ADENIYI Kolawole
Full name (Surname first): Dr Adeniyi Kolawole
Department: Linguistics and African Languages
Rank: Reader
Phone number: +2348062228707
Email address(es): kola.adeniyi@oauife.edu.ng & kola.adeniyi@gmail.com
Office Address: Room 304, African Studies Building
ORCID iD: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6409-9690
Academic Qualifications : B.A., M.A., PhD. (Ibadan)
Areas of Specialization: Phonetics and Phonology
Title of M.A. Thesis:
The Typology of Three-Tone Systems: Ebira, Ghotuo, Yala (Ikom), and Yoruba
Title of Ph.D. Thesis:
Downstep in Three-tone Systems of West Benue-Congo Languages
Scholarships:
Federal Government of Nigeria Scholarship Award for undergraduates, 2002
DAAD Scholarship, 2013
DAAD Re-invitation Programme for Former Scholarship Holders, 2019
Research Grants:
Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFUND) Conference Attendance, 2011
Ongoing Current Research:
An Acoustic Study of Vocal Emotions in Yoruba A Phonetic Study of Consonant Clusters in Igede
Publications:
Adeniyi, K. (2012). “The Role of Discourse in the Typology of Downsteps: Evidence from Ebira and Ghotuo.” In: Botinis, A (Ed.), Proceedings of the 5th International Society of Experimental Linguistics (ISEL) Conference, 1- 4.
Adeniyi, K. (2013). “On the Status of the Downstep in Yoruba.” In: O-M Ndimele, M. Ahmad and H. M. Yakasai (Eds), Language, Literature & Culture in a Multilingual Society – A Festschrift for Abubakar Rasheed. Port Harcourt: Linguistic Association of Nigeria & Emhai press, 787–802.
Adeniyi, K. and Talabi, O. O. (2020). “The Evolution of Word-initial Nasalized Vowels in Igasi.” In: E-A. Urua, F. Egbokhare, O. Adesola and H. Adeniyi (Eds), African Languages in Time and Space: A Festschrift in Honor of Professor Akinbiyi Akinlabi. Ibadan: Zenith Book House, 104–112.
Taiwo, O. and Adeniyi, K. (2011). “Emergence of Non-conforming Syllables in Yoruba.” Ago-Iwoye Journal of Language and Literary Studies 2: 111-120.
Adeniyi, K. (2015). “Notes on Yoruba Child Phonology.” Papers in English and Linguistics 16 (2):1-16. Adeniyi, K. (2015). “Hybrid Sounds in Yoruba.” Ihafa: A Journal of African Studies 7(1): 1-20.
Adeniyi, K. (2016). “Consonant-tone Interaction in Nupe.” Afrika und Übersee 92: 237-260.
Adeniyi, K. (2016). “Downstep in Igala and Yala (Ikom).” Journal of West African Languages 43 (1): 1- 21.
Adeniyi, K. (2016). “An Outline of Igasi Tone System.” Ihafa: A Journal of African Studies 8 (2): 17-35.
Jayeola, W. A. and Adeniyi, K. (2016). “Issues in Children’s Semantic Acquisition. Ife Journal of Languages and Literatures 2 (1): 54-66.
Adeniyi, K. (2017). “The Limits of Perception in the Tonal Orthographies of Three-tone Systems.” Linguistik Online 84 (5): 3-22.
Adeniyi, K. and Adeniyi, T. (2017). “Consonant Sequence Reduction in Child Phonology.” Ghana Journal of Linguistics 6 (1): 22-48
Adeniyi, K. and Bamigbade, O.E. (2017). “Customized Ibadan-Yoruba.” Linguistik Online 80 (1): 3-20.
Adeniyi, K. (2018). “High Tone Lowering in Igbomina-Yoruba.” JOLAN: Journal of the Linguistic Association of Nigeria, Supplement III: 221-231.
Adeniyi, K. (2018). “Òun, ohun, ohùn: An Experimental Study of /h/ in Yoruba.” Nordic Journal of African Studies 27 (4): 1-17.
Adeniyi, K. and Elugbe, B. (2018). “Consonant Voicing, Tonal Morphemes, and Downstep in Gwari.” Linguistique et Langues Africaines 4: 77-97.
Adeniyi, K. (2020). “Lexicalization of Tonal Downstep in Yoruba.” Canadian Journal of Linguistics/ Revue Canadienne de Linguistique 65 (4): 535-555.
Adeniyi, K. and Jayeola, W. A. (2020). “Tonal Alternation in Yoruba Numerals.” JOLAN: Journal of the Linguistic Association of Nigeria 23 (1): 181 – 190.
Adeniyi, K. and Olaogun, S. (2020). “Lexical Erosion in Yoruba.” Nordic Journal of African Studies 29 (3): 1-19.
Daramola, O. M. A., Adeniyi, K., Babalola, E. T., and Ademilokun, M. (2020): Migration: Identity Construction and Reconstruction. Ile-Ife: Faculty of Arts, Obafemi Awolowo University.
Daramola, A., Olaosun, I., and Adeniyi, K. (2021): Humanities and Media Representations of Covid-19 Pandemic in Nigeria. Ile-Ife: Faculty of Arts, Obafemi Awolowo University.
Adeniyi, K. and Olaogun, S. (2020). “Lexical Erosion in Yoruba.” Nordic Journal of African Studies 29 (3): 1-19.
Adeniyi, K. (2021). “A Tonal Identification of Yoruba Dialects.” Dialectologia 27.1: 1 – 31.
Adeniyi, K. and Odoje, C. (2023). “Linguistics Theories, Nigerian Languages, and the Quest for Development.” Nigerian Languages’ Studies 7:28 – 36.
Obikudo E. F. Adeniyi K, Bolaji E, Mokoko C. E., Dindo P. J. N. and Fusheini A. (2024). A Phonetic Investigation of the Affricate-Rhotic Cluster in Wobé. Arusha Working Papers in African Linguistics 6.1: 3 – 16.
Adeniyi, K. (2012). “The Role of Discourse in the Typology of Downsteps: Evidence from Ebira and Ghotuo.” In: Botinis, A. (Ed.), Proceedings of the 5th International Society of Experimental Linguistics (ISEL) Conference, 1- 4.
Adeniyi, K. and Bamigbade, O. E. Ewúro “Bitter Leaf”: Linguistic Identity Maintenance in Ife and Modakeke, Nigeria. Forthcoming in Dialectologia.
Adeniyi, K. “An Experimental study of vocal emotions in Yoruba.” Forthcoming in International Journal of Modern Languages and Applied Linguistics.
Staff Profile:
Dr Kolawole Adeniyi is a DAAD Scholar and Reader (Associate Professor) in the Department of Linguistics and African Languages, Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife, Nigeria. His areas of interest are the phonologies of West Benue-Congo languages, with particular focus on tone system, language change, orthographies and interdisciplinary studies.