CORPORA ISSUES IN PROTOPROVERBIALS AND POSTPROVERBIALS OF YORUBA CULTURE

Autor: Rasaq Atanda Ajadi, Taiwo Oloruntoba-Oju

Publikováno v: Proverbium, Vol 40, Iss 1 (2023)

Paroemia has been established as residual knowledge bequeathed by culture and tradition. However, the fact that society is always in a state of flux has made the exploration of corpora on postproverbials expedient. This study explores the problem of

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Issues in introducing indigenous languages in higher education in Africa

Autor: Taiwo Oloruntoba-Oju, Bert van Pinxteren

Publikováno v: Language Problems and Language Planning. John Benjamins Publishing Company
Language Problems and Language Planning

As the most populous African nation, with one of the most diverse, and problematic, ethnolinguistic profiles in the world, Nigeria provides a case study for the potential introduction of indigenous languages in (higher) education delivery in once col

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https://doi.org/10.1075/lplp.22005.olo

Humour Theory and Stylistic Enquiry

Autor: Taiwo Oloruntoba-Oju

This edited book brings together scholarly chapters on linguistic aspects of humour in literary and non-literary domains and contexts in different parts of the world. Previous scholarly engagements and theoretical postulations on humour and the comic

Gendered Dichotomies in African Youth Language and Language Practices: Urban and Rural Spaces, Virtual and Real-Life Gendered Discourses

Autor: Prof. Taiwo Oloruntoba-Oju

Youth language data provides interesting perspectives on gender dynamics and gendered usage in society. However, the gender perspective has not received the deserved focus in youth language studies in Africa. This is partly due to the general perce

Models in the construction of female identity in Nigerian postcolonial literature

Autor: Taiwo Oloruntoba-Oju, Omotayo Oloruntoba-Oju

Publikováno v: Tydskrif vir Letterkunde, Volume: 50, Issue: 2, Pages: 05-18, Published: 2013
Tydskrif vir letterkunde; Vol 50, No 2 (2013); 5-18
Tydskrif vir Letterkunde, Vol 50, Iss 2 (2017)

Gendered identity in Africa has for centuries been a hotbed of ideological and narrative contestations. While colonial constructions of the African female were generally essentialist and negative in character, early postcolonial African literature al

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http://www.scielo.org.za/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0041-476X2013000200001&lng=en&tlng=en