2025: Journal of the Linguistic Association of Nigeria, Special Edition I

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Published: 2026-09-19

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  • 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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