Table of Contents

Dedication vii Preface viii

Section One: Language & Society

1. The Linguistic Association of (LAN) and the Promotion of Language and Linguistics 1 Ayo Bamgbose

2. Using Africa’s Indigenous Languages as Tools for Sustainable Development: A Pragmatic Approach 5 Kola Owolabi

3. Variations in TransmSsion of Mesage of Proverb between Hausa & Swahili Cultures 33 Xahiru Muhammad Argungu

4. The Mass Media as an Agent of Cultural Transmission and Globalization: The Language Perspective 45 Sadiya Sani Daura

5. Towards Investigating Perceived Endangerment Status of the Igala Language 63 Joseph Abuh

6. Body Language as Social Dialect in Hausa Cultoe 75 Aliyu M u١azu

7. A Semantic S^dy of Obscenity Verbal ^ 83 Butari Nahum Upah

8. Honorifics in Igala 93 Abdullahi Ahmad

9. Semantic Changes Ail Annotativi Exploration of Select Hausa Political Coinages 101 Khalid Imam 10. A Sociolinguistic Appraisal of Preparation in Nigeria 117 Abdul Kabeer ГгНатгуи O tiu yi

11. Language Issues in Nigeria 127 Usman Ahmadu Mohammed

12. Language in National Development: The Nigerian Perspective 151 Ndubmsi Ogbonna Ahamefula

13. Religion: The Cultural Language of Order & Stability in Society 171 Bartholomew Chidili

Section Two: Applied Linguistics 14. тае City at the Edge of Forever- Sources on the History of Kano, Nigeria 183 Abdalla Uba Adamu

15. Errors of Translation of Leaflets of some Pharmaceutical Products Made in Nigeria: English to French 209 Bashir Muhammad Sambo

16. Study Hausa, Understand Kanakuru 221 P i l Newman

17. Choosing the Language for Literacy: The Nigerian Experience 231 Appolonia Uzoak Obudishu

18. An Overview of the Procedures & Guidelines for the Development & Approval of Orthographies of Nigerian Languages 243 Garba D.Gandu

19. NEEDS Analysis of Igbo for Specific Purposes: The Case ofNon-Igbo Speaking Youth Corps Members 253 Ndubmsi o.Ahamefula & Evelyn EziYiwanne i a h

20. ■ R o l e of the English L ^ ^ g e in h and Learning of Mathematics 269 Hinjari & Joyce N. Ishaku ل .Hosea Yakubu, Doratlay K

21. Endangered Languages and Sừategies for their Preservation inNigeria 281 Ramlatu Jibir D a ia

22. Teaching Poefry at the Secondary School: A Tripartite Approach 291 Isma 41 Bala

23· A Cojpus-Based Analysis of “Credit” & “Loan” in a Business English Classroom 301 Sani Yantandu Uba

24. Challenges of the Multicultural Natoe of Nigerian Universities in Effective Classroom Discourse in General English Lessons 315 Clifford Irikefe Gbeyonron

25. Towards a Stable Orthography for Urhobo 331 Odirin Victor Abonyi

26. Computerization and Presentation of West African Pre-colonial Manuscripts: A Case Study of Hausa Ajami 353 Yakubu Aliyu Gobir

27· The Use of Adjuncts in Descriptive & Narrative Essays: A Comparative Analysis of Some Smdents’ Essays 363 Bala Xanyaro Aminu

28. Investigating Sftidents’ Reticence in the Nigerian Classroom 375 Bashir Ibrahim & Usman Ambu Muhammad

29. Kambari Ortho^aphy 385 Gimba Benjamin

Section Three: Literature，Culture，Stylistics & Gender Studies

30. Wa’azi in : A Manipulation of Religious Discourse 391 31. Laughter in a Multilingual Society AUyu Måammad B iz a

32. Symbolic Values of Language in the Context of Globalization 411 N in a P ila k

33· Digging their Grave; Burying their Dead; & Writing their Epitaph: Feminism ，Womanism, & Northern Nigeria’s Women Writers 423 Ibrahim A. M. Malumfashi

34. Culture，Language & the Meaning of Colour Terms in three Nigerian Languages: A Study of Idiomatic & Metaphorical Usages 455 Rabi Abdulsalam Ibrahim

35. тае Making of Hausa L ite ra to e r 471 Aliya Adamu Ahmad

36. Tearing the Veil of kisibility: Balkisu A k a d & the Feminist Instinct/Tkst in Sa ,adatu Sa ,ar Mata. 487 Asabe Kabir Usman

