In the Linguistic Paradise A Festschrift for E. Nolue Emenanjo / Ozo-mekuri Ndimele (ed.).

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Ndimele, Ozo-mekuri, editor.

Emenanjọ, E. Nọlue, honouree.

Series:

Nigerian festschrift series ; no. 2.

Nigerian festschrift series ; no. 2

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Emenanjọ, E. Nọlue.

Nigerian literature--Congresses.

Nigerian literature.

Linguistics--Nigeria--Congresses.

Linguistics.

Nigeria--Languages--Congresses.

Nigeria.

Genre:

Festschriften.

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (660 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Manufacture:

Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2019

Place of Publication:

Baltimore, Maryland : Project Muse, 2019

Summary:

In the Linguistic Paradise is the second volume in the Nigerian Linguists Festschrift Series. The motivating force behind the establishment of the Festschrift Series is to honour outstanding scholars who have excelled in the study of languages and linguistics in Nigeria. This volume is dedicated to Professor E. Nolue Emenanjo, a celebrated linguist and a pioneer professor of Igbo Linguistics. The book is organised in five sections, as follows: Language, History and Society; Literature, Stylistics and Pragmatics; Applied Linguistics; Formal Linguistics; and Tributes. There are 15 papers in the first section the majority address the perennial problem of language choice in Nigeria. Section two contains 10 papers focusing on literature, stylistics and pragmatics. Section three contains 17 papers a sizeable number of which focus on language teaching and learning, two are on lexicography, while others are on language engineering. Section three contains 16 papers focusing on the core areas of linguistics. In section four a biographical profile of Professor E. Nolue Emenanjo and list of publications is presented, while Nwadike examines the contributions of Emenanjo in Igbo Studies.

Contents:

Cover

Title page

Copyright page

Dedication

Preface

Contents

1. Globalization, Multilingualism and the New Information and Communication Technologies

Introduction

Conceptual Framework

Consider the following topics

Historical Background

The Objective of the Paper

Globalization versus Multilingualism

The Impact of Globalization on Multilingualism

Combating the Globalizing Effects on Multilingualism

Suggestions and Recommendations

Summary

References

2. Terminological Research and Development in Nigerian Languages

1. Introduction

2. Terminology, Linguistics and Translation: Nature and Interrelationships

3. On "Metalanguage" in some Nigerian Languages

4. The Relevance of Metalanguage to Terminological Research

5. Conclusion

3. Language &amp

the National Question

1. Introduction: Language and Nationality

2. The National Language Question in Nigeria

3. What the people Say

Conclusion: The People's Verdict

Notes

4. The National Institute for Nigerian Languages (NINLAN) &amp

a Comprehensive Language Census for Nigeria

2. Earlier Attempts at the compilation of Nigerian Languages

3. Problems Difficulties at achieving a comprehensive language census for Nigeria

4. A practical approach to a language census project

5. Language Documentation

6. The role of NINLAN in the Nigerian language census

7. Conclusion

5. The Languages of Kaduna State: A Linguistic Survey

2. An Historical Evolution of the Present Day Kaduna State

3. The Languages of Kaduna State

4. Population Size of the Languages

Orthography for the Languages in Kaduna State

Summary and Conclusion

References.

6. Developing and Promoting Multilingualism in the Nigerian Public and Social Life for Modern Age

1.1 Linguistic Policy in Colonial Era

1.2 Linguistic Situation in colonial and Post-colonial Nigeria

1.3 The National policy on Language Education and the 1979, 1989 and 1999 Constitutions' Linguistic Policy

1.4 Making the 1978, 1989, 1995 and 1999 constitutions' Linguistic Policy Relevant to Nigeria's Public and Social Life in Modern Age

Conclusion

Footnotes

7. Stem-initial Obstruents in Proto Igboid-Yoruboid-Edoid (PIYE)

2. An Overview of Consonants in Tentative Proto Igboid-Yoruboid-Edoid (PIYE)

3. Labial Obstruents *p, *'p, *b, *'b

4. Alveolar Obstruents *t, *'t, *d, *'d, *s

5. Palatal obstruents *c, *'c, * , *'

6. Velar Obstruents *k, *'k, *g, *'g

7. Labial-Velar Obstruents *kp, *'kp, *gb, *'gb

8. Summary and Conclusions

APPENDIX

8. A Socio-historical Account of the English Language in Nigeria

I

II

III

Notes and References

9. A Socio-historical Survey of English in Igboland

2. The History of English in Igboland

3. The Sociolinguistic Situation in Igboland and Nigeria

4. Conclusion

10. On the Use of Indigenous Languages for National Development in Nigeria: Problems and Prospects

National Development

Arguments in Favour of the Development of Indigenous Languages

Problems

Prospects

Proposals

Bibliography

11. On the Socio-cultural Dimension of Language Use: Evidence from Efik

2. Language use in Phatic Communion

3. Oral Literary Tradition

4. Language use in traditional cultural practices

Acknowledgements

Works Cited.

