Prof. Dr. Foluke O. Unuabonah

Profile

Academic position	Full Professor
Research fields	General and Comparative Linguistics, Experimental Linguistics, Typology, Non-European Languages
Keywords	Corpus Linguistics, Discourse-pragmatic features, Nigerian English, Pragmatics, Speech acts
Honours and awards	2026: University Alliance Ruhr Short Term Fellowship, College for Social Sciences and Humanities, Essen, Germany 2024: University Alliance Ruhr Senior Fellowship, College for Social Sciences and Humanities, Essen, Germany 2021: Iso Lomso Visiting Scholarship, Stellenbosch Institute of Advanced Study, Stellenbosch, South Africa 2020: Alexander von Humboldt Research Group Linkage Grant, Redeemer's University, Ede, Nigeria/ University of Münster, Germany 2019: Alexander von Humboldt Renewed Research Stay, University of Münster, Germany 2018: Redeemer University Research Grant, Redeemer's University, Ede, Nigeria 2016: Alexander von Humboldt Return Fellowship Grant 2014: Alexander von Humboldt Postdoctoral Research Fellowship

Current contact address

Country	Nigeria
City	Ede Township
Institution	Redeemer's University
Institute	Department of English

Host during sponsorship

Prof. Dr. Ulrike Gut	Englisches Seminar, Universität Münster, Münster
Prof. Dr. Foluke O. Unuabonah	Department of English, Redeemer's University, Ede Township
Prof. Dr. Ulrike Gut	Englisches Seminar, Universität Münster, Munster
Start of initial sponsorship	01/06/2015

Programme(s)

2014	Georg Forster Research Fellowship Programme for Postdocs

Publications (partial selection)

2025	Unuabonah, F.O., Gut, U. Oyebola, F. Apologising in Nigerian English. In: World Englishes, DOI: 10.1111/weng.12729, 2025,
2024	Gut, U. Unuabonah, F.O., Expressing gratitude in Nigerian English. In: English World-Wide, 45, 2024, 255–282
2024	Gut, U. Unuabonah, F.O., Daniel, F. O. Gerfer, Anika., Oladipupo, R. O. Oyebola, F. Offers in Nigerian English. In: Lingua, 303, 2024,
2022	Gut, U. Unuabonah, F.O. Requesting Strategies in Nigerian and British English: A Corpus-Based Approach . In: Moses Effiong Ekpenyong, Imelda Icheji Udoh, Current Issues in Descriptive Linguistics and Digital Humanities: A Festschrift in Honor of Professor Eno-Abasi Essien Urua . Springer, 2022. 687–696
2021	Foluke Olayinka Unuabonah: Oya, let's go to Nigeria: A corpus based investigation of bilingual pragmatic markers in Nigerian English. In: International Journal of Corpus Linguistics, 26, 2021, 370-395
2020	Foluke Unuabonah, Rotimi Oladipupo: Bilingual pragmatic markers in Nigerian English. In: World Englishes, 2020, 1-17
2020	Foluke Unuabonah, Florence Daniel: Haba! Bilingual interjections in Nigerian English: A corpus-based study. In: Journal of Pragmatics, 2020, 66-77
2020	Foluke Unuabonah: So you know ehn The use of bilingual interjections in Nigerian English. In: Intercultural Pragmatics, 2020, 151-176
2019	Foluke Olayinka Unuabonah: Frequency and Stylistic Variability of Discourse Markers in Nigerian English. In: Corpus Pragmatics, 2019, 249-271
2019	Ulrike Gut, Foluke Unuabonah: The use of stance markers in West African Englishes . In: Alexandra U. Esimaje, Ulrike Gut and Bassey E. Antia, Corpus Linguistics and African Englishes. John Benjamins, 2019. 206-229
2018	Foluke Olayinka Unuabonah, Ulrike Gut: Commentary Pragmatic Markers in Nigerian English. In: English World-Wide, 2018, 190-213
2018	Foluke O. Unuabonah: Direct quotations in Nigerian investigative public hearings. In: Text & Talk, 2018, 503-524
2018	Foluke Unuabonah, Rotimi Oladipupo: You're not staying in Island sha o: O, sha and abi as pragmatic markers in Nigerian English. In: Journal of Pragmatics, 2018, 8-23
2017	Foluke O. Unuabonah: But as a stance marker in Nigerian investigative public hearings. In: Pragmatics & Society, 2017, 400-420
2017	Foluke O. Unuabonah: Are you saying ?: Metapragmatic comments in Nigerian quasi-judicial public hearings. In: Pragmatics, 2017, 115-143