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Educational Background and Qualifications

        1948-1951       St. Andrew's College, Oyo

1957-1960      University College, Ibadan, Nigeria (In special relationship with the University of London)

     1959            University of London, Summer School

                             B.A. (Honours) English, 2.1, London, United Kingdom, 1960.

     1960-1963       University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom

                        Diploma in General Linguistics, Edinburgh, 1961

                Ph.D. Edinburgh, l963
Thesis:  A Study of Structures and Classes in the Grammar of Modern  Yoruba    (270pp.    mimeographed).


Honours, Scholarships, and Fellowships

     1957-1960       Western Nigeria Government (Regulation 18) Scholarship

  1957-1958       English Departmental Prize for the session

1959  University of Ibadan Fellowship for the Summer School Literature at the    University of London, July-August

1960-1963   University of Ibadan Postgraduate Scholarship tenable at the University of Edinburgh

    1970-1971       Ford Foundation Study and Travel Award for Study Leave in the U.S.A.

1977        Ford Foundation Study and Travel Award for the Linguistic Institute, Honolulu, Hawaii

1979-1980  Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (German Research Council) Fellowship for Visiting       Professorship at Hamburg University, Germany

    1984            Honorary Membership, Linguistic Society of America

      1987-1988       Clare Hall, Cambridge University Foundation Fellowship

  1987-1988       British Council Fellowship

      1990            Life Membership, Clare Hall, Cambridge University
      
1990 Nigerian National Order of Merit  (Nigeria's highest award for intellectual and
academic achievement).

      1996            Fellow of St. Andrew's College, Oyo

1998 Fellow and Foundation President, Nigerian Academy of Letters

2001                Distinguished Service Award, African Language Teachers Association,
U.S.A.
      
2001            Distinguished Alumnus Merit Award, Faculty of Arts, University
of Ibadan.


Teaching Experience


     1952-1957       Teaching in primary and secondary schools and a Teacher Training College

        1963-1966       Lecturer, University of Ibadan, Nigeria

1966-1968       Senior Lecturer, University of Ibadan, Nigeria

  1968-1990       Professor, University of Ibadan, Nigeria

1978    Visiting Professor, Linguistic Institute, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, (Summer)

    1979-1980       Visiting Professor, Hamburg University, West Germany

    1987-1988       Visiting Fellow, Clare Hall, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom

Guest Lecturer at the Universities of Indiana (Bloomington), Stanford, Illinois (Urbana-Champaign), Michigan (Ann Arbor), Michigan State (East Lansing), Northwestern (Evanston), Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Florida, Wisconsin, Marburg, Bayreuth, Bergen (Norway), London (University College), Cambridge, Edinburgh, the Frobenius Institute (Frankfurt), and Institut National des Langues Orientales (Paris), Several Universities in South Africa (Pretoria, UNISA, North, Venda, Vista (Soweto), Stellenbosch, Cape Town, and Port Elizabeth),Vienna (Austria).
      
        1993-1994       George A. Miller Visiting Professor, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.

1994 Professor Emeritus, University of  Ibadan, Nigeria.  
               
1994-1995       Visiting Professor, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.

1997-1999  Visiting Professor, University of Leipzig, Germany (Sponsored by DAAD).


Administrative Experience

        1966-1969       Sub-Dean, Faculty of Arts, University of Ibadan

1967-1978       Membership on various committees of Senate and
  1986-1990       Council

1968-1969       Warden, Postgraduate Hall

       1969-1975       Head, Department of Linguistics and African
                     Languages, University of Ibadan

1977-81  - ditto -

       1971-1973       Dean, Faculty of Arts, University of Ibadan

     1971-1972       Chairman, Jos Campus Committee

  1976-1978       Master, Postgraduate Hall

       1986-1987       Chairman, Senate Committee on the General Studies
                       Programme

1988-90       - ditto -

       1988-1990       Chairman, Senate Publications Committee


Research Interests

A. Language and Linguistics:  Research and publications have ranged from descriptive studies mainly of Yoruba to applied linguistic research involving orthographies, language policy and planning, and aspects of the development and the teaching of English as a second language in Nigeria.

B. Language and Education:  The focus of the research has been on the use of African languages as media of instruction and as subject matter in the curriculum.  Problems examined have included assessment of different practices, the problem of media transition, and effective strategies to ensure viable results in mother tongue education.

C. Curriculum Development:  Work in this area has been geared to developing language materials.  In  particular, much effort has been put into developing technical terminology in some Nigerian languages  for use in teaching elementary mathematics, and the basic sciences.  Similar work has been done at a higher level in Yoruba for teaching language, literature and methodology (See "Yoruba Metalanguage").

D. Adult Literacy:  The main focus in this area has been on the important role of language: how to  design viable language materials for adult literacy, particularly bearing in mind the need for a flexible approach that makes it possible for a wide range of languages, including minority languages, to be used  in adult literacy.

       E. Literature and Culture:  Aspects of the oral and written literature of the Yoruba have been
studied in the total context of the culture.  In particular, the proverbs and folktales have been analyzed and the novels of one of the pioneer writers have been exhaustively studied.  Against the impact of Western culture and technology, the way the media are coping with the expression of foreign concepts has also been given some attention.


