Vol. 20 No. 1 (2017): Journal of the Linguistic Association of Nigeria

Articles

• Towards the Standardisation of Naijá: Vocabulary Development and Lexical Expansion processes

  Christine I. Ofulue

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• Perspectives on Metaphor

  Agnes Ada Okpe

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• Examining Diglossic Status in Political Domain: A Case Study of Ekiti State 2014 Governoship Election Campaign

  Agunbiade Favour Olamide

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• A Minimalist Description of Aika Pronouns

  Olabode T. Abimbola, Oye Taiwo

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• Epistemological Considerations for Minority Languages and the Challenges of Development

  Benedict Michael, Terseer Jija

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• A Semantic Analysis of Selected Propositions in Mohammadu Gawu’s Song Nigeria Da Niger

  Butari Nahum

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• A Knowledge-based Approach in the Conceptualisation of Disease Terms in Tiv for a More Effective Health Communication

  Bem P. Ianna

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• Teacher-induced error: The case of language students of University of Nigeria, Nsukka

  Benita C. Odii, Nkechi Ukaegbu, Ndubuisi Ahamefula, Miracle O. Uzoagba, Chioma Okonkwo

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• Cohesion in Native Poetry: An Analysis of English-Translated Tiv-Gbangi Oral Verses

  Ayaga Terfa Godwin

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• Multilingualism in Contemporary Gospel Music Practice in Nigeria

  Emmanuel Imasekhoevbo Aimiuwu

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• Level-Ordering Account of Reduplication in Ibeme Igbo

  Chimaobi Onwukwe

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• Reversing the Endangerment Trend of Indigenous Nigerian Languages: Challenges and Prospects

  Don’ Emenike

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• Analysis of Experiential Metafunction of Yoruba Riddles

  Nike Idayat Saka, Olakolu Oluwatoyin Titilayo, Oye Taiwo

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• A Sociolinguistic analysis of landscape in the University of Ibadan

  Toyin F. Akinyisola

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• Negative Morphemes in Nenwe Dialect of Igbo

  Justina E. Onuora

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• Issues in Language Choice: Focus on the Igbo-English Bilinguals

  Gift Chidi Onwuta

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• Language Contact and Linguistic Borrowing in Igbo Legislative Domain

  Idika Kalu Mba

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• Etulo Personal Names as a Mirror of Culture

  Martina Mnena Tyumbu

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• Silence as a Message Conveying Process: A Hausa-Yorùbá Paradigm

  Kugbayi Lateef Iyanda, Yusha’u Zulfa’a

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• A Socio-Semantic Analysis of Code-Switching in Nigerian Universities

  Acka, Kuram-Vande Kenneth , Rashidat Salawu AbdulRasheed , Isyaku Saminu

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• Labialization in Jukun: A Generative Approach

  Ladan Surajo

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• The Efects of the Goal-Based Approach on the Teaching of Yoruba as a Foreign Language: Yoruba Language Centre, University of Ibadan, as a Case Study

  Odoje Clement, Oyeladu Tayo

• The Humour Techniques of BBC’s “Letter from the President”: An Insight

  Mohammed L. Mele

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• Revitalizing the Endangered Languages of Nigeria through Competitive Championship: A Case of the Igbo Language

  Nwode Goodluck Chigbo, Uchenna Azubuike Patrick

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• The Resumptive Pronoun Strategy: Insight from Tiv

  Georgina O. Maduagwu, Stephen A. Nyon

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• The Translation and Analysis of Annang Oral Poetry:”Uto” Annang (Ballad)

  Precious Augustus

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• Évaluation de deux cours d'apprentissage de la langue Yoruba sur Internet.

  Olusola Banigo

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• Proverbs and their Discourse Relevance: Insight from Ehugbo Dialect of Igbo

  Azubuike Uchenna, Nwode Goodluck Chigbo

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• An Autosegmental Analysis of Berom Tones and Tonal Processes

  Nkechi M. Ukaegbu, Gideon S. Omachonu, Benita C. Odii

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• On the So-called Interrogative Nouns in Yorùbá

  Simeon Olaogun

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• Names as Message Vectors in Communication: Oduological Analysis of Traditional Yoruba Personal Names from Ifa

  Agboola Odesanya, Oloruntola Sunday

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• Inter-Group Marriages on the Jos Plateau and Language Endangerment: The Rukuba-Tariya Example from 1900 to Present

  Amango A. Kudu, Dangla G. Dalat

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• Ò̩fò̩ ̀(Incantation) as Lubricant for Oògùn in Yorùbá Traditional Medicine

  Sunday Layi Oladipupo, Jumoke H. Asiwaju

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