12. Varieties of the Leggbo Language: A Preliminary Report

1. Background

2. Classification

3. The Varieties

4. The Data

5. Comparison with the Proto-forms

6. Conclusion

13. Towards Language Planning for Poverty Alleviation

Studies in Poverty

The Poverty Cycle

The Language Difference Position

Language Planning for breaking the Poverty Cycle

Language Planning with regard to Language Differences

14. Dialect Communities &amp

Language Vitality

2. The Igbo Dialect Conflict: An Overview

3. Previous Experiments

4. Dialect Vitality Option

5. A Case for "Dialect Vitality Option"

6. Concluding Notes

15. Language, Tradition and Change in the Igbo Video Film

2. Language Use in Igbo Traditional Society

3. The Emerging Trends

16. Evaluation of Literature in Nigerian Languages

The Need for Curriculum Evaluation

Purposes of Evaluation

Evaluating WAEC Syllabus for Literature in Nigeria Languages (SSS)

Criteria for Evaluation

Aspects

Examination of the Various Aspects

Hints for Teachers

Hints for Students

17. A Syntactic Study of Ben Okri's The Famished Road

Syntactic Analysis

1. Group/Phrases

Downgrading

Clauses

Parallel Structures

Pattern Repetition

Mere Repetition

Syntax of Multiple Sentences

Multiple Complex Sentence

Cohesion

Cohesion through Normal Syntactic Order

Cohesion through Links

Tense

Mood

Statements

Command

Works Cited

18. Communicative Structure in Dyadic Bargaining: The Case of Buying and Selling

Theoretical Background

The Sample.

Interactional Structure in Bargaining

Interactional Effects

19. Writing in Igbo: Heroes and Challenges

Heroism and Writing in Igbo

The Challenge of Choice

Other Challenges

Recent Hostilities

The Effect of the Challenges

20. Metrical Structure &amp

Lineation in Ewi Iremolekun (Yoruba Children's Lullaby)

1. Ewì Ìremolékún and Metrical Structure: A Justification

2. Ewì Ìremolékún: The Data

3. The Metrical Structure of Ewì Ìremolékún

21. The Normative Use of Language by Society: Hausa as a Taciturn Speech Community

The Normative Use of Language by Societies

Hausa as a Taciturn Speech community

i. Some snapshots on the Hausa community

ii. Factors Responsible For Hausa Speech Practices

iii. The inevitability of talk in Hausa community

22. E.N. Emenanjo and Written Igbo Poetry

What Poetry is and its Content

The Form of Poetry

Qualities of a Good Poet

Lineation and its Implication

Poetry as a Weapon for Upholding the Social Norms

Language Use

23. A Stylo-pragmatic Analysis of the Use of Agent-deletion in the University of Ibadan Official Bulletin

The Data

Data Presentation and Analysis

Summary of the Findings

24. The Study of Literature in Nigerian Languages

2. Approaches that can be used in the study of Literatures in Nigerian Languages

3. The Model suggested - structuralism

4. Literature and Literary Appreciation

25. Social Functions of Ngwa-Igbo Verbal Jokes

2. Definition of Joke

3. Social Functions of Verbal Jokes.

4. Recommendations and Conclusion

26. Effects of Instructional Strategies on Metacognitive Awareness in Reading among Secondary School Students in Akwa Ibom State

Studies on Metacognitive Strategies in Reading

Purpose of Study

Hypotheses

Methodology

Instrumentation

Data Analysis

Discussion

27. Teacher Training in English as a Second Language: A Veritable Weapon for Teachers' Professional Refurbishment

The Concept of Teacher Training

Teaching and Learning of English as a Second Language: The Nigerian Case

The Effectiveness of Teacher Training on English as a Second Language

Conclusion and Recommendations

28. Developing a Metalanguage for Urhobo: Problems &amp

2. Problems in Developing a Metalanguage in Urhobo

3. Prospects

29. Microteaching in Language: The Challenge for NINLAN

Objectives, Functions and Powers

Federal Republic of Nigeria Constitutional Provisions on Nigerian Languages

Teacher Education

Goals of Teacher Education

NINLAN 4 Year B.A. Degree Programme In Nigerian Languages

Microteaching in Language

Models of Microteaching and Modelling

30. Nigerian Languages in the Contemporary Scientific Age: The Yoruba Model

Language as a Scientific Tool

Indigenization of Scientific Concepts

Yoruba as a Model for Scientific Discourse

Solar Utilization on the Verge of Market Introduction - Facts and Figures

English-Yoruba Glossary of Scientific Terms &amp

Phrases

Conclusion: The Technological Leap

31. On Multilingualism and the Medium of Instruction

2. Multilingualism

3. Multilingual Situations.

4. Literacy Educational Instruction in Multilingual Setting.

Notes:

Papers from a symposium held in 2003 in honor of Professor Emenanjo's 60th birthday.

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9789785644074

9785644073

OCLC:

1099686457