Consultancies

      A.      Assignments Within Nigeria:

1966-1969    Member, Western Nigeria Ministry of Education Committee on Yoruba Orthography

   1968-1979       Member and later Chairman, National Language Centre Working Committee

Consultant Linguist to the National Language Centre on the Technical Terminology Project, the new "Wazobia" Project, and the Orthography Project.

External Examiner to a number of universities, including the University of Lagos, (Yoruba), the University of Ife (Linguistics, Yoruba, English Language), the University of Ilorin (Linguistics, Yoruba Language), Ogun State University and Ondo State University (Yoruba).
                                                 
    1977-1979       Member of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board representing the                         University of Ibadan   
     
1980-87     - ditto -

1974-1976      Moderator, West African Examination Committee (W.A.E.C.) "A"-Level in Yoruba

    1978-1979       Chief Moderator, JAMB English Language Paper
                    Member W.A.E.C. International Panel on English Language and the Nigerian                                Languages National Working Party

1980-87 - ditto -

1987   Member, Presidential Committee on the Implementation of the Recommendations of the Seminar on the National Question in Nigeria, January-June

    1988-1990       President, Scholarly Publishers Association of Nigeria

1991      Chairman, Working Committee for the National Institute for Nigerian Languages
  
1999-2003       Member of Governing Council, St. Andrew's College of Education, Oyo.           
       

B.      International Assignments:

              1.      Consultant to the Ford Foundation on:
                   1966 -  Survey of English Language Teaching in Nigeria
                  1968 -  English Language Needs for Junior Members of the School of Law and                              Administration in Kinshasa, Zaire
1972 - Assessment of the activities of the Center of applied Linguistics in Dakar (CLAD) Senegal
1973 - Assessment of the activities and needs of the Language Association of Eastern   Africa, Nairobi

        2.      Expert at the following UNESCO Conferences
1971 -        Roundtable Meeting of Experts on the Role of Linguistics and Sociolinguistics   in Language Education and Policy, Paris, July
1974 -     Meeting of Specialists in Anthropology and Language Science, Paris, May
1975 -   Meeting of Experts on Diversification of Methods and Techniques for Teaching a Second Language, Paris, September
1977 -  Meeting of Experts on Language Teaching in a Bi- or Plurilingual and Multi-cultural Environment, Paris, December
1978 -  Meeting of Experts on the Transcription and Harmonization of African    Languages, Niamey, July
1979 -   Meeting of Experts on the Use of Regional and Sub-regional African Languages as media of Culture and Communication within the Continent, Bamako, June
1983 -  Multidisciplinary Symposium on the Evolution of Content and Methods of Language Teaching in Developing Countries and the Production of Teaching Materials suited to National Needs and Bilingual or Plurilingual Education, Paris, April
l985 -  International Seminar Concerning Current Problems of Linguistic Research in Africa and Caribbean countries, Paris, September
                    1985 -  African Languages Horizon 2000: Development Workshop on African
Linguistics in the University, UNESCO Regional Office for Education in Africa, Dakar, December
1986 -     UNESCO Workshop on Harmonization of Terminology in African Languages, in Zomba, Malawi, December
1992 -  Roundtable on Language Policy, Literacy and Culture, 43rd International  Conference on Education, Geneva, September.                             
1993 - International Consultation on New Perspectives for Unesco's Program: The Intangible Cultural Heritage, Unesco, Paris, June
1996 -        Pan-African Seminar on the Problems and Prospects of the Use of African Languages in Education, Accra (Ghana), August
2002-      Conference on Education in Multilingual Contexts, Paris, September.
            
3. Expert at other conferences
1995 -    British Council and USIS West African English Language Conference, Mbour, Senegal, December.
1996 -      Inaugural Meeting of the Ghana English Studies Association, Winneba, June.
1997- 2nd World Congress of African Linguistics, Leipzig, July-August.
1998 -  Language Summit of the Democratic Party of South Africa, Johannesburg, March.
                   1999 -  Conference on Multilingual Cities and Towns in South Africa -
Challenges and Prospects. Pretoria, October.
2000 - International Conference on Linguistics in Southern Africa, Cape Town, January.
- Kopano (Southern African Regional Exchange) Conference on Arts, Culture and Heritage. Dikhololo, July.
2003 -   National Consultative Conference on Language, Kopanong Conference Centre,   Benoni, June       
-     Workshop on Intellectualization of African Languages, Cape Town,
       July.

4.    External Examining in Linguistics at the Universities of Ghana, Legon; Sierra Leone (Fourah Bay College and Njala University College); Yaounde (Cameroon), and  Zimbabwe.

5.     Currently on the Executive Committee of the Permanent International Committee of Linguists (CIPL).

6.    1990 Presenter and Moderator of the Thematic Roundtable on Language Policy in Preschool, Primary School and Adult Literacy Programs at the World Conference on Education for All (WCEFA), Jomtien, Thailand, March.

             7.      1991-1996  Director,  Languages in Contact and Conflict in Africa (LiCCA)
                       International Project (One of the four Directors of this Project).
             
