Commissioned and Inspired Works on some Vital Aspects of Linguistics (Book Review)
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Book: Commissioned and Inspired Works on some Vital Aspects of Linguistics
Author: Okon Essien (2010)
Publisher: M. & J. Grand Orbit Communications Ltd.Port Harcourt
ISBN: 978-33527-07-5 (hbk)
Pages: 278
The book, Commissioned & Inspired Works on some Vital Aspects of Linguistics is the last colossal academic accomplishment of Prof. Okon Etim Akpan Essien, FMLAN, FNAL, OON, who, though earned his professorship way back in 1985, continued to be productive, thereby gingering the younger generation to excel in the field. This book of 278 pages is a mélange of applied and core linguistic papers. It is built from a selection of papers which, according to the author, had been commissioned by the following bodies:
The University of Calabar for the inaugural lecture in 2003, The Association of Nigerian Languages Teachers (ANLAT) for the keynote in 2005, The Nigerian Academy of Letters (NAL) for its Annual Lecture in 2006, and the Department of Linguistics and Nigerian Languages, University of Uyo in collaboration with the Department of Classical and Vernacular Languages of the University of Sao Paulo, Brazil, for the Syntax- phonology keynote in 2006. The variety of audiences for which the different articles were written and the time span of five years from the oldest to the most recent of the articles bespeak the variety of foci of the issues addressed in the book. The wide range of topics and issues covered launch the reader not only to the author’s academic passion, social linguistic advocacy, philosophy, depth of knowledge and dexterity, but also reflect the direction, vigour and quality of research being undertaken by other contemporary
Africanist linguists.
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