Prof. Dr. Solomon Oluwole Oyetade

Profile

Academic positionFull Professor
Research fieldsAfrican Studies,General and Comparative Linguistics, Experimental Linguistics, Typology, Non-European Languages
KeywordsAkoko Languages, Language Endangerment, Language Preservation, Minority Group, Multilingualism

Current contact address

CountryNigeria
CityIbadan
InstitutionUniversity of Ibadan
InstituteDepartment of Linguistics and African Languages

Host during sponsorship

Prof. Dr. Bernd HeineInstitut für Afrikanistik, Universität zu Köln, Köln
Start of initial sponsorship01/11/2002

Programme(s)

2002Georg Forster Research Fellowship Programme

Publications (partial selection)

2007Solomon Oluwole Oyetade: Language Endangerment in Nigeria: Perspectives on Akoko Languages of the Southwest. Small Languages and Small Language Communities 55. In: International Journal of the Sociology of Language, 2007, 169-184
2005Solomon Oluwole Oyetade Fontem A.N: Declining Anglophone English Language Proficiency in Cameroon: What Factors should be considered ? . In: Chia, E.N. Taka, K.I Jick, H.K, Globalization and African Experience: Implications for Languages,Literature and Education. Anucam Publisher, 2005. 64 -87
2005Solomon Oluwole Oyetade: Incipient Language shift in Auga, Akoko. In: J. of Language, Culture and Communications, 2005, 1-13
2004Solomon Oluwole Oyetade: Language Endangerment in Nigeria: Perspectives with the Akpes Cluster of Akoko Languages. . In: Akinlabi, A Adesola, O. Proceedings of the 4th World Congress of African Linguistics, New Brunswic 2003. Rudiger Koppe, 2004. 529-548
2004Solomon Oluwole Oyetade: Language and Political Changes in the Southwest. . In: Language and Librarianship Journal, 2004, 72-83
2004Solomon Oluwole Oyetade: Towards a Realistic Measure of Bilingualism in Africa: Nigeria as a case Study. . In: Owolabi, Kola Dasylva, Ademola (eds.) Forms and Functions of English and Indigenous Languages in Nigeria. A Festschrift in Honour of Ayo Banjo. City Group Publishers, 2004. 482-506
2003Solomon Oluwole Oyetade: Language Planning in a Multi-Ethnic State: the Majority/Minority Dichotomy in Nigeria. . In: Nordic Journal of African Studies , 2003, 105-117
2002Solomon Oluwole Oyetade: Diglossia with Bilingualism? Language Choice in a Nigerian Composite Community . In: Babatunde T. Sola Adeyanju, Dele Language, Meaning and Society: Papers in Honour of E. E. Adegbija at 50. Hay Tee Books, 2002. 429-451
2002F. O. Egbokhare, Solomon Oluwole Oyetade: Harmonisation and Standardisation of Nigerian Languages - Introduction. In: F. O. Egbokhare, Solomon Oluwole Oyetade, Harmonisation and Standardisation of Nigerian Languages. Centre for Advanced Studies of African Society, 2002. 1-10
2002Solomon Oluwole Oyetade: Towards the Unification of Orthographic Practices in Defoid. In: F. O. Egbokhare, Solomon Oluwole Oyetade, Harmonisation and Standardisation of Nigerian Languages. Centre for Advanced Studies of African Society, 2002. 36-55