8.      2000 St. Andrew's College Old Boys' Association (SACOBA) Millenium Lecture, University of Ibadan, November.



Membership of Editorial Boards

               Journal of African Languages

            ODU: A Journal of West African Studies

          Indian Journal of Linguistics

           African Languages

               Journal of African Languages & Linguistics

              Education and Development (Editor-in-Chief 1985-1987)

           Nsukka Journal of Linguistics & African Languages

               Linguistique Africaine

          Ife Studies in English Language

        Journal of English as a Second Language

        IDEAL - Issues and Developments in English Applied Linguistics

          Ilorin Journal of Language and Literature

               World Englishes: Journal of English as an International and Intranational Language
              (Consulting Editor since 1993)

          South African Journal of African Languages

Participation in International Conferences

Attended several international conferences and presented papers.  These include the West African Language Congress, the International Conference on Second Language Problems, the African Linguistics Conference, the Singapore Regional Language Center Seminar, the Language and Pragmatics Conference, the Nigeria Educational Research Council Conference, World Conference on African Linguistics, and the International Congress of Linguistics.


 Membership of Learned Societies

              West African Linguistic Society

        Linguistic Society of America

           Philosophical Society of Great Britain

          Yoruba Studies Association of Nigeria

                Nigeria English Studies Association

             Linguistic Association of Nigeria

               International Association of World Englishes

Nigerian Delegate to the General Assembly of CIPL (Permanent International Committee of Linguists).

        Nigerian Academy of Letters
    
                Offices held
:

1965-1967  Honorary Secretary, Philosophical Society, University of Ibadan

        1965-1972               Secretary-Treasurer, West African Linguistic Society

            1976-1982               President, West African Linguistic Society

              1977- date              Member of the Executive of CIPL (Permanent International                                                Committee of Linguists)

        1981-1986               President, Yoruba Studies Association

           1982-date               President, Interim Committee of the Association of University                                   Teachers of African Languages

1991-1998  Protem President, Nigerian Academy of Letters

1998-2000  Foundation President, Nigerian Academy of Letters

1999-2000 Vice-President and President-elect, International Association of World Englishes

2000 -2002                             President, International Association of World Englishes

2003 -date     2nd Vice-President, Permanent International Committee of Linguists (CIPL)      
Research and Publications

       A.     Books and Monographs

            1.      Yoruba Orthography, Ibadan University Press, l965.

2.    A Grammar of Yoruba, (West African Language Monographs No. 5), Cambridge University Press, 1966.

3.      English Language Teaching in Nigeria, (with Robert Jacobs and others).  Edited by Robert Jacobs, Ford Foundation, Lagos, l966.

4.        Report of the Yoruba Orthography Committee (ed.) Government Printer, Ibadan, l969.

              5.      A Short Yoruba Grammar, Heinemann, l967.

                6.      The Yoruba Verb Phrase (ed.), Ibadan University Press, l972.

7.  Linguistics in a Developing Country (An Inaugural Lecture delivered at the University of Ibadan on October 27, l972), Ibadan: Ibadan University Press, l973.

            8.      The Novels of D.O. Fagunwa, Ethiope Publishing Corporation, Benin, l974.

9.      Mother Tongue Education: The West African Experience (ed.) Hodder and Stoughton, London.  The UNESCO Press, Paris, l976.

10.     Language in Education in Nigeria (ed.) Vols. I & II, National Language Center, Lagos, l977, l978

11.     Orthographies of Nigerian Languages ,Manual 1 (Efik, Hausa, Igbo, Yoruba) (ed.), National Language Center, Lagos, l981.

12.      Yoruba Metalanguage, (Ede-Iperi Yoruba), An English-Yoruba Glossary of Technical Terms in Language, Literature and Methodology (ed.) Nigeria Educational Research Council, Lagos, l984.

13.      Yoruba: A Language in Transition, J.F. Odunjo Memorial Lectures Series No. 1, J.F. Odunjo Memorial Lecture, Lagos, l986.

14.     A Guide to Terminology for African Language Education, UNESCO Regional Office for Education in Africa, Dakar, l987.

15.  Fonoloji ati Girama Yoruba, (A Manual of Yoruba Phonology and Grammar written in Yoruba) Ibadan: University Press Ltd., l990.

16.        English Lexis and Structure (For Secondary Schools and Colleges), Ibadan: Heinemann Educational Books, l990.

            17.     Language and the Nation, Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, l991.
                   
18.     Speaking in Tongues: Implications of Multilingualism for Language Policy in Nigeria. Nigerian National Order of Merit Lecture), Kaduna: Nigerian National Order of Merit Board of Trustees, 1992.    

19. New Englishes: A West African Perspective (Selected Papers from an International Conference on Communicative Competence and the Role of English as a Second Language, edited with Ayo Banjo and Andrew Thomas), Ibadan: Mosuro Publishers for the British Council, 1995.

20. Language and Exclusion: The Consequences of Language Policy in Africa. Hamburg: LIT Verlag, 2000.

21. Sociolinguistics in West Africa (ed.). (IJAL Vol. 141). Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, 2000.

      B.     Chapters in Books      

1.       "The Structure of the Yoruba Predicator" Acte du 2e Colloque Int. de Linquistique Négro-Africaine, Dakar l963, pp. 119-126.

