Felix Abidemi Fabunmi

**Felix Abidemi Fabunmi** je ojogbon (Professor) ninu imo eda-ede (Linguistics) ati ede Yoruba (Yoruba Language) ni Eka-Eko Imo Eda-ede ati Awon Ede Adulawo (Department of Linguistics and African Languages) ni Yunifásítì Ọbáfẹ́mi Awólọ́wọ̀ ni Ile-Ife , Nigeria. Ni odun 2006 ni o gba oye ijinle omowe (PhD). Apileko re da lori Mofoli, eka-ede Yoruba kan ti won n so ni ile Bene (Benin Republic). Akori iwe apileko akogboye naa ni "Asiko ati Iba-Isele ninu Eka-ede Yoruba Mofoli" (Tense and Aspect in the Mofoli Dialect of Yoruba). Opolopo ise ni o ti se lori ede Yoruba. O gba oye imo ijinle akoko (BA Yoruba) lodun 1992, oun lo gbegba oroke ju: First Class Honours. Lodun 1998 lo gba oye imo ijinle keji (MA Yoruba Language); bakan naa lo tun gba oye imo ijinle keji miiran (MA Linguistics) lodun 2004 ni Yunifasiti ilu Ibadan. Obafemi Awolowo University lo ti gba oye omowe (PhD Yoruba Language & Linguistics) ni 2006. Lodun 2013 ni Felix Abidemi Fabunmi di ojogbon ni Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria. O tun gba oye imo ijinle miiran lori eko Tiologi (Theology) - (M.Div.Th) lodun 2018 lati ile-eko giga ti awon oniwaasu: the Nigerian Baptist Theological Seminary, Ogbomoso, Nigeria. Oun naa lo tun gbegba oroke ju lo laarin awon akekoo kilaasi re. Akori ise apileko M.Div.Th re ni: *"*Contemporary Evangelistic and Church Growth Strategies in Ebenezer Baptist Church, Ile-Ife.*"* 

Lodun 1993 ni Ojogbon Felix Abidemi Fabunmi bere ise oluko ni OAU Ile-Ife. O di Olori Eka-Eko (HoD) Imo Eda-ede ati Ede Adulawo (Acting Head, Department of Linguistics and African Languages) OAU Ile-Ife lodun 2007. Die lara awon ise to ti fi koni niwonyi: YOR 105-Introduction to the Study of Language; YOR 106-General Phonetics; YOR 207-Phonology of Yoruba; YOR209-Introduction to Morphology; YOR301-Yoruba Syntax II; YOR 305-Grammar of the Yoruba Language from the Earliest to the Present; YOR407-Dialects of the Yoruba Language; YOR 402-Topics in the Structure of Yoruba; LIN 101-Language & Linguistics; LIN 103-Basic Grammatical Concepts; LIN 105-The Production of Speech I; LIN 102-Languages in Nigeria; LIN 104-Language Use & Language Attitudes; LIN 106-The Production of Speech II; LIN201-Basic Grammar; LIN207-Introduction to Sociolinguistics; LIN303-Semantics; LIN305-Transformational Grammar; LIN307-Morphology; LIN309-Phonology; LIN405-Transformational Grammar III; LIN302-Linguistics for Students of Literature; LIN304-Linguistics and Languages Teaching; LIN310-Linguistics and Translation; LIN204-The Production of Speech IV; LIN206-Basic Grammar II; LIN102 Languages in Nigeria; LIN402-Pidgin & Creole Languages; LIN408-Lexicography; LIN601 General Phonetics; LIN603-Syntactic Descriptions; YOR601-The Phonology of Yoruba;YOR602-Yoruba Verb Phrase; etc.

