$2QWKH&RQYHUJHQFH3KHQRPHQRQ 1. On the Status of Yoruba/English Language Mixing -Ayo Banjo

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2. The Fall-Rise in Nigerian English Intonation -David Jowitt

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3. Offensive Nigerian English -Ben Elugbe & Judith Mgbemena

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4. Variation & Variability in Nigerian English: The Role of ‘Contact’ in the Speech of Educated Hausa Native Speaker -Yusuf Maitama Abubakar

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5. From non-Gender to Gender: An Examination of English Loan Words in Hausa -Dahiru Muhammad Argungu

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6. Aspects of the Segmental Phonology of Urhobo English: A Variety of Nigerian English -Anthony Ojarikre

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7. The Sound Inventory for Nigerian English: Preliminary Discussions -C.U.C. Ugorji

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8. Pidgin English in Nigeria: A Sociolinguistic Appraisal -Rabi Abdulsalam Ibrahim

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9. English & Nigerian Languages in the Era of Globalisation -Malami Buba

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10. Borrowing & Language Development: The Case of Ibibio & English -Escor E. Udosen & Okokon U. Akpan

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11. Language Policies & Cultural Identities: A Global Survey -E. Nolue Emenanjo

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12. Nigerian Languages and Empowerment -Okon Essien

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14. Language & Globalisation: Options for Africa -Tajudeen Yaqub Surakat

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15. Globalization and the Preservation of Nigerian Languages -Imelda Icheji Lawrence Udoh

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16. Factors Governing Language Choice in Mairi Ward of Maiduguri -Bashir Muhammad Sambo

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17. Cultural Renaissance, Language Empowerment & National Development -G.S Omachonu

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18. The Place of the Minority Languages in National Development -Bem P. Ianna

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19. Language Endangerment in Isokoland -Macaulay Mowarin

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20. Obolo Theophoric & Ideational Anthroponyms -Jones G. I. Ayuwo

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21. Language & Ideology: A Sociolinguistic Appraisal -Hamzat Na’uzo, Abdulkadir









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22. Eastern Ịjo Influence in Berbice Dutch Creole -Hubert Devonish & Otelemate G. Harry

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23. Igbo Origins & the Niger-Benue Confluence Theory -Chinyere Ohiri-Aniche

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24. An Exploration for Linguistic Evidence of Inter-Group Relations between  Speakers of Tarok and other East Benue-Congo Languages in Prehistory  -Selbut R. Longtau Copyright © 2016. M & J Grand Orbit Communications Limited. All rights reserved.

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25. An Intelligibility Survey of Biseni, Okordia & Oruma Lects of Ijo -Ebini-Ipiri R. Worufah

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26. Labial Variation in Ikwere -Roseline Ihuoma C. Alerechi

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27. Nigeria’s Development Initiative: What Role for the English Language? -Mustapha Ahmad



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28. The Impact of State Creation on Nigerian Languages: The Hausa Experience -A.H. Amfani

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29. Urban Linguistics in Nigeria: A Case of Language Use in Lagos Metropolis -Harrison Adéníyì and Rachael Béllò

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30. Globalization and the Hypocrisy of Universal Critical Criteria in the Criticism of African Literature -Jude Agho

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31. Principles of Gendered Duality in Igbo Cognitive & Linguistic Spheres -F.N. Chukwukere

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32. Africanness in Style & Structure: A Linguistic Analysis of Wole Soyinka’s Epic Poem “Idanre” -Mohamed Shokr Abdulmoneim

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33. Humour and its Signalling in Media Discourse -Amen Uhunmwangho & Matthew Omo-Ojugo

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34. Graphological & Phonological Foregrounding in Tunde Olusunle’s Fingermarks -Taofiq Adedayo Alabi

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35. The Teller in the Tale: Reading Modernist Narrative Strategies in the Novels of Biyi Bamdele-Thomas -Ogaga Okuyade