             2.      "Yoruba", Chapter 14 in Elizabeth Dunstan (ed.) Twelve Nigerian Languages,                              Longmans, l969, pp. 163-172.

3.  "Zero in Tonal Analysis", Actes du Xe Congres International des Linquistes,  Bucarest,  August 28-September 2, l967, Vol. IV, Bucarest: Editions de l'Academie de la    Republique Socialiste de Roumanie, l970.

4.              "The English Language in Nigeria:, Chapter 2 in John Spencer (ed.) The English Language in West Africa, London, Longman, l971, pp. 35-48.

5.     "Nasal Harmony in Mbe", Actes du 8e Congres de la Societe Linquistique de L'Afrique Occidentale, Vol. I: Abidjan: l971, pp. 101-107.

6.  "On the Derivation of Adverbs from Higher Sentences" in Luigi Heilman (ed.) Proceedings of the Eleventh International Congress of Linguistics, Societe editrice il Mulino Bologne, 1974, pp. 597-519.
    
7.     "Relative Clauses and Nominalized Sentences in Yoruba" in Robert K. Herbert (ed) Proceedings of the Sixth Conference on African Linguistics, Ohio State University Working Papers in Linguistics, Vol. 20. l975, pp.202-209.

8.  "Fagunwa and the Folktale Tradition" in W. Abimbola (ed.) Yoruba Oral Tradition, Department of African Languages and Literatures, University of Ife, l975, pp. 935-971.

9.       "The Changing Pattern of Bilingualism in Nigeria" (with A. Afolayan) in E.A. Afendras (ed.) Patterns of Bilingualism RELC Anthology Series 8, Singapore: Singapore University Press, l980, pp. 217-237.

10.      "Linguistic Issues in Black Communication: Comment", International Conference on Black Communication  (A Bellagio Conference, August 6-9, l979) Rockefeller Foundation Working Papers, New York, Rockefeller Foundation, l980, pp. 52-57.

11.    "Regional Languages in Nigeria: Hausa and Yoruba" in African Languages (Proceedings of the Meeting of Experts on the Use of Regional and Sub-regional African   Languages as media of Culture and Communication within the Continent, Bamako, Mali 18-22 June, 1979) Paris, UNESCO, l981, pp. 47-52.

12. "Standard Nigerian English: Issues of Identification" in B. Kachru (ed.) The Other Tongue: English Across Cultures, Urbana-Champaign: University of Illinois Press, l982, pp. 99-111.

13.        "Constituents of Yoruba Studies" in A. Afolayan (ed.) Yoruba Language and Literature, Ibadan: University of Ife Press and University Press Ltd., l982, pp. 1-12.

14.     "Lexical Matching in Yoruba Poetry" in A. Afolayan (ed.) op. cit. 1982, pp. 82-94.

15.   "On Devising, Reforming, and Harmonizing Orthographies in African Languages" in UNESCO African Languages: Proceedings of the Meeting of Experts on Transcription and Harmonization of African Languages, Paris: UNESCO, l981, pp. 46-57.

16.            "Local Languages Development: Policy and Practice" in B. Ikara (ed.) Nigerian
    Languages and Cultural Development, Lagos: National Language Center, l982,
      pp. 15-22.

17.   "African Languages and National Development: Actual and Potential" in A. Olabimtan (ed.) African Universities and the Development of African Languages, Accra: Association of African Universities, l982, pp. 1-8.

18.   Entries on "Crowther", "Sprachpolitik in Africa", and "Yoruba" in H. Jungraithmayr and W.J.G. Mohlig (eds.) Lexikon de Afrikanistik, Berlin: Dietrich Reimer Verlag Berlin, l983, pp. 65, 224-226, 271-272.

19.  "When is Language Planning Not Planning?" in Shiro Hattori and Kazuko Inoue (eds.) Proceedings of the XIIIth International Congress of Linguists, Tokyo, August 29-September 4, l982, Tokyo: The Proceedings Committee, l983, pp. 1156-1159.  A fuller version is published in Journal of West African Languages, XVII, 1, l987, pp. 6-14.

20.   "Minority Languages and Literacy" in Florian Coulmas (ed.) Linguistic Minorities and Literacy (Trends in Linguistics: Studies and Monographs 26).  Berlin: Mouton Publishers, l984, pp. 21-27.

21.       "Curriculum Development Trends in Yoruba" in Papers for the Conference on Review of Current Trends in Nigerian Educational Research (N.E.R.C. Pre-publication Edition), l985.

22.        "Barriers to Effective Education in West African Languages" in Kay Williamson (ed.)     West African Language in Education, Wien: Veroffentlichungen der Institut fuer Afrikanistik und Agyptologie der Universitat Wien, l985, pp. 22-38.

23.   "Reported Speech in Yoruba" in Florian Coulmas (ed.) Direct and Indirect Speech,        Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, l986, pp. 77-97.

24.  "Negation and Serial Verbal Construction Types in Yoruba" in Gerrit Dimmendaal (ed.) Current Approaches to African Linguistics, Vol.3, Dordrecht, Holland: Foris Publications, l986, pp. 31-40.

