ÒGÚNWÁLÉ Joshua Abíọ́dún

Professor

Email address(es): bogunwale2003@gmail.com

Office Address: Room 303, African Studies Building

Academic Qualifications: B.A. Ed., M.A., PhD. (Ife)

Areas of Specialization: Yoruba Language and Linguistics

Title of M.A. Thesis: Ògúnwálé, J.A. (1992). Lexical and Structural Ambiguities in Some Yorùbá Selected Texts.

Title of Ph.D. Thesis: Ògúnwálé, J.A. (2003). Structural Forms and Semantic Descriptions of Yorùbá Personal and Place Names.

Ongoing Current Research:

A Cross-linguistic Analysis of Yorùbá, Urhobo and Igbo Proper Names

Publications:

Ògúnwálé, J.A. (1995), “Book Review on Ìjìnlẹ̀ Ìtúpalẹ̀ Yoruba (1) Fónẹ́tíìkì Àtí Fonọ́lọ́jì”, ỌLỌ́TA: Journal of African Studies, Vol.1, pp.108 -114. (Ondo State University, Adó-Èkìtì, Nigeria).

Ògúnwálé, J.A. (2003), “Book Review on Gírámà̀ Yorùbá Àkọ̀tun Ní Ìlànà Ìsípayá Gírámà Onídàrọ,” LÁÀŃGBÀSÀ: Jọ́nà Iṣẹ́ Akadá ní Èdè Yorùbá, No.10, pp.100-108 (University of Lagos).

Ògúnwálé, J. A. (2013a). Evidence of Language Change: the Case of Vestige of Diachrony in the Yorùbá Personal Name-words”in A.T. Akande and Taiwo R. (eds). Contact Linguistics in Africa and Beyond, Pp.247-260 (NOVA Science publishers, Hauppauge New York).

Ògúnwálé, J. A. (2014) Àwo̩n Ò̩rò̩ tó ń ló̩ Nínú È̩kó Èdè, Às̩à àti Lítírésò̩ Yorùbá.in Conference Proceedings of the Annual Yorùbá Conference of Nigerian Colleges of Education (Held at Federal College of Education, Oto Ijanikin, Lagos).

Ògúnwálé, J. A. (2017a) Instances of Language Variations from the Perspectives of the Yorù́ba Language Contact with English.in Deji, Medubi, Gbadebo D. and Abiodun Bello (eds.) Festcrift in Honour of Professor Adegboyega Alaba.,pp 459-481Faculty of Arts, Department of Linguistics ,African and Asian Studies.

Ògúnwálé, J.A. (1995). Principles of Genderization in the Yorùbá Plant Naming System, Afrikanistische Arbeits Papiere (AAP) 44, 169-179 (Institute for Afrikaistik, University ZuKoln, Germany)

Ogúnwálé, J.A. (1996a). Lexical Mobility as an Integrated Vocabulary in Yorùbá. Journal of Nigerian Languages and Literatures, 2, 10- 16. (Germany).

Ògúnwálé, J.A. (1996b). Form and Meaning of Yorùbá Place Names. Research in Yoruba Literature, Vol. 7, 15-22. (USA).

Ogúnwále, J.A. (1997a). The Impact of Social Variables on the Mode of Language. Acquisition among the Nigerian Children of Yorùbá Society. Nigerian Language Studies, No.3, pp.1-5 (National Institute for Nigeria Languages, Aba, Nigeria).

Ògúnwálé, J.A. (1997b). Functional Splits and Functional Shifts of Some Items in Yorùbá’’, IHAFA: Journal of African Studies, pp.1-9 (University of Lagos, Nigeria).

Ògúnwále, J.A. (1997c). Form and Meaning as Flirts: A Semantic Study of the Multiformity and Multivalency in Synonymy and Ambiguity in Yorùbá, Inquiry in African Languages and Literatures, 2, 5-57 (Ondo State University, Ado-Ekiti, Nigeria).

Ògúnwálé, J.A. (1997d). Some Syntactic Expositions of the Loci of Ambiguities in Yorùbá, Ọlọ́tà: Journal of African Studies 79-92 (Oǹdó State University, Adó–Ekìtì, Nigeria).

Ògúnwálé, J.A. (1999). The Derogation of Masculinity in Yorùbá Proverbs. Nordic Journal of African Studies. 1, 103-113 (Finland).

Ògúnwálé, J.A. (2000). Aspects of Sociolinguistics of Domestic Animals’. Sobriquets in Yorùbá Language. Od̀u: A Journal of West African Studies, 40, 13-24. (Nigeria).

Ògúnwálé,J. A.(2005). Problems of Lexical Decomposition: The Case of Yorùbá Complex Verbs”, Nordic Journal of African Studies 14 (3), 318-333 (Finland).

Ògúnwálé, J. A. (2007). Headhood in Yorùbá Nominal Compounds. South African Journal of African Languages 27 (2), 72-82. (Stellenbosh-South Africa).

Ògúnwálé, J. A. (2011). An Inferential Model Analysis of Yorùbá Proverbs with Leadership Lexis. Ibadan Journal of Humanistic Studies 21 & 22, 294- 312. (Nigeria).