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36. Features of Capitalism in the Novels of Fagunwa: A Marxist Approach -Hezekiah Olufemi Adeosun

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37. Defiance with Orature: A Study of Tanure Ojaide’s Labyrinths of the Delta & The Endless Song -Ogaga Okuyade

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38. Saying the Unmeant, Meaning the Unsaid: A Pragmatic Reading of  The Stillborn -Gbenga Ibileye

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39. Anaang Poets & Universal Themes -Uwemedimo Enobong Iwoketok

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40. Similes in Hausa: A Preliminary Linguistic Study -Abubakar Muhammad

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41. Femme Fatale: Prototypes of Eve in Wole Soyinka’s Death and the King’s Horseman and A Dance of the Forests -Omale Austen-Peters

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42. A Speech Act Analysis of Discourse in the Nigerian Print Media -Chris Uchenna Agbedo





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43. Strategies for Displaying Effective Listenership in Conversations -Mohammed Abdul





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[  44. The Translation of African Proverbs into European Languages: Problems & Solutions -K.B.C Ashipu

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45. Language Convergence & Urbanization in Africa: The Case of  Chinedum Ofomata’s Ihe Ojoo Gbaa Afo -Godwin Chinaedu Iwuchukwu

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46. Grammatical Strategies in Mass Media English in Nigeria -Innocent Chiluwa

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47. Body as Discourse Interface between English & Yoruba in Ben Okri’s The Famished Road -Musa Idris Okpanachi 6HFWLRQ'

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48. Across the Acrostic: Writing Poetry and Language Acquisition in the Secondary School -Ismail Bala Garba

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49. The Nature of the English Language & its Teaching & Learning Implications in a Second Language Situation -L.C. Ogenyi

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50. The Dimensions of Agreement in English and the Learner’s Dilemma -Ozo-mekuri Ndimele

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51. The Influence of Home Language Background on Achievement in  English Language by Students       -E.O. Osiruemu

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52. Language Documentation -Aliyu Umar Mohammad

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53. Koring Orthography -Philip N. Anagbogu

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54. Continuant-noncontinuant Distinction in Child Phonology: Evidence from Igbo -Obed N. Ojukwu

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55. The Igbo Language Development: The Challenges of the Igbo Lexicographer -Christie Omego

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56. Establishing Citation Forms for Inherent Complement Verbs in Igbo Lexicography -Esther N. Oweleke

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57. Translation & the Development of the Nigerian Nation: The Health Angle -Emeka Innocent Iwunze & Scholastica A. Cookey

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58. The Vowel System of Urhobo -Rose O. Aziza

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59. Comparative Study of the Vowel Harmony Systems of Igbo and Yoruba -S. Adejubee & N.C. Kammelu

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60. Syllable Structure and Phonotactic Constraints in Igala -G.S. Omachonu





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61. The Syntax of Auxiliaries in the Yorùbá Proverbs -Felix Abídèmí Fábùnmi

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62. Derivations in Onicha Igbo -V.C. Onumajuru

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63. Downdrift in Inland West Igbo Dialects: An Instrumental Analysis -Roseline Ijeoma Okorji

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64. Reflexive Constructions in Yoruba & English: A Comparison -I.O. Sanusi & K. Adewale Rafiu

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65. Tone in Genitival Constructions in Kalabari-Ijo -Otelemate G. Harry

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66. The Pronominal System of Odual -Ethelbert E. Kari

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67. Adjectives in Gokana -B.H. Isaac

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68. The Lexical Syntax of Verbs: The Case of Lamnso’ -L.C. Yuka

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69. The Syntax of Question Formation in Òko-Ósànyèn -Akeem Ségun Sàláwù

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70. Focus and WHPs Positions in Ibibio -Márcia Santos Duarte de Oliveira

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71. On the Status of the Mid tone ti in Yorùbá Nominal Genitives -Ọládiípọ̀ Ajíbóyè

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72. The Tones of Iko -Eno-Abasi Urua & Ezinne R. Ochulor

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