Ojogbon Felix Abidemi Fabunmi ti sise iwadii lori ede Yoruba, imo eda-ede Yoruba; o tun n sise lori awon eka-ede Yoruba paapaa ju lo awon eka-ede Yoruba to wa leyin-odi Naijiria. Die lara awon ise re to ti te jade niwonyi:
*2001."Notes on Ijesa Tense and aspect Marking", Studies in African Linguistics, 30,1:113-114
*2002. "Contextualised Theory of Beauty as a Pivot in Yoruba Oratures", Journal of languages and Literatures, 2,1&2:106-117
*2003."A GPSG Appraisal of Sequential Distribution of Auxiliary Verbs in Ijesa Dialect of Yoruba", Nordic Journal of African Studies, 12,3:337-348.
*2004. "The Status of Yoruba Dialects in Communicative Conpetence and Language Proficiency", Africa Development, xxix, 3:103-113.
*2005. (Fabunmi & Salawu). "Is Yoruba an Endangered Language?", Nordic Journal of African Studies, 14, 3:391-408. http://www.njas.helsinki.fi/pdf-files/vol14num3/fabunmi.pdf 
*2006. "Various Grammar of the Yoruba Language From Earliest to the Latest", An Encyclopaedia of the Arts, 12, 1:14-27.
*2007. "A Linguistic Introduction to the Mofoli Dialect of Yoruba", Nigerian Languages, Literatures, Culture and Reforms, No 6:487-504.
*2008. "The Syntax of Auxiliaries in the Yoruba Proverbs", Languages and Linguistics in Nigeria, 7:89-109.
*2009a. "A GPSG Strcuture of Aspect in Yoruba-Akoko", in Current Perspectives in Syntax and Dialectology, pages 156-191.
*2009b. **A Grammatical Analysis of Mofoli Dialect of Yoruba**. Plumstead, Cape Town, South Africa: The Center for Advanced Studies of African Society (CASAS). ISBN: ISBN 978-1-920447-22-9 (223 pages).
*2009c.**Current Perspectives in Phono-Syntax and Dialectology**. Edited by Gordon S.K. Adika, Felix Abidemi Fabunmi & Akeem Segun Salawu. A Publication of the Department of Gur-Gonja, Faculty of Languages, University of Education, Winneba, Ghana. ISBN: ISBN 978-9988-8489-1-0 (457 pages).
*2010a. **Negation and the Scope of Negation in Yoruba Mofoli.** Germany: VDM Verlag Dr. Muller. ISBN: ISBN 978-3-639-25527-0 (192 pages).
*2010b. "Vigesimal Numerals in Ife (Togo) and Ife (Nigeria) Dialects of Yoruba." Lingistik Online 43, 3/2010 http://www.linguistik-online.de/43_10/fabunmi.html 
*2011. "On the Formation of Questions in Ekegusii and Yoruba Mofoli." Papers in English and Linguistics, vol. 11:78-94
*2012. **Asèrànwó Òrò-ìse Nínú Yorùbá Ìjèsà (Auxiliary Verbs in Ìjèsà Dialect of Yorùbá)**. Ile-Ife, Nigeria: Obafemi Awolowo University Press. ISBN: 978-136-057-7 (189 pages).
*2013a. **Readings in African Dialectology and Applied Linguistics**. Edited by Felix Abidemi Fabunmi & Akeem Segun Salawu. Munchen, Germany: LINCOM EUROPA Academic Publishers (GmbH). ISBN: ISBN 9783862884179 (542 Pages).
*2013b. "Negation in Sixteen Yorùbá Dialects." Open Journal of Modern Linguistics. Vol.3, No.1, 1-8 Published Online March 2013 in SciRes (http://www.scirp.org/journal/ojml) DOI:10.4236/ojml.2013.31001 
*Fabunmi, F. A. (ed.) 2014. *Journal of African Culture and Languages.* Vol 1, No. 1. Co-edited and published by the Department of Ghanaian Languages Education (Gur), University of Education, Winneba, Ghana.  Vol. 2, No. 1 (208 pages). 
*Fabunmi, F. A. (ed.) 2016. *Ifè̩ Journal of Languages and Literatures*. Edited and published by the Department of Linguistics and African Languages, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife. Vol. 2, No. 1 (292 pages). 
*Fabunmi, F. A. 2017. (ed.) *Ifè̩ Journal of Languages and Literatures*. Edited and published by the Department of Linguistics and African Languages, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife. Vol. 3, No. 1 (202 pages).
*Fabunmi, F. A. 2018. (ed.) *Ifè̩ Journal of Languages and Literatures*. Edited and published by the Department of Linguistics and African Languages, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife. Vol. 4, No. 1 (203 pages).
*Fabunmi, F. A. 2019. (ed.) *Ifè̩ Journal of Languages and Literatures*. Edited and to be published by the Department of Linguistics and African Languages, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife. Vol. 5, No. 1 (233 pages).
*Fabunmi, F. A. and J. A. Adejumo. 2020. “Lexicalization of Pragmatic COVID-19 Lexemes in the Yorùbá Language,” *Ifè̩ Journal of Languages and Literatures*, Department of Linguistics and African Languages, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Vol. 6, No. 1:226-250.
*Fabunmi, F. A. and O. T. Olumuyiwa. 2021. “*Ogun Àwíté̩lè̩* Tí Fálétí Ko̩: Ò̩nà Àbáyo̩ Sí Àìláàbò Orílè̩-Èdè Nàìjíríà (Faleti’s *Ogun Àwíté̩lè̩*: An Elixir of Life and the Declivitous Nigerian Security).” *YORUBA: The Journal of Yorùbá Studies Association of Nigeria*. Vol. 11, No. 1:136-146.
*Fabunmi, F. A. 2022. “Dayale̩kitó̩ló̩jì Yorùbá (The Yorùbá Dialectology),” *Ifè̩ Journal of Languages and Literatures*, Department of Linguistics and African Languages, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Vol. 8, No. 1:100-131.
*Fabunmi, F. A. (ed.) 2023. *YORÙBÁ: Journal of Yorùbá Studies Association of Nigeria*. A Publication of the Yorùbá Studies Association of Nigeria - YSAN (E̩gbé̩ Onímò̩-èdè Yorùbá), University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria. Vol. 13, No. 1:1-195.
*Fabunmi, F. A., A. S. Salawu, I. I. Olodude and N. Abass. 2024. “Are *kú, jú* and *dú* Deflective Verbs in Yorùbá (Ǹjé̩ Ayédèrú Ò̩rò̩-ìs̩e Yorùbá ni *kú, jú* àti *dú*?),” *YORÙBÁ: Journal of Yorùbá Studies Association of Nigeria*, Department of Linguistics and African Languages, University of Ibadan, Vol. 13, No. 2:74-87.
*Fabunmi, F. A. 2025. “Is the Nigerian Linguistic Democracy Endangered?” *Demagoguery and Democracy*, An Occasional Publication of the Nigerian Academy of Letters (NAL), University of Lagos, Number 22:67-106.
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