Table of Contents,

Tunde Opeibi (Herausgeber)
Josef Schmied (Herausgeber)
Tope Omoniyi (Herausgeber)
Kofo Adedeji (Herausgeber)
Essays on Language in Societal Transformation
A Festschrift in Honour of Segun Awonusi
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Contents
Preface
Foreword
Acknowledgements
Segun Awonusi : Biodata/Laudation
Segun Awonusi: The Interview
SECTION A: Phonetics & Phonology
Nigerian Received Pronunciation
Jowitt, David
3
Anatomoacoustic Evidence for Obstruents and Sonorants:
An Illustration with English Segmental Phonemes
Jolayemi, ‘Demola
15
RP in Nigeria: Prestige vs. Intelligibility
Adedeji, Kofo
29
Word Stress in Nigerian English
Anyagwa, Carol
41
The English Language and Spelling Pronunciation:
A Case Study of the Phenomenon in Esan
Okunsebor, F.O.
55
SECTION B: English Language in Nigeria
The English Language in Global and Nigerian Settings
Eka, David
65
The linguistic hegemony of the English language in Nigeria
Mustapha, Abolaji S.
77
English in Nigerian Settings: Recent Lexicoining in Nigerian English
Bamiro, Edmund
87
Illocutionary Acts in Antenatal Health Talks:
A Case Study of a Hospital in Southwestern Nigeria
Unuabonah, F. and Rotimi Taiwo
97
A Construction of Social Reality in Systemic Functional Theory
Daramola, Adeyemi
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SECTION C: Sociolinguistics & New Media
Language in the Service of Democracy in Nigeria:
A Discourse Study of the Resignation Address of Mr. Honourable Speaker
Opeibi, Tunde
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Sociolinguistic Variation in Bilingual Speech:
Code-Switching and Code-Mixing in Central Lagos
Shodipe, Mojisola
137
A Morphological Study of the Use of Pidgin in
Selected Nigerian Electronic Media Advertisements
Osisanwo, Ayo
155
Interactional Language in Business Correspondence in Nigeria
Osoba, Joseph
173
Gricean Pragmatics and Proverbs in Wole Soyinka’s
Death and the King’s Horseman
Farinde, R.O
181
Internet English in Nigeria: New Data - New Discourses?
Schmied, Josef
189
New Media and the Transformation of Political Cultures in Nigeria:
Exploring a corpus-based discourse approach
Opeibi, Tunde
209
SECTION D: Applied Linguistics and General Education
Developing Critical and Functional Literacy through Literature:
A Means of Enhancing Students’ Communicative Competence
Ikonta, N.R. and Anemeje Israel
235
The Sustainability Challenge: Taking the Nigerian Integrated English
Studies Programme to the Next Level in the 21st Century
Maduekwe, A.N.
247
The Reality of Climate Change and its implications for the use of
English Vocabulary, Proverbs and Nursery Rhymes in Nigeria
Alabi, Victoria
261
Evaluation of Learning Outcomes: Implications for School Teachers
Ajayi, O. Abiodun
271
Management and Leadership in the Contemporary University:
Strategies for a Rescue Operation
Ijaduola, K.O.
279
Education and the Challenges of Poor Performance
in Key Subjects of the Nigerian Curriculum
Ogunsaju, Segun
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