Convergence
Subtitle: English & Nigerian languages : a festschrift for Munzali A. Jibril
By: Ozo-mekuri Ndimele (Ed.), (Professor of Comparative Grammar, Dept. of Linguistics & Communication Studies, University of Port Harcourt, Nigeria)
Series: Festschrift series -- no. 5; Festschrift series (Port Harcourt, Nigeria) -- no. 5
Publisher: M & J Grand Orbit Communications Ltd.
Published: 2016
Place of publication: Port Harcourt, Nigeria
Language: eng
Number of pages: 897
ISBN-13: 9789785412703
Copyright date: 2016
Subjects: Languages in contact; Pidgin English; English language; Dialects; Nigeria; Languages; Sociolinguistics
Other titles: Project Muse UPCC books
Description: The present volume, which is the 5th in the Nigerian Linguists Festschrift Series, is devoted to Professor Munzali A. Jibril, a celebrated icon in university administration, and an erudite Professor of English Linguistics. The title of this special edition was specifically chosen to crown Professor Jibril's academic prowess in both English and indigenous Nigerian languages, and to mark and laud his official departure from active university lectureship. 72 assessed papers are included from the many submitted. Papers cover the main theme of the volume, id est the interaction between English and indigenous Nigerian languages, and there are a number of papers on other secular areas of linguistics such as: language and history, language planning and policy, language documentation, language engineering, lexicography, translation, gender studies, language acquisition, language teaching and learning, pragmatics, discourse and conversational analysis, and literature in English and African languages. There is also a rich section devoted to the major 'traditional' fields of linguistics - phonology, morphology, syntax and semantics.
Notes: First published: 2007.

Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Dedication; title: Preface; title: section A. On the convergence phenomenon; title: section B. Languages in history and society; title: section C. Literature, discourse analysis and gender issues; title: section D. Applied linguistics; title: seciton E. Formal linguistics.