Ògúnwálé, J. A. (2012a). Tokens of Metaphoric Extension in Yorùbá Anthroponyms. Matatu: Focus on Nigerian Literature and Culture (40), 361-373 (Amsterdam, USA).

Ògúnwálé, J. A. (2012b). Reflection of Discourse Assignments in the Configuration of Yorùbá Personal Names. Mediterranean Journal of Social Sciences, 3 (13), 174- 187 (Sapienza University of Rome, Italy).

Ògúnwálé, J. A. (2012c). Harnessing the Multilingual Factors for Developments in Nigeria: The Challenges and Strategies. Mediterranean Journal of Social Sciences, 3(13), 203-2139 (Sapienza University of Rome, Italy).

Ògúnwálé, J. A. (2012d). Reduplication as Copying of Constituents in Yorùbá Lexical Morphology. ỌPÁM̀BÀTÀ: LASU Journal of African Studies, 6, 122-147(Nigeria).

Ògúnwálé, J.A. (2012e). A Pragmalinguistic Study of Yorùbá Proverbial Names. Journal of Literary Onomastic Studies 2 (4), 23-35 (African Languages and Societies Commons-Applied Linguistics Commons, New York USA).

Ògúnwálé, J. A. (2013b). Paradigm Shifts in the Yorùbá Anthroponyms: A Critical Discourse Analysis of Reincarnated Children`s (Àbíkú) Names in Yorùbá. Ife Journal of Languages and Literatures 1, 119-141 (Nigeria).

Ògúnwálé, J.A. and Bámigbádé, O.E. (2014). Linguistic Alienation and Culture Subversion as Sociolinguistic Factors for Name-Dropping and Change among the So-called Yorùbá Elites. Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences (IOSR-JHSS), 19 (11), 42-53 (Germany).

Fabusuyi, A. O. and Ògúnwálé, J. A. (2015). A Contrastive Analysis of Yorùbá and German Verbo-nominal Derivation. Journal of Linguistics and Language in Education, 9:1 (University of Dar -es-Salaam, Tanzania).

Ògúnwálé, J. A. (2016). Issues with Language Standardization from the Perspectives of Yorùbá Language Contact with English. Ifẹ̀ Journal of Languages and Literatures, 2, (1), 219-239 (Nigeria).

Adeyẹye Deborah and Ògúnwálé, J. A. (2018). More on the Verbo-Nominal Structures in German and Yorùbá Languages. International Journal on Studies in English Language and Literature. USA.

Ògúnwálé J. A. (2018), The Structure and Semantics of Multiple Affixation in Yoruba. International Journal of English Language and Literature. (IJSELL) Academic Research Centre, Hyderabad, India.

Ògúnwálé, J. A. (2019) Crude Language Policy and Planning in Nigeria as Devastators of Life-Long Learning and Development. International Journal of Modern Language (University of Malaysia).

Ògúnwálé, J. A. (2001a). “Ọ̣gbà Yunifásitì Ifẹ̀”. In: Adeleke, D. (Ed.), Wá Gbọ́: An Anthology of Yorùbá Poems. Ibadan: Oníbọn-Òjé Press, pp.115-154.

Ògúnwálé, J.A. (2001b). Ikú Abẹ́lé” in Adeleke, D. (Ed.), Wá Gbọ́: An Anthology of Yorùbá Poems. Ibadan: Oníbọn-Òjé Press, pp.115-154.

Fatokun, W.O., Ògúnwálé J.A. et al (2001). Táíwò àti Kéhìndé, Àtúnse Ìwé Kìíní (Current Syllabus Based Primer series). Ibadan: University Press.

Fatokun, W.O. Ògúnwálé J.A. et al (2001). Táíwò àti Kéhìndé, Àtúnse Ìwé Kejì (Current Syllabus based primer series). Ibadan: University Press.

Fatokun,W.O., Ògúnwálé J.A. et al (2002). Táíwò àti Kéhìndé, Àtúntè̩ Ìwé Kéta (Current Syllabus Based Primer series). Ibadan: University Press.

Fatokun,W. O., Ògúnwálé J.A. et al (2002). Táíwò àti Kéhìndé, Àtúnse Ìwé Kérin (Current Syllabus Based Primer series). Ibadan: University Press.

Fatokun,W. O., Ògúnwálé J. A. et al (2003). Táíwò àti Kéhìndé, Àtúnse Ìwé Karùn-ún, (Current Syllabus Based Primer series). Ibadan: University Press.

Fatokun,W.O., Ògúnwálé J. A. et al (2003), Táíwò àti Kéhìndé, Àtúnse Ìwé Kefà, (Current Syllabus Based Primer series). Ibadan: University Press.

Staff Profile:

Prof. Ogunwale became a Professor at OAU, Ife in 2015. He was Acting Head of the Department of Linguistics and African Languages, OAU, Ife for two years. He was a Visiting Scholar at the Department of Linguistics, African and Asian Studies, University of Lagos in 2006 to 2007.