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Abioye Taiwo Olubunmi

Contents

  1. College
  2. School
  3. Department
  4. Programme
  5. Research Interests
  6. Awards & Honours
  7. Selected Publications (18)
  8. Collaboration/Linkages
  9. Conferences Attended
  10. Curriculum Vitae

Prof Taiwo Olubunmi Abioye

Professor of English (Stylistics and Applied Linguistics)

Ph.D, M.A., B.Ed.,

College

College of Leadership Development Studies

School

Departments (SLD)

Department

Languages and General Studies

Programme

English

Research Interests

Literary and Discourse Stylistics

Applied Linguistics

Media Language

Language Arts

English Literacy

Awards & Honours

2010: ISA grant for 2010 World Congress, Gothenburg, Sweden.

1982: Department of English Prize for Best Graduating Student in English. Borno State, Advanced Teachers’ College, Maiduguri.

1982: Flora Waziri Prize for Philosophy of Education. Borno State Advanced Teachers’ College, Maiduguri.

1976: Certificate of Merit as member, Students’ Representative Council. BTC, Bauchi.

Selected Publications (18)

1. Pervasiveness of Conduct Disorder in Special Correctional Centres in Lagos, Nigeria

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2. Adoption Of Computer Assisted Language Learning Software Among Nigerian Secondary Schools’ Students

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3. Discourse Mapping of Online News on Fuel Subsidy Removal in Nigeria

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4. The Prevalence, Effects, and Reactions to Use of Short Message Services in University Settings in South West Nigeria

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5. “Language and Socio-cultural Assumptions in Nigerian Media Messages”. In Culture, Media, Technology and Psycho-Social Development in Nigeria.

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6. Typology of Rhetorical Questions as a Stylistic Device in Writing.

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7. The Power and Politics of Satirical Discourse in some Nigerian Newspapers.

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8. ‘Pentecostal’ Language and Conflict Resolution in Africa

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9. Male and Female in Ola Rotimi’s Our Husband Has Gone Mad Again: A Sociolinguistic Overview

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10. Rhetorical Questions and Message Effectiveness in Nigerian Media Texts

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11. Integrating Reading and Writing Skills in Nigerian Schools Using Newspaper Texts

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12. Perception of Undergraduate Newspaper Readers on the Role of the Media in Literacy Development in Nigeria

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13. The Routledge Handbook of Applied Linguistics. Editor: James Simpson, 2011.

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14. Language and Ideology in George Ehusani’s Writings

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15. Multilingualism. Lagos: NOUN

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16. Preference for Rhetorical Questions as an Index of Textual Message Effectiveness.

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17. A Socio-cultural Analysis of Yoruba Discourse Pat terns in selected Child Welfare Clinics in Southwestern Nigeria.

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18. A Lexico-Stylistic Analysis of Kaine Agary’s Yellow-Yellow.

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Collaboration/Linkages

Membership of Professional Bodies
1. International Sociological Association (ISA): RC 25: Language and Society & RC 32: Women and Migration.
2. Secretary, Executive Board, RC 25 (2010-2014)
3. Member, Editorial Board of Language, Discourse & Society.(2010-2014)
4. Reading Association of Nigeria (RAN)
5. Nigeria English Studies Association (NESA).
6. International Reading Association (IRA).

Collaboration attracted to the University:
a. Collaborated with Nigeria English Studies Association (NESA) to host 27th NESA Conference in November 2010.
b. In Collaboration with Prof. Ulrike Gut, Chair, ICE Nigeria on The Codification of the Grammar of Nigerian English.
c. English Studies Compass Vol 1.(in collaboration with LASU, UNILAG, OAU, etc).

Conferences Attended

1. 1992: 12th Annual International Conference on African Literature and English Language (ICALEL), University of Calabar, Nigeria, 4th May.

2. 2000: “Language Problems and Teaching Strategies for Remedial Instruction in the JSS”. Paper presented as a Resource Person at the St. Bartholomew Schools, Wusasa- Zaria. 27-28 January.

3. 2000: “Towards a more realistic Education of the Girl-Child”. Paper presented at the 2nd NAWACS International Conference, University of Abuja, Gwagwalada, Nigeria, 5th – 10th September.

4. 2002: “Improving Interactive Teaching and Writing”. Paper presented at the RAN Workshop for Teachers, TRADOC, Minna. 20-22 November.

5. 2006a: Abioye, T. O. & Simpson, A. “Pentecostal Language as an Emerging Trend in Conflict resolution within the Yoruba Family Setting in Nigeria”, Paper presented at the 2nd National Conference on the Family. Benue State University, Makurdi. 12 -15 March.

6. 2006b: “Language Testing in Large Classes”. Paper Presented at the College of Human Development Workshop on “Trends in English Language Learning, Teaching & Testing”. Covenant University, Ota. 2-4, November.

7. 2006c:“Teaching Reading Comprehension”. Paper Presented at the College of Human Development Workshop on “Trends in English Language Learning, Teaching &Testing”. Covenant University, Ota. 2-4, November.

8. 2007a: “Language, Style and the Contribution of Rhetorical Questions to Media Messages”. Paper presented at College of Human Development Seminar Series, Covenant University, Ota. 22 April.

9. 2007b: Language Implications of Media Literacy (as Communication) through Book Development in Nigeria. Paper Presented at 5th Pan-African Conference, University of Ghana, Legon. August 6-10.

10. 2007c. A Discourse Analysis of Language of Communication in Child Welfare Clinics, in South-Western Nigeria. Paper presented at the African Council for Communication Educators (ACCE) Conference, ABU, Zaria. Sept 4-8.

11. 2008: Perception of Undergraduate Newspaper Readers on the Role of the Media in Literacy Development. Paper Presented at First RAN Mid- Term Conference, Conference Centre, University of Ibadan. 9-13 October.

12. 2010: Emerging Paradigms in Digital Discourse: A Stylistic Analysis of Short Messaging Systems in Nigeria. Paper presented at Nigeria English Studies Association (NESA) Conference, Tai Solarin University of Education (TASUED), Ijebu- Ode. Jan. 17-19.

13. 2010: Stylistic Symmetry in Short Messaging Systems in Nigeria. Paper Presented at ISA World Congress 2010 Gothenburg, Sweden. July 11-17. Session 7: New Language Forms in Computer –Mediated Communication.

14. 2012: Discourse Mapping of Online Feature Articles, Editorials and Headlines on Fuel Subsidy Removal in Nigeria. Paper Presented at the Language, Literature and Communication in the Globalised & Digital Age Conference, OAU, Ile-Ife. Aug. 20-23.

Curriculum Vitae

TAIWO ABIOYE CV- AUGUST, 2016.pdf 489.16 kB
 
 
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