JAYEOLA Waheed Ayisa
Full name (Surname first): Jayeola Waheed Ayisa
Department: Linguistics and African Languages
Rank: Senior Lecturer
Phone number: 08053678124
Email address(es): wajayeola@oauife.edu.ng/jayeolawaheed@yahoo.com
Office Address: Room 303, African Studies Building
Academic Qualifications:
- A. Linguistics, M. A. Linguistics, PhD Linguistics
Areas of Specialization: Morphology, Syntax and Semantics
Title of M.A. Thesis:
The Simple Declarative Sentence of Zarma
Title of Ph.D. Thesis:
A Movement Approach to Word Order Variations in Zarma, a Nilo-Saharan Language
Research Grants:
Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFUND) Conference Attendance (CA) Intervention (2021)
National Awards:
Dean’s Prize for the Best Graduating Student in the Faculty of Arts, University of Ibadan, 2007
Professor Ayo Bamgbose Prize for the Best Graduating Student in Linguistics, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, 2007
Departmental Prize for the Best Graduating Student in Linguistics, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, 2007
Ongoing Current Research:
A Minimalist Account of Number Marking in Igala Negation and Negative Polarity Items in Ebira Binding in the Minimalist Program
Publications:
Jayeola, W. A. & Adeniyi, K. (2025) “Parameter setting and feature mismatch in a Yoruba-English bilingual child”, Journal of Languages, Linguistics and Literary Studies (JLLLS).
Jayeola, W. A. (2025) “Internal structures of relative clause in Zarma”. Linguistik Online.
Jayeola, W. A. (2013). “Tense and Aspect Systems in Zarma.” Ife Journal of Languages and Literatures 1 (1): 224-245. (Nigeria)
Jayeola, W. A. (2015a). “The Syntax of Negative Expressions in Zarma.” Research in African Languages and Linguistics 14: 107-139. (Nigeria)
Jayeola, W. A. (2015b). “Content Questions in Zarma.” Ihafa: A Journal of African Studies 7 (1): 86-116. (Nigeria)
Jayeola, W. A. (2016a). “Focus Fronting in Zarma.” JOLAN: Journal of the Linguistic Association of Nigeria, Supplement 1: 86-103. (Nigeria)
Jayeola, W. A. & Adeniyi, K. (2016b). “Issues in Children’s Semantic Acquisition.” Ife Journal of Languages and Literatures 2 (1): 54-66. (Nigeria)
Jayeola, W. A. (2019a). “Definiteness in the Zarma Determiner Phrase.” Legon Journal of the Humanities 30 (2): 141-166. (Ghana)
Jayeola, W.A. (2019b). “Number Marking in Zarma.” Coaxial Journal of Linguistics Studies, 2 (1): 1-30. (Nigeria)
Jayeola, W. A. (2019c). Zarma Personal Pronouns as a Functional Head D. Ilorin Journal of Linguistics, Literature and Culture 9: 1-21. (Nigeria)
Adeniyi, K. & Jayeola, W. A. (2020a). “Tonal Alternation in Yoruba Numerals.” JOLAN: Journal of the Linguistic Association of Nigeria 23 (1): 181 – 190. (Nigeria)
Jayeola, W. A. (2020b). “Antisymmetry and Word Order in Double Object Constructions in Zarma.” Linguistik Online 101 (1): 49-74. (Germany)
Jayeola, W. A. (2021a). “On Serial Verb Constructions in Zarma.” Journal of Linguistics and Language in Education 15 (1): 1-31. (Tanzania)
Jayeola, W. A. (2021b). “Clause Structure and Word Order in Ákè.” Unizik Journal of Arts and Humanities 22 (1): 107-131. (Nigeria)
Bamigbade, O. E. and W. A. Jayeola (2021c), “Lexical Count as a Basis to Determining Dialectal Relations between Abuloma and Abua Dialects in Port-Harcourt”, Zamfara International Journal of Humanities. Vol. 1 No. 1. www.zijoh.com (Federal University Gusau, Nigeria).
Staff Profile:
Dr Waheed Ayisa Jayeola is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Linguistics and African Languages, Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife, Nigeria. His areas of interest are morphology, syntax and semantics, with particular focus on the syntax of Zarma, a cross-border language of the large Nilo-Saharan family. He is the current Acting Head of Depatrtment.