25.     "Language  in National Integration: Nigeria as a case study" in Joseph O. Okpaku, Alfred Opubor, & Benjamin O. Oloruntimehin (eds.) (1986). The Arts and Civilization  of Black and African Peoples  (Vol. 4: Black Civilization  and African Languages). FESTAC 1977 Colloquium Paper, Lagos: Centre for Black and African Arts and Civilization, pp. 60-70.

26.        "Language Norms" in Werner Bahner, Joachim Schildt, and Dieter Viehweger (eds.) Proceedings of the Fourteenth International Congress of Linguists, Berlin 10-15 August, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, 1987 pp. 105-113.
 
27.  "Pride and prejudice in multilingualism and development" in Richard Fardon and Graham Furniss (eds.) African Languages, Development and the State, London & New York: Routledge, 1993, pp. 33-43.

28.    "Language Policy Options in Basic Education: Implications for Policy Formulation" Leslie Limage (ed.) Language Policy, literacy and Culture Paris: Unesco, 1993,
                        pp. 23-30.

29.   "Language and Cross-cultural Communication" in Martin Putz Language in Contact  and  Conflict Situations Amsterdam: Benjamins, 1994, pp. 89-101.

30.     "Issues in Second Language Learning in a Multilingual Context"  in Lawrence F. Bouton and Yamuna Kachru (eds.) Pragmatics and Language Learning  Monograph No. 5, 1994, 25-38.

31. "Politeness across cultures: Implications for second language teaching" in  James E. Alatis (ed.) Georgetown University Round Table on Languages and Linguistics, Washington, D.C.: Georgetown University Press, 1994, pp. 117-127.

32. "The Importance of a Language Survey in Nigeria's National Development" in Noel Ihebuzor and Ismail  Jinadu  (eds.) Proceedings of the Seminar on Language Survey Planning. Lagos: Nigerian Educational Research and Development Council, 1994, pp. 5-10.

33.   "Fifteen Years of the National Policy on Education: How far has Language fared? in Wale Adegbite and Chukwuemeka Onuakaogu (eds.) Language in Education in Nigeria: Some Critical Perspectives (In Honour of Professor Adebisi Afolayan), Ile-Ife: Centre for Language in Education Development, 1994, 1-10.

34. "English in the Nigerian Environment" in Ayo Bamgbose, Ayo Banjo and Andrew     Thomas (eds.) New Englishes: A West African Perspective Ibadan: Mosuro Publishers for the British Council, 1995, pp. 9-26.

35.   "Three Decades of African Linguistic Research" in Akinbiyi Akinlabi (ed.) Theoretical Approaches to African Linguistics Trenton, NJ: Africa World Press, Inc., 1995, pp. 1-17.

36.       "Vowel deletion or vowel coalescence: a problem in Yoruba phonology" in Nolue Emenanjo and Ozo-mekuri Ndimele (eds.) Issues in African Languages and Linguistics: Essays in Honour of Kay Williamson, 1995, pp. 19-29.
 
37.           "Post-Imperial English in Nigeria" in  Joshua A. Fishman, Andrew A. Conrad & Alma Rubal-Lopez (eds.) Post-Imperial English: Status Change in Former British and  American Colonies, 1940-1990. Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, 1996, pp. 357-372.

38.   "The role of English in development across West Africa" in  Melvia Hasman, Aymerou Mbaye  & Andy Thomas (eds.) Across the West African Divide. Dakar: The British Council, 1997,  pp. 84-85.  

39. "Non-native Englishes on Trial" in Mary Esther Dakubu-Kropp (ed.) English
              in  Ghana. Accra: Ghana English  Studies Association, 1997,  pp. 9-22.

40.    "International Association of World Englishes (IAWE) and World Englishes: Which way forward?" in Larry Smith and Michael L. Forman (eds.) World Englishes 2000, Honolulu: University of Hawa'i and East West Center, 1997, pp. 204-208.

41.      "Language planning in West Africa" in Ayo Bamgbose (ed.) Sociolinguistics in West Africa, 2000, pp. 101-117.

42. "African Language Use and Development: Aspirations and Reality" in H. Ekkehard Wolff and Orin D. Gensler (eds.) Proceedings of the 2nd World Congress of African Linguistics, Leipzig 1977, Cologne: Ruediger Koeppe Verlag, 2000, pp. 19-32.

43.
      "Language and the African Renaissance" in H. Ekkehard Wolff (ed.) Tied
Tongues: The African Renaissance as a Challenge for Language Planning
, Muenster, LIT Verlag, 2003, pp. 39-60.

44.
      "English and Inequality: An African Perspective. In Segun Awonusi and A.
Babalola (eds.)(2004). The Domestication of English in Nigeria (A    Festschrift   in Honour of Abiodun Adetugbo). Lagos: University of Lagos Press, pp. 1-14.

45.
    "Negotiating English through Yoruba: Implications for Standard Nigerian English.
In Kola Owolabi and Ademola Dasylva (eds.)(2004). Forms and Functions of  English and Indigenous Languages in Nigeria (A Festschrift in Honour of Ayo Banjo). Ibadan: Group Publishers, pp. 612-630.

