TELLA Samson Adekunle

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TELLA Samson Adekunle

Assistant Lecturer
  1. Full Name: Samson Adekunle TELLA
  2. Email Adress/Phone Number: satella@oauife.edu.ng | sttesam@gmail.com/ 07061259306
  3. Office Number: African Studies Building Room 203
  4. Google Scholar Link: Google scholar link: https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=3y3oMdYAAAAJ
  5. Academic Rank: Assistant Lecturer
  6. Short Profile:

TELLA is a versatile linguist with over twelve years experience in teaching in Nigeria educational system, research in the area of language documentation and processing, and community development. He specialises in General Syntax, Yoruba Language, Applied Linguistics, Language Documentation and Processing, and he is burdened with the passion to advance the digital world through language description.

  1. List of Publication
  2. International Publications

Journals

  1. Isaiah, A and Tella S.A, (2024): Prosodic Analysis of Noun Class Markers in the Syntax of Bàtọ̀nu Language, AB Journal: International Journal of Literature, Language and Linguistics. Volume 7, Issue 2. IJLLL_LYOZBARD (ISSN: 2689-9450). https://doi.org/10.52589/IJLLL-LYOZBARD

 

Edited conference proceedings

  1. Bernard Caron, Tella Samson, Emeka Onwuegbuzia, Chika Kennedy Ajede. (2023). Serial Verb Constructions in Naija. The 2021 Summer Conference of the Society for Pidgin and Creole Linguistics, Society for Pidgin and Creole Linguistics, June 2021, Published in Paris, France by HALSHS sciences humaines et sociales -03983522, https://shs.hal.science/halshs-03983522

 

Technical reports

  1. Caron, Bernard; Strickland, Emmett; Courtin, Marine; Gerdes, Kim; Guillaume, Bruno;

Kahane, Sylvain; Ajede, Chika Kennedy; Onwuegbuzia, Emeka; Tella, Samson (2021). A Universal Dependencies corpus for spoken Naija (Nigerian Pidgin). Submitted to the ANR, the French National Research Agency. https://github.com/UniversalDependencies/UD_Naija-NSC

  1. National Publications

Journals

  1. Tella S. A, Rabiu R and Ayelabegan N. (2025). Stylo–Linguistics Analysis of President Ahmed Bola Tinubu’s Èmi lókàn Speech. Savannah Journal of Language, Literature and Communication Studies, vol 6 (1), Department of English, Gombe State University.

 

  1. Tella S.A (2024). Òrọ̀-Ìṣe Iyísódì Sí Lédè Yorùbá. LAANGBASA Jọ́nà Isẹ́ Akadá Èdè Yorùbá, Number 24, 1-9, Published by University of Lagos (Akoka). https://kwasuspace.kwasu.edu.ng/handle/123456789/4024
  2. Oloso, Y. A, Tella, S. A. (2022). Standard Yoruba Morphological Patterns as Variation Markers of the Nigerian Pidgin English. YORÙBÁ: Journal of Yoruba Studies Association of Nigeria, 11, (2), 84-96, Published by the Yoruba Studies Association of Nigeria (YSAN), c/o Department of Linguistics and African Languages, University of Ibadan. https://kwasuspace.kwasu.edu.ng/items/211064f1-a00e-4165-af9f-537f1c1ac844

 

  1. Tella, S.A (2021). Ọ̀rọ̀-Ìṣe Kú nínú Ìkíni Yorùbá. Yorùbá: Journal of Yoruba Studies Association of Nigeria, 10, (4), 89-100, Published by the Yoruba Studies Association of Nigeria (YSAN), c/o Department of Linguistics and African Languages, University of Ibadan. https://kwasuspace.kwasu.edu.ng/items/0b58df2c-1186-4c8f-bf5f-46b209caef4c

 

  1. Tella, S.A. (2020). Negation in Bàtọ̀nu Language. Journal of Linguistic Association of Nigeria (JOLAN) Supplement IV, 197-213, Published by the Linguistics Association of Nigeria with support from TETFUND. https://scholar.google.com/citations?view_op=view_citation&hl=en&user=3y3oMdYAAAAJ&citation_for_view=3y3oMdYAAAAJ:IjCSPb-OGe4C

 

  1. Ajayi, T.M. and Tella, S.A. (2016): Politeness Strategies and Power in Telecommunications Network Providers’ Unsolicited SMSs in Nigeria: A Case of MTN and AIRTEL: Ife Studies in English Language (ISEL): (A Journal of the Dept. of English, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria, 12, (2), 475-486, Published by the Dept. of English, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria. https://scholar.google.com/citations?view_op=view_citation&hl=en&user=3y3oMdYAAAAJ&citation_for_view=3y3oMdYAAAAJ:u5HHmVD_uO8C

 

  1. Tella, S. A. and Olaogun S. (2016). Content Question Formation in Bàtọ̀nu Language. Journal of Linguistics Association of Nigeria (JOLAN), Supplementary 1, (1): 142-150, Published by the Linguistics Association of Nigeria with support from TETFUND. https://scholar.google.com/citations?view_op=view_citation&hl=en&user=3y3oMdYAAAAJ&citation_for_view=3y3oMdYAAAAJ:UeHWp8X0CEIC

 

            Chapters in books

 

  1. Tella, S.A, Odoje, C and Abimbola, O. (2016). Null Postpositional Complementizer in Bàtọ̀nu in Infinitival Clauses: A Violation of Case Filter Principle. In Oye Taiwo and Constantine Yuka (Eds), New Findings in West African Languages and Literature, in commemoration of the 50th Anniversary of the West African Linguistic Society (WALS), (pp. 84-90). Published by the West African Linguistic Society (WALS)/La societe de Linguistique de L’afique de L’ouest (SLAO), 0022-5401, https://scholar.google.com/citations?view_op=view_citation&hl=en&user=3y3oMdYAAAAJ&citation_for_view=3y3oMdYAAAAJ:qjMakFHDy7sC

 

  1. Ajayi, T.M. and Tella, S.A. (2014). Negative Markers in Akure and Standard Yoruba: A Comparative Analysis. In Oye Taiwo and Olayiwola, A. (Eds), Globalizing the Local: African Languages and the Cultures at the Border of Technology: A Festschrift in  Honour of Diipo Gbenro, Sayo Ogunrinde, Akin Adedeji, Oyekola Omotoye, Bayo Akinpelu, Ayinla Popoola, and Oye Oyewole, (pp. 475-486). https://scholar.google.com/citations?view_op=view_citation&hl=en&user=3y3oMdYAAAAJ&citation_for_view=3y3oMdYAAAAJ:UeHWp8X0CