Experience

University of Ibadan

• Nigeria
• Research Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Professor



Department of Linguistics and African Languages, University of Ibadan, Ibadan.

• Professor

  • Oct 2006 - Present

  Courses Taught:LIN 101 Language and LinguisticsLIN 121 Introductory GrammarLIN 172 Language Use and Language AttitudesLIN 231 Writing and OrthographyLIN 271 The Linguistic Situation in NigeriaLIN 272 Introduction to SociolinguisticsLIN 353 DialectologyLIN 372 Multilingualism and Language PlanningLIN 374 Introduction to Field Methods in SociolinguisticsLIN 381 The Ethnography of CommunicationLIN 391 Language in EducationLIN 401 B.A. Project SupervisionLIN 472 Language Acquisition and Second Language LearningLIN 473 The Sociolinguistic Situation in AfricaLIN 701 M.A. Project SupervisionLIN 771 Topics in SociolinguisticsLIN 772 Field Methods in SociolinguisticsLIN 781 Topics in Psycholinguistics(YORUBA)LIY 111 Yoruba Comprehension and CompositionLIY 121 Introduction to Patterns in YorubaLIY 211 The Yoruba LanguageLIY 222 Yoruba Grammar ILIY 232 The Yoruba Sound SystemLIY 321 Yoruba Grammar II

• Supervision of M. Phil/Ph.D and Ph.D Projects

  • 2000 - 2012

  i) Aforteka’a Neba FONTEM (2004) Pidgin Influence on Anglophone English Language Proficiency in Bamenda, Cameroon. Ph.D Thesis ii) Samuel Ayodele DADA (2006) Erushu-Yoruba Endoglossic Bilingualism and Language Alternation in Akoko, Southwestern Nigeria. Ph.D Thesis. iii) Jacob Oludare FADORO (2010) Phonological and Lexical Variations in Akokoid. Ph.D Thesis.iv) Bibiana Onyebuchi ANYANWU (2011) Multilinguaism and Linguistic Accommodation in Warri Metropolis, Nigeria. Ph.D Thesis. v) Adewale Olu ADEDIRAN(2012) An Investigation of Language Use in the Urban Community of Port-Novo. Benin Republic. Ph.D Thesis.vi) Emeka Chiegboka Cyrinus IFESIEH(2012) A Contrastive Study of Metaphor in the German Translation of Things Fall Apart and The Famished Road. Ph.D Thesis.vii) Olusegun OKEDIGBA (2009) A Dialectology of Onko Yoruba. M.Phil.viii) Joseph Omoniyi FRIDAY-OTUN (2009) A Study of Illocutionary Acts of Young Children in Ilorin. M.Phil.

• Reader

  • Oct 2003 - Sep 2006

• Senior Lecturer

  • Oct 1994 - Sep 2003

• Lecturer I

  • Oct 1990 - Sep 1994

• Lecturer II

  • Oct 1987 - Sep 1990

• Assistant Lecturer

  • Feb 1985 - Sep 1987



University of Ibadan, Ibadan.

• Administrative Experience

  • 1986 - Present

  a) Staff Adviser, Linguistics Students’ Association, 1986 –2002b) Assistant Librarian, Linguistics Departmental Library, 1987-2002.c) Departmental Representative on the Faculty of Arts Senior Common Room Committee, 1987 to 1990d) Member, Faculty Office Allocation Committee 1988 to 1992e) Staff/Students Liaison Officer, Dept. of Linguistics and African Languages, 1989/90 Session.f) Faculty Representative on the Senate Computer Committee, 1989-1992.g) Faculty Representative on the Board of Arts Studies, 1991/92 Sessionh) Supervisor, GES 101: Use of English, University of Ibadan General Studies Programme.i) Assistant Warden, Mellanby Hall, 1991-1997.j) Warden, Mellanby Hall, 1997-2003.k) Congregation Representative at University Senate, 1995-2000l) Member, Senate Telephone Committee, 1995/1996m) Deparmental Examination Officer, 1999-2002n ) Member, Investigation Panel of the Clash between Students and Non Teaching Staff at the Power Station, Maintenance Yard and the Abduction of the Dean of Students, January 9 - 11, 2000.o) Member, Panel D of the Senior Staff Disciplinary Committee, 2002p) Member, Ad Hoc Commitee on the Review of Students Information Handbook, 2002. q) Faculty Representative on the Faculty Appointments and Promotions Committee 2000/2001 Session.r) Acting Head, Department of Linguistics and African languages, 2004-2006.s) Member, University of Ibadan Senate, 2006 to date.t) Faculty Representative on the University Central Appointments and Promotions Committee 2009 to 2012.u) Member, University Housing Loans Committee, 2009 to 2010v) Member, Senate Library Committee, 2010 to 2011.w) Deputy Director (Administration), University of Ibadan Distance Learning Centre, 2011-



Department of English, Lagos State University, Ojo, Lagos.

• Visiting Professor

  • Nov 2008 - Oct 2009



Department of Language and Linguistics, Osun State University.

• Adjunct Professor

  • Jan 2007 - Jun 2009



Dept of Linguistics, University of Ghana, Legon, Accra

• Visiting Lecturer

  • Nov 1992 - Dec 1993



Department of English, University College of Education, Winneba, Ghana.

• Adjunct Lecturer

  • May 1993 - Sep 1993



Oyo State college of Education, Wesley Campus, Ibadan.

• Lecturer III

  • May 1984 - Jan 1985

  Courses Taught Use of English Introduction to the study of Language. Background to Literature. Introduction to Syntax. Varieties of English. Semantics. Morphology and Syntax.



Borno College of Agriculture, Maiduguri

• 1981/82 NYSC.

  • Aug 1981 - Jul 1982

  Lecturer – Pre-technical Department