46.
    "Language planning and language policies: Issues and prospects" In Piet van
Sterkenburg (ed.)(2004) Linguistics Today: Facing a Greater Challenge. Amsterdam/Philadelphia: John Benjamins Publishing Company, pp. 61-88.

47.
    "Sauce for the Goose, Sauce for the Gander. Why an African child should be
  taught in an African Language. In: Making Multilingual Education a Reality for   All. Operationalizing Good Intentions. ed. by Joachim Friedrich Pfaffe, 2004.  Proceedings of the joint Third International Conference of the Association for the Development of African Languages in Education, Science and Technology (ADALEST) and the Fifth Malawian National Language Symposium held at Mangochi, Malawi, 30 August - 3 September 2004. Centre for Language Studies, University of Malawi and GTZ, pp. 18-36.

48. "Language Policies" In  Olga  Subirós (ed.). Voices. Forum Barcelona 2004, pp. 160-166.

49. "Mother-tongue education: Lessons from the Yoruba Experience. In: Languages of Instruction for African Emancipation: Focus on Postcolonial Contexts and Considerations, ed. by Birgit Brock-Utne and Rodney Kofi Hopson. Cape Town: CASAS; Dar es Salaam: Mkuki na Nyota, pp. 210-234.

50. "The Languages of Nigeria. In Fèlix Martí, Paul Ortega, Itziar  Idiazabal, Andoni Barrena, Patxi Juaristi, Carme Junyent, Belen Uranga and Estibaliz Amorrortu (eds.) (2005). Words and Worlds: World Languages Review. Clevedon: Multilingual Matters Ltd., pp. 50-51.


   C.         Articles   
1.        "Verbal-Nominal Collocations in Yoruba: A Problem of Syntactic Analysis", Journal of West African Languages 1.2 (l964), pp. 27-32.

2.    "Assimilation and Contraction in Yoruba", Journal of West African Languages, 1.2 (1965), pp. 65-69.

3.   "Linguistics and the Secondary School Teacher", West African Journal of Education 9.2 (l965), pp. 65-69.

                4.      "The Assimilated Low one in Yoruba", Lingua, 16:1 (l966), pp. 1-13.

             5.      "Nominal Classes in Mbe", Afrika and Uebersee, 49 (l965), pp. 32-53.

6.  "Notes on the Phonology of Mbe:, Journal of West African Languages, 4:1 (l967), pp. 5-11.
7.     "Tense/Aspect Forms in Mbe", Research Notes, Department of Linguistics, University of Ibadan, 1 (March, l967), pp. 12-20.

               8.      "Verbal Classes in Mbe", Afrika and Uebersee, 50 (1967), pp. 173-193.

9. "Language Teaching in Nigeria - A Linguistic Viewpoint", West African Journal of Education, 11:3 (1967) pp. 151-155.

10. "First Language Interference", Journal of the Nigeria English Studies Association, 2:1 (1968), pp. 47-50.

11.    "Vowel Harmony in Yoruba", Journal of African Languages, 6:3 (l967), pp. 268-273.

12.    "The Form of Yoruba Proverbs", Odu. University of Ife, Journal of African Studies, 4:2 (1968), pp. 74-86.

13.    "Yoruba Studies Today", Odu, A Journal of West African Studies, No. 1 (April 1969), pp. 85-100.

14.      "The Relationship of English and the Vernacular Throughout the Primary and Secondary Schools", Journal of the Nigeria English Studies Association, 3:1 (1969), pp. 79-87.

               15.     "Yoruba Folk Tales:, Ibadan, 27 (October, l969), pp. 6-12.

16.   "Word Play in Yoruba Poetry", International Journal of American Linguistics, 36:2 (1970), pp. 110-116.

17.       "The Verb-Infinitive Phrase in Yoruba", Journal of West African Languages, 8:1 (1971), pp. 37-52.

18.    "Registers of English", Journal of the Nigeria English Studies Association, 4:1 (1970), pp. 81-88.

19.   "The Meaning of Olodumare: An Etymology of the Name of the Yoruba High God",  African Notes (Bulletin of the Institute of African Studies, University of Ibadan), Vol. VII, No. 1 (1972), pp. 25-32.

20. "The Modifying Serial Construction", Studies in African Linguistics 4:2 (July, l973), pp. 207-217.

21.     "Linguistics and Language Education: Problems and Prospects", Anthropology and Language Science in Educational Development (UNESCO Educational Studies and Documents No. 11), Paris, UNESCO l973, pp. 27-31.

22. "On Serial Verbs and Verbal Status", Journal of West African Languages, Vol. 9, No. 1, l974, pp. 17-48.

23.      "Models of Communication in Multilingual States", Journal of the Language Association of Eastern Africa, Vol. 4, No. 1, l979, pp. 5-18, also in West African Journal of Modern Languages, Vol. 3, l978, pp. 60-65.  Available in microfiche in the Center of Applied Linguistics ERIC Reports.  Also reproduced in Asmah Haji Omar (ed.) National Language and Communication in Multilingual Societies, Kuala Lumpur: National Language Center, l987.

