Imelda Udoh

**Imelda Icheji Lawrence Udoh** (an haife ta a ranar 24 ga Afrilu, 1960) Farfesa ce a fannin Ilimin Harshe da Harsunan Najeriya na Kwalejin Fasaha, Jami'ar Uyo, Najeriya .  Tana aiki a matsayin Shugabar Kungiyar Harshe ta Najeriya (LAN).  Har ila yau, memba ce ta rayuwa kuma Fellow na Kwalejin Harafi ta Najeriya.      Ta kasance tsohuwar DAAD kuma ta yi aiki a matsayin Shugaban Sashen Harshe da Harsunan Najeriya daga 2010 zuwa 2014, a matsayin Mataimakin Dean na Faculty of Arts daga 2010 zuwa 2013, da Mataimakin Darakta, Makarantar Ci gaba da Ilimi (2015-2016) na Jami'ar. Ta lura a cikin bincikenta cewa "harsunan yankin Najeriya suna da alama suna mutuwa a wasu yankuna, amma har yanzu suna bunƙasa a wasu". Udoh ya ba da shawara don kare waɗannan harsunan asali yayin da yake gabatar da lacca na 81 na Jami'ar Uyo .  Udoh kuma memba ne na Majalisar Ƙungiyar Harsunan Yammacin Afirka . An shirya wani biki don girmama ta a shekarar 2019.

## Rayuwa ta farko da ilimi
An haifi Imelda Udoh a ranar 24 ga Afrilu, 1960 a Adadama a cikin Karamar Hukumar Abi ta Jihar Cross River .  Ta halarci makarantar firamare ta St Bernard, Adadama, makarantar Convent, Ogoja da makarantar Convent. Daga inda ta sami takardar shaidar barin makarantar farko a shekarar 1972. A shekara ta 1973, ta halarci Annunciation Girls' Juniorate, Ogoja na tsawon shekaru hudu, kuma ta sami Takardar shaidar Makarantar Afirka ta Yamma a Makarantar Sakandare ta Ogidi Girls, Ogidi a Jihar Anambra. Ta halarci Jami'ar Calabar inda ta sami digiri na farko a fannin ilimin harshe (1983); digiri na biyu a fannin harshe (1986); da kuma digiri na Doctor of Philosophy (1998). Udoh ya kuma sami takardar shaidar a cikin Turanci Phonetics daga Kwalejin Jami'ar, London, a wannan shekarar. Har ila yau, tana da takardar shaidar a cikin DIES / DAAD International Deans" Course on Higher Education Management (Jami'ar Osnabrück, Jamus, 2012); Takardar shaidar takardun harshe (Jami'ar Texas a Arlington, Amurka, 2014); kuma, Takardar shaiddiga a Kwalejin Duniya a cikin Kwarewar Koyarwa (Jamiwar Jihar Ohio, Amurka, 2015). 

## Ayyuka
Imelda Udoh ta yi aiki a matsayin mataimakiyar malama a Jami'ar Jihar Cross River a shekarar 1986. Daga baya ta koma Jami'ar Calabar a 1987. Ta dawo Jami'ar Uyo a shekarar 1989 kuma ta tashi ta hanyar farfesa a fannin ilimin harshe da harsunan Najeriya a shekarar 2007.  Ta kasance baƙo mai bincike a Makarantar Nazarin Gabas da Afirka, London, a cikin 1996; masanin bincike a Kwalejin Jami'ar, London a cikin 1999 kuma masanin ziyara na digiri a Jami'ar California, Berkeley daga 2001 zuwa 2002. Ta kasance malama a Cibiyar Nazarin Harshe na Haɗin gwiwa (CoLang) a cikin 2016 a Jami'ar Alaska, Fairbanks, inda ta gabatar da wani darasi mai taken, "Documentation of Orature". Ta kuma kasance malami mai ziyara a Jami'ar Calabar daga 2007 zuwa 2008 da 2016 zuwa 2017. Ta gabatar da lacca na 81 na Jami'ar Uyo mai taken, "Harsunan 'yan asalin Najeriya kamar Bricks Don Gina Gaskiya ta Kasa". 

## Abokan hulɗa da membobin
Udoh ɗan'uwa ne kuma shugaban Ƙungiyar Harshe ta Najeriya daga 2021. Ta yi aiki a matsayin sakatariyar kungiyar daga 2004 zuwa 2008, kuma mataimakiyar shugaban kungiyar daga 2016 zuwa 2021. Ita memba ce ta rayuwa kuma abokiyar Kwalejin Harafi ta Najeriya. kuma memba na Majalisar Ƙungiyar Harshe ta Yammacin Afirka (WALS); Ƙungiyar Karatu ta Najeriya (RAN), da Ƙungiyar Malaman Harshe ta Najeriya (ANLAT). Ita tsohuwar DAAD ce; kuma memba ce ta rayuwa, da kuma Fellow na Kwalejin Harafi ta Najeriya (FNAL). 

## Gudummawar bincike
Ta hanyar ayyuka da yawa, gami da Shirin Harsunan Najeriya (NLP), Shirin Harshe na Ƙananan Ƙasa (LCLP), Shirin Abidjan-Bielefeld-Uyo Gabatarwa ga Takaddun Harshe (ABUILD), Shirin Jami'ar Jihar Michigan da ke karɓar bakuncin Kayan Lantarki don Bayanan Harsuna Masu Hadari (E-MELD) da dai sauransu, Udoh ya gudanar da bincike mai zurfi a cikin bayanin da ilimin harsunan rubuce-rubuce game da harsunan Upper da Lower Cross River da ake magana a cikin Akwa Ibom da Cross States na Najeriya. Ayyukanta a kan harsuna daban-daban kamar Leggbó, Anaañ, Iko, Nkari, Ibibio, da Uda sun haifar da wallafe-wallafe da yawa. Tana da mahimmanci game da harsunan Upper Cross na Jihar Cross da harsuna marasa rinjaye na Najeriya, musamman Leggbó .  Ɗaya daga cikin littattafan da ta shirya ya bayyana harsunan yankin Kudu-Kudancin Najeriya, gami da babban yaren da ake magana a Eleme, Rivers da sauransu da yawa. Binciken da take da shi a yanzu shine kan taswirar harsunan Najeriya ta amfani da fasahar Geographical Information Systems (GIS), wanda ke da niyyar tattara da aiwatar da kayan aikin da suka san wuri wanda zai iya aiki a cikin ainihin lokaci, don inganta yanayin muhalli na harshe, da kuma ingantaccen hangen nesa na matsayin rayuwar harsuna.

