ADEFABI Francis Olayinka

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ADEFABI Francis Olayinka

Assistant Lecturer

Full name (Surname first): Dr. ADEFABI Francis Olayinka

Department: Linguistics and African Languages

Rank: Assistant Lecturer

Phone number: +2348064938437

Email address(es): foadefabi@oauife.edu.ng and francisadefabi@gmail.com

Office Address: Room 202, African Studies Building

ORCID iD: https://orcid.org/0009-0008-8769-5509

Academic Qualifications: B.A. (Akungba), M.A., PhD. (Benin)

Areas of Specialization:  Syntax and Semantics

Title of M.A. Thesis:

Split-Focus Construction in Ṣúpárè

Title of PhD Thesis:

Selected Syntactic Constructions in Ṣúpárè

Ongoing Current Research:

Negative Construction and its Parametric Variations

Publications:

  • Yuka, L.C and F.O. Adefabi (2015). Resumptive pronoun in Supare and HTS in Standard Yoruba. Journals of Linguistic Studies. Vol. 1. No. 1. Pp 87-113.
  • Yuka, L.C and F.O. Adefabi (2016). The LTS and Polarity in Supare Negated Clauses: New Findings in African Languages. Constantine Yuka and Taiwo Oye (Ed). Pp 38-46
  • Adefabi, F.O. (2019). A case for Nominalised Focus in Yorùbá. Clarep Journal of English and Linguistics. C-JEL Volume 1, 2019.Edited by Alexandra Esimaje and Josef Schmied. Pp 185-200.
  • Adefabi, F.O. (2020). Wh-constructions without Focus Markers in Ṣúpárè. The Roles of West African Languages: Development and Integration. Edited by Constantine Yuka, Firmin Ahoua and Annie Rialland. Paris. France.
  • Adefabi, F.O. (2025). Cross-Segment Assimilation in Yorùbá. Lapai Research in Humanities, Vol. 5, No. 2. Pp 17-29

 

Staff Profile:

Dr. F. O. Adefabi is an Assistant Lecturer in the Department of Linguistics and African Languages, Obafemi Awolowo University, Nigeria. He currently serves as the Staff Adviser to graduating students in the Department. He is a member of the Editorial Board of the Ife Journal of Language and Literature and also serves as the Departmental Timetable Officer. His research interests include Syntax, Semantics, Morphology and African Languages.