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Selected Proceedings of the 36th Annual Conference on African Linguistics: Shifting the Center of Africanism in Language Politics and Economic Globalization
edited by Olaoba F. Arasanyin and Michael A. Pemberton

ISBN 1-57473-414-8 library binding
vii + 220 pages
publication date: 2006
published by Cascadilla Proceedings Project, Somerville, MA, USA



Contents

Olaoba F. Arasanyin and Michael A. Pemberton
Foreword
v-vi (abstract or complete pdf)

Plenary Papers

Zaline Makini Roy-Campbell
The State of African Languages and the Global Language Politics: Empowering African Languages in the Era of Globalization
1-13 (abstract or complete pdf)

Paul Tiyambe Zeleza
The Inventions of African Identities and Languages: The Discursive and Developmental Implications
14-26 (abstract or complete pdf)

Phonology

Ekaete Evangel Akpan
Assimilatory Processes in Ibibio Child Phonology
27-36 (abstract or complete pdf)

Michael Cahill
Perception of Yoruba Word-Initial [gb] and [b]
37-41 (abstract or complete pdf)

Thomas B. Klein
Segmental Typology of African Creole Languages: Examining Uniformity, Simplification and Simplicity
42-50 (abstract or complete pdf)

Syntax

Deo S. Ngonyani
Resumptive Pronominal Clitics in Bantu Languages
51-59 (abstract or complete pdf)

Brent Henderson
Multiple Agreement, Concord and Case Checking in Bantu
60-65 (abstract or complete pdf)

Jackson Ssekiryango
Observations on Double Object Construction in Luganda
66-74 (abstract or complete pdf)

Wendell A. Kimper
Question Formation in the Karonga Dialect of Tumbuka
75-79 (abstract or complete pdf)

Morpho-Semantics

Adeleke A. Fakoya
Response-Comment Elements in Yorùbá Conversational Discourse
80-92 (abstract or complete pdf)

Paul D. Fallon
Blin Orthography: A History and an Assessment
93-98 (abstract or complete pdf)

Language in Pedagogy

George Alao
Teaching an African Language and Culture in a Changing European Environment: Achievements, Challenges and Perspectives
99-108 (abstract or complete pdf)

Timothy T. Ajani
Pioneering Yoruba as a Foreign Language at an Historically Black Institution: Cultural, Ideological and Curricular Challenges
109-115 (abstract or complete pdf)

Akinloye Ojo
A Global Evaluation of the Teaching and Learning of Yorùbá Language as a Second or Foreign Language
116-120 (abstract or complete pdf)

Olanike Ola Orie
L2 Acquisition and Yoruba Tones: Issues and Challenges
121-128 (abstract or complete pdf)

Oyewole Arohunmolase
Globalization and the Problems and Prospects of Teaching and Learning of Yoruba as a Second Language (L2) in Colleges of Education in Nigeria
129-132 (abstract or complete pdf)

Eric A. Anchimbe
Socio-pragmatic Constraints to Native or Indigenous Language Education in Cameroon
133-141 (abstract or complete pdf)

Language in Social Context

P. L. Phaahla
Knowledge Production in What Language? The Hegemonic Use of English as a Language of Commerce and Industry from a South African Perspective
142-154 (abstract or complete pdf)

Harrison Adéníyì and Rachael Béllò
Nigerian Media, Indigenous Languages and Sustainable Development
155-160 (abstract or complete pdf)

'Dele Odunlami
An Examination of the Application and Relevance of Des Wilson's Taxonomy of Traditional Media Systems in Chinua Achebe's Things Fall Apart
161-165 (abstract or complete pdf)

Lioba Moshi
The Globalized World Languages: The Case of Kiswahili
166-175 (abstract or complete pdf)

Karsten Legère
Formal and Informal Development of the Swahili Language: Focus on Tanzania
176-184 (abstract or complete pdf)

Mokaya Bosire
Hybrid Languages: The Case of Sheng
185-193 (abstract or complete pdf)

Kelechukwu Uchechukwu Ihemere
An Integrated Approach to the Study of Language Attitudes and Change in Nigeria: The Case of the Ikwerre of Port Harcourt City
194-207 (abstract or complete pdf)

Eunita D. A. Ochola
English Words and Phrases in Dholuo-English Codeswitching
208-220 (abstract or complete pdf)


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