37· Culture and Communication Diversity: A Challenge to both Smdents & Teachers in Inclusive Settings 501 Hassana Sani Dam a & ١varzo Aishatu B astru Mẩammad G

38. Power and Asymmeừy in Nigerian Police-Suspect Discourse 513 ١vaju Farinde Raiju Olanre

39. The African Novel & Female Revolutionary Characters: Mariama Ba’s So Long A Letter and Abubảar Gmba١s Sacred Apples 527 Umar Saje

40. Idiomatic Lexis of Body Component Expressions in Hausa Tijjani SHek Almajir 41. Text & Context Perspective on Religious Discourse 559 Salisu Alhaji Sadi

42· Using Corpora In Discourse Analysis: A Case of the Nigerian 2011 General Elections 567 Sani Uba Yantandu

Section Four·. Formal Linguistics

43. Word Families in Hausa 579 Russell G. Schuh

44. The Development & Harmonization of Hausa Orthography 599 LawanXanladi Yalwa

45. The Interface between Phonology & s^tax : A Case of Stability of Tones of Hausa Direct & Indirect Object Clitic Pronouns 613 LãanXanladi Yalwa

46. The Status ofDeterminers and Quantifiers Radfordian Approach 631 Mukhtar A. Yusuf

47. j-z'-Derìved Nominals in Yomba 645 Ọlảdiípộ Ajíbóyè

48. Lexicalization as a Gradual Process in Hausa Reduplication 667 Hqflzu Miko Yaksai

49. The Pronominal System ofKolokuma-Izon 691 Ebìnì-Ipirì R. WorufaVi ه Enieketin c. Enejare

50. Deletion in Hausa 705 Abdulhamid Abubakr

51. l a t About Passivization in Warji? 737 Ibriszimow Dymỉừỉ & Aisha fya Ahmed 52· The Syllable Structoe of Izere 753 IsKa & Andrew H a ria Victoria I. N٠

53. The Sociolinguistic Dimension of Reduplication in ؤ6ر the Nigerian LinguStic Terrain Salisu Ahmed Yaksai

54· The Noun Phrase in Kolokuma-Izon 771 Enieketm c, Eneware & Ebini-Ipiri R. Worufah

55. On the Status of the D o iste p in Yoruba 787 Kolawole Adeniyi

56. Hausa Deverbal Noun Forms and their Metonymic Affinity from the Cognitive Perspective 803 Yakubu Magaji Azare

57. Nominal Inflection m Bassa 809 Imoh Philip Manda

58. The Psychological Reality of the Phoneme: Evidence from Ngas speakers of English 823 Polycarp. N. Dajang

59. S t a x of Pronominal Subject in Igala 833 Salem Ochala Ejeba

60. An Acoustic Investigation oflgbo Vowels 843 Linda Chinelo Nkmigùo

61. An Optimality Analysis of Tone & Vowel Harmony in Oworo 863 Adebola Ayoola Isaiah

62. Vowel Harmony in Ekiti Dialect ofYoruba 881 B a lo g i Nasrudeen A knbi

63. Deixis in Obolo 891 Ataisi Emiya Gladday

64. Existential Sentences of Hausa: A Stìidy of Movement Operations 901 AG. Batagana

65. Aspects of TsuresheMoiphology 911 Apollos Agamalafiya

66. An Autosegmental Account of Reduplication in Hausa &Yoruba 923 Ibrahim Awwal

61. Negative Concord in Hausa·· A Minimalist Account 931 Abubakr Muhammad

68. The Presence of Portuguese in Some African Languages 955 Sergio Baldi

69. Verb Derivation in Вига 977 MoHammed A m il Muazu & Fibi Balami

70. Moşhology-Syntax Interaction in the Derivation of Nominal Compounds in Yomba 985 Oye Taiwo

71. The Head-feature Parameter and the Igbo Verb Compound 1011 AmaechiB. Oha

72· A Systemic Linguistic Analysis ofLegalese: The Case of Independent C o ip t Practices & other Related Offences Act ，2000 1025 S.I. Abochol

73. Focus C onsÉtions in Urhobo 1037 Eseoghene Aleh

74. Head-Modifier Shift in Igbo 1045 Stephen Madu Anurudu & Ayo Bamgbose

75. A Comparative Lexical Study ofKilba & Margi Amos Dlibugunaya 76. Sentence Sưucture in Gokana 1075 Β.Η. Isaac

ᄀ ᄀ . Nigerian Pidgn: Ал Overview 1087 Οζο-mekurỉ Ndimele

A Brief Profile of Professor Abubakar Adamu Rasheed 1109