About the Journal

Journal of Linguistic Association of Nigeria (JOLAN) is a bi-annually published double-blind peer reviewed journal that was launched in 1982. It publishes original high quality research and scholarship, exploring, describing and analyzing all areas of core and applied linguistics research and welcomes interdisciplinary approach to language studies. JOLAN also provides a platform to interrogate new hypotheses and engages theoretical developments in contemporary linguistics. The objectives of the journal are to advance linguistic knowledge, promote contemporary debates on the language questions in Nigeria and beyond, and proffer solutions to burning national issues from sociolinguistic and humanistic perspectives. Occasional supplements may be published as the need arises. Some earlier editions are available on-line for free download. JOLAN receives manuscripts all year round from members and non-members of LAN.

Current Issue

2025: Journal of the Linguistic Association of Nigeria, Special Edition I
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Published: 2026-09-19

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Articles

  • Nigerian Languages in the Digital Era: Challenges and Opportunities

    Ihuọma I. Akinrẹmi
    1-20
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.60787/jolan.vol6no1.462
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  • A Rule-Based Annotation for Ibibio Children’s Play Songs

    Aniefon Akpan, Moses Ekpenyong, Eno-abasi Urua, Margaret Okon
    18-30
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.60787/jolan.vol6no1.463
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  • The Tonal System of Baan Language

    Mee-eebari T. Kiine, Ebitare F. Obikudo
    31-56
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.60787/jolan.vol6no1.464
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  • A Study of Politeness Expressions in Tiv

    Esther Iveren Shagba, Benjamin Iorbee Dennis, Juliet Doowuese Akume
    57-79
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.60787/jolan.vol6no1.465
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  • An Investigation of Challenges Facing Students of Federal College of Education (Technical), Gombe, in Computer-Based Testing

    Abdullahi Salami Magaji, Sulaiman Abubakar Muhammad, Sherifat Bashir, Aishatu Ibrahim Shehu, Usman Ibrahim, Daniel Buba Mshelia
    80-99
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.60787/jolan.vol6no1.466
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  • Promoting Hausa Language via AI and Digital Tools

    Sumayyat Ibrahim Gambo
    100-123
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.60787/jolan.vol6no1.467
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  • On Lexical and Grammatical Meanings of Tone in Mwaghavul

    Evarista O. Ikoyo-Eweto, Tongman Fwangwar Rabo
    124-146
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.60787/jolan.vol6no1.468
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  • Constructing and Stylizing Corruption in Nigerian Hip-Hop Music: A Critical Stylistic Analysis of Selected Songs of Innocent Idibia (2FACE)

    Patrick Uchenna Azubuike, Ngozi Ugo. Emeka-Nwobia, Edith Ada Anyanwu
    148-160
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.60787/jolan.vol6no1.469
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  • Evaluating the interplay of Linguistics and Politics for National Development in Nigeria

    Ali Abubakar Kadiri, Sumayyat Ibrahim Gambo, Bamanga Aliyu
    161-179
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.60787/jolan.vol6no1.470
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  • Transnational Activism in the Rhetoric of Politics among Nigerian Netizens

    Chioma Deborah Sunny-Adikwu, Eberechi Chinenye Amadi
    180-198
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.60787/jolan.vol6no1.471
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  • A Morphosyntactic Analysis of Clitics in Hausa

    Abdullahi Bashir, Isah Sarkin Fada
    199-207
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.60787/jolan.vol6no1.472
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  • The Need for Primary School Subject-Specific Dictionaries in the Igbo Language

    Juliana Mgbechikwere Okeke
    208-227
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.60787/jolan.vol6no1.473
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  • Language and Literature as Sociolinguistic Tools for Addressing Challenges of Diaspora Migration in Nigeria in the Digital Age

    Akese Manasseh Teryima, Ronke Monidola Falade
    225-238
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.60787/jolan.vol6no1.474
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  • Seeing through the Eyes of the Mind: A Cognitive Metaphorical Analysis of Vision-Related Expressions in Igbo

    Chinenye Esther Onuoha
    239-254
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.60787/jolan.vol6no1.475
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  • Acoustic Evidence for Partial Temporal Restoration in Syllable and Segmental Deletion in Igbo

    Linda Chinelo Nkamigbo , Ukamaka Cynthia Agummadu
    255-266
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.60787/jolan.vol6no1.476
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  • Digital Corpora for Igbo and Edo: Imperatives for NLP and ML Development

    Edosa James Edionhon, Cecilia Amaoge Eme
    267-289
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.60787/jolan.vol6no1.477
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  • Compounding of Kente Weaving Terms among Asantes of Akan in Ghana

    Francis Nsiah Kubi
    289-312
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.60787/jolan.vol6no1.479
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  • A Contrastive Study of Noun Phrases in English and Ngwa Dialect of Igbo: Implications for Second Language Learners

    Richard Okiemute Ikolo, Chikaodiri Harmony Onowenezi
    312-331
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.60787/jolan.vol6no1.480
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  • Developing Natural Language Processing Tools for Nigerian Languages: Opportunities, Challenges, and Future Directions

    Musa Jatau, Dorothy Aye Okpanachi, Andiyaryau Yohanna, Ali Abubakar Kadiri
    332-344
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.60787/jolan.vol6no1.481
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  • Syllable Structure and Prosodic Word Boundaries in Ósósọ̀

    Agnes Temitope Legbeti
    345-362
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.60787/jolan.vol6no1.482
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