## Nuni na gudanarwa
Udoh ya yi aiki a matsayin Shugaban Sashen Harsuna da Harsunan Najeriya, Jami'ar Uyo daga 2010 zuwa 2014, Mataimakin Dean na Faculty of Arts daga 2010 zuwa 2013 da Mataimakin Darakta, Makarantar Ci gaba da Ilimi daga 2015 zuwa 2016 na wannan Jami'ar.[1][2][3] Ta yi aiki a matsayin Shugabar a cikin ayyukan ba da izini na Hukumar Jami'o'i ta Kasa da yawa, kuma ta yi aiki a matsayinta na memba na Kwamitin Gudanarwa na Jami'ar Uyo, daga 2015 zuwa 2017, da kuma memba na farko na Kwamitin Gwamna na Jami'an Ritman, Ikot Ekpene, Jihar Akwa Ibom, daga 2015 ruo 2019 [1] .[2][3]

## Edita na mujallu na ilimi
Udoh tana da labaran da aka sake dubawa don bugawa a cikin mujallu da yawa na yanki, na ƙasa, da na duniya waɗanda take aiki a kan allon edita. Daga 2005 har zuwa 2019, ta yi aiki a matsayin Babban Edita na USEM Journal of Languages, Linguistics, and Literature . Bugu da kari, tana aiki a matsayin edita baƙo ga Jaridar Ƙungiyar Harshe ta Najeriya (JOLAN) da Babban Edita na Jaridar Harsunan Najeriya (JNLP). 

## Zaɓuɓɓukan wallafe-wallafen

# Udoh, Imelda Icheji Lawrence (2016). "Globalization da Tsaro na Harsunan Najeriya", a cikin Ozo-mekuri Ndimele (Ed.) Haɗuwa: Turanci da Harsunan Nigerian: A Festschrift for Munzali A. Jibril . Najeriya: M & J Grand Orbit Communications. shafi na 173-182.&nbsp;
# Udoh, I.I.L., Anyanwu, O. N., da Ndimele, O, (2014). *Batutuwan da suka fi dacewa a cikin nazarin ilimin harshe, harsuna & wallafe-wallafen Najeriya: Festschrift ga Conrad Max Benedict Brann . * Muenchen: LINCOM Turai.
# Ekpenyong, M. E. da Udoh, I.I.L. (2022). *Batutuwan da ke cikin Harshen Bayani da Humanities na Dijital: A Festschrift in Honor of Professor Eno-Abasi Essien Urua .* Singapore: Springer .  
# Udoh, I. I. L. (2019). *Harsunan Kudancin Najeriya: Bayanan da ke tattare da siyasa. * Uyo, Najeriya: Fruities' Publications Ltd.
# [Inda Aka Ɗauko Hoto da ke shafi na 9] *Harsunan yankin Kudu-Kudancin Najeriya: Bayanan siyasa na kasa. * Legas: Littattafan ra'ayi. 
# [Hotuna a shafi na 9] "Tsarin aji na asali a Leggbo" a cikin Paul Newman & Larry M. Hyman (eds.) Yammacin Afirka Linguistics: Takardu a cikin girmamawa na Russell G. Schuh . Columbus, Ohio: An buga shi ne ta Sashen Harshe da Cibiyar Nazarin Afirka, Jami'ar Jihar Ohio.  
# Haka kuma, U. & Udoh, I. (2023). Baftisma na Harsunan 'Yan asalin ƙasar a cikin Ra'ayi: Wani Kaddamar da Harshen Ma'aikata a Kudu maso Gabashin Najeriya. *Southernizing Sociolinguistics: Colonialism, Racism, da Patriarchy a cikin Harshe a Kudancin Duniya.* Antia, B. A. & Makoni, Sinfri (Eds.). NY & London: Routledge Taylor & Francis Group .  
# Udoh, I., Ekpenyong, M., Urua, E.-A. , Adeniyi, H., Obiamalu, G., Yusuff, A., Anyanwu, O., & Obikudo, E. (2022). Sabuwar hanyar sake bayyana ilimin muhalli na harshe da haɗari a Najeriya: - zuwa ga mafita ta geospatial. *Jaridar Digital Humanities Association of Southern Africa*, *3* (03). 
# [Inda Aka Ɗauko Hoto da ke shafi na 1] "Compounding in Leggbó" A cikin Eugene Buckley, Thera M. Crane da Jeff Good (eds.) Bayyana tsarin: takardu don girmama Larry M. Hyman. Stanford, California:: CSLI Littattafai.
# Udoh, I. I. L. (2007). "Jami'ar harshe da tasirinsa akan takardun harshe a Najeriya" a cikin Etuk Nssien Etuk, Inyang Mbong Udofot, Alice Effiong Udosen (eds.) Ilimi a Najeriya a cikin karni na 21: mayar da hankali da mahimmanci: festschrift don girmama Farfesa Mbong A. Udofot (MNAE). Uyo, Najeriya: Abaam Publishing Co.

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