24.        "Questions and Roles: The Example of Yoruba", Afrika and Uebersee, Band LXIII, l980, pp. 21-38.

25.      "Pronouns, Concord and Pronominalization", Afrika and Uebersee, Band LXIII, l980, pp. 189-198.

26.       "Are Yoruba Adverbs Really Nouns?", Journal of West African Languages, Vol II, 1976, pp. 21-40.

27.      "Languages in Contact: Yoruba and English in Nigeria", Education and Development, Vol. 2, No. 1, January 1982, pp. 329-341.

28.  "Issues in the Analysis of Serial Verbal Constructions", Journal of West African Languages, Vol. 12, No. 2, l982, pp. 3-21.

29.  "Education in Indigenous Languages: The West African Model of Language Education", The Journal of Negro Education,Vol. 52, No. 1, l983, pp. 57-64.

30.   "On Timeless Sentences in Yoruba", Journal of Nigerian Languages, No. 1, July 1983, pp. 1-16.

31.        "Mother Tongue Medium and Scholastic Attainment: The Nigerian Experience", Prospects, Vol XIV, No. 1, 1984, pp. 87-93.  (Translated into French, Arabic, Spanish, and Russian).

32.      "Language and Nation Building", Review of English and Literary Studies, (Special        Number entitled Language and Polity) Vol. 2, No. 2, 1985, pp. 95-108.

           33.     "Issues for a Model of Language Planning", Language Problems and Language                               Planning, Vol. 13, No. 1, 1989, pp. 24-34.
                    
34.       "Language and the National Question in Nigeria" African Notes XIV: 1&2, 1990, pp. 70-80.

35.     "Deprived, Endangered and Dying Languages" Diogenes, 161, 4:1, 1993, pp. 19-25.

36.      "Nigeria's [Language] Choice" The UNESCO Courier (Translated into 32 languages and in Braille), Feb. 1994, pp. 22-26.

37.        "On 'new/non-native' Englishes: Comment by Ayo Bamgbose"  in Evangelos A. Afendras et. al. "On 'new/non-native' Englishes: A gamelan Journal of Pragmatics 24, 1995, pp. 302-305.                   

38. "Torn between the norms: innovations in world Englishes" World Englishes 17:1, 1998, pp. 1-14.

39. "African Language Development and Language Planning" Social Dynamics. 25:1, Winter 1999, pp. 13-30.

40. "New Directions in West African Language Studies" Journal of West African Languages,  28:1, 2000/2001, pp. 115-116.

41. "Coreferentiality and Focus in Textual Cohesion: Evidence from Yoruba" Journal of West African Languages,  28:2, 2000/2001, pp. 59-70.

42. "World Englishes and Globalization" World Englishes, 20:3, 2001, pp. 357-363.

43. "Mission and Vision of the African Academy of Languages" Special Bulletin ACALAN (African Academy of Languages), January, 2002.

44. "Collaboration and Initiative in African Language Teaching" Journal of the African Language Teachers' Association, vol. 3,  2003, pp.1-17.

45. "A recurring decimal: English in language policy and planning" World Englishes, 22:4,  2003, pp. 419-431.

D.       Review Articles

1. Review of  Augustin Simo-Bobda  (1994). Aspects of Cameroon English Phonology  In  World Englishes, 14: 3, 391-396 (1995).

2.   Review of  Robert Phillipson (ed.) (2000) Rights to language: Equity, power and
      education and Milkos, Contra, Robert Phillipson, Tove Skutnabb-Kangas & Tibor
      Varady (eds.) (1999) Language, a right and a resource: approaching linguistic human
      Rights. In Language in Society, 30, 639-643 (2001).

  
E.      Dissertation and Other Unpublished Papers

1.     The Nominal Group in Yoruba and a Comparison with the English Nominal Group, Edinburgh University: Dissertation for the Diploma in General Linguistics, 1961.

                2.      (with R.G. Armstrong) Mathematical Concepts in Yoruba, Ibadan, l974,                            (mimeographed).

3.       "Linguistics Teaching in Nigeria", Chapter in International Survey on the Univeristy Teaching of Linguistics ed. T.A. Sebok (Commissioned by UNESCO, 1973, but still unpublished).

4.    "Second Language Teaching in Nigeria", UNESCO Meeting of Experts on Diversification of Methods and Techniques for Teaching a Second Language, UNESCO, Paris, September 15-20, 1975.

5.   "Relativization or Nominalization? - A Case of Structure Versus Meaning", University of Ibadan Linguistics Seminar, December 4, 1975.

6. "Data and Theory in Linguistics", XII International Congress of Linguists, Roundtable on Linguistics as an Empirical Science, Vienna, August 29 - September 2, l977, (Abstract and Discussion published in the Proceedings).

7.  "Language Teaching in a Multilingual Situation", UNESCO Meeting of Experts on Language Teaching in a Bi- or Plurilingual and Multicultural Environment,, UNESCO,        Paris, December 19-23, 1977.
           
8. "Corpus Planning in Yoruba: The Radio as a Case Study", Fifteenth West
                       African Languages Congress, University of Port Harcourt, April 4-10, 1982.

9.   "Language, Literacy and National Development", Keynote Paper, 3rd Annual Conference, Linguistic Association of Nigeria, University of Ilorin, August 18-22, 1982.

10.    "Challenges and Responses in Mother Tongue Teaching in Nigeria", UNESCO Multidisciplinary Symposium on the Evolution of Content and Methods of Language Teaching in Developing Countries and the Production of Teaching Materials Suited to National Needs and Bilingual or Plurilingual Education, Paris, April 25-29, 1983.

11.              "The Role of Linguistic Research in Moulding Language Policy", UNESCO International  Seminar Concerning Current Problems of Linguistic Research in African        and Caribbean  countries, UNESCO, Paris, September 24-27, 1985.

12.      "Fagunwa and the Cult of Realism" Chapter in Papers on D.O. Fagunwa (to be edited by A. Olabimtan), 1986.
              
13.     "Iha ti Fagunwa ko si Ise-ona Iwe Itan Aroso", (Fagunwa and the art of the Novel).      Lecture delivered on the occasion of the 25th Anniversary of D.O. Fagunwa's death.  University of Ibadan, Ibadan, December 15, 1988.

14. "Mother Tongue Education: The Nigerian Experience", Ogun State University 1989 Convocation Lecture, January 30, l989.

15.        "When rules fail: The pragmatics of vowel elision in Yoruba" Paper presented at the Linguistics Association of Nigeria Conference, University of Jos, July 31- August 4, 1989.      
                 
16.        "Language Situations and Education in Sub-Saharan Africa" Paper prepared for the World Conference on Education for All, Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences,  Stanford, October 16-17, 1989.

17.        "Issues in the Teaching of Nigerian Languages", Paper presented at the 14th Annual      Conference of the Committee of Provosts, Colleges of Education, Nigeria at the College of Education, Ijebu-Ode, September 10-15, 1990.

18.       "How to Achieve Communicative Effectiveness in the Language of Broadcasting", Keynote Paper presented at the Federal Ministry of Information Workshop on the Nigerian Media and Language Use, Gateway Hotel, Otta, March 21-22, 1991.

19.        "General Problems of Implementation of the Language Provisions of the National Policy on Education", Keynote Address delivered at the Federal Ministry of Education Seminar on the Implementation of the Language Provisions of the National Policy on Education, Gateway Hotel, Ota, October 6-10, 1991.

20.    "Language Policy and Practice in Education: The Nigerian Experience", Paper presented at the International Conference on Bilingualism and National Development: Current Perspectives and Future Trends (BAND 91) 9-12, 1991, December, Brunei Darussalam.

21.    "Intangible Cultural Heritage: Problems of Safeguarding and Revitalization" Paper read at the International Consultation on New Perspectives for Unesco's Program: The Intangible Cultural Heritage, Unesco, Paris, June 16-17, 1993.       

22. "Language Planning Concerns and Language Education" SLATE Speaker Series, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, November 22, 1993.

23.     "Language Prejudice and Language Policy in Africa" Public Lecture delivered at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, March 6, 1995.
                    
24. "African Language Situation and its Implications for Language Planning and Education" Paper presented at the Pan-African Seminar on African Language Education,  Accra, Ghana, August 26-30, 1996.

25. "Linguistic Diversity and Literacy: Issues and Way Forward. Workshop on Literacy and  Linguistic Diversity, ECML, Graz, June 23 - 25, 2005.

26. "Language Policies in Africa".  UNESCO WSIS Thematic Meeting.  Multilingualism For Cultural Diversity and Participation of All in Cyberspace. Palais des Congrès, Bamako, 6-7 May, 2005.

27. "Multilingualism in Democracy. Workshop on Multilingualism and Development: Education in an integrated society. University of Western Cape, South Africa. February 25-26, 2005.

28. "Relationship between English and African Languages. Consultative Meeting on Partnership Between African and Other Languages in Africa, Bamako, Palais des Congrès, 5 May 2005.



F.      Lectures on General Topics (Published and Unpublished)

1.        "The Purpose of University Education", in L.A. Banjo and S.O. Unoh (eds.) University Study Guidance lectures, Ibadan: University of Ibadan Reading Center, 1972.

2.      "The Humanities in the Context of Science and Technology", Lecture delivered at 2nd Faculty of Arts Annual Seminar, University of Lagos, May 7-10, 1986.

3.      "The Concept and Purpose of University Education", in Kayode Ajayi (ed.), Towards Full Integration into the University System, Ogun State University Orientation Lecture Series, Ago-Iwoye, 1987.

4.     "A View from the Ivory Tower".  A Valedictory Lecture delivered at the University of Ibadan, 1991.  

4. "The role of The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) in the Nigerian University System" Paper prepared for the Committee of Vice-Chancellors' Annual Seminar, April 1993.

5. Towards a Culture of Social Responsibility. Lecture In Honour of Wole Soyinka
at Seventy. Ibadan: Development Policy Centre, 2005.

6. "Humanities and University Education" Workshop on Restoring Excellence in the  Faculty of Arts, University of Ado-Ekiti, June 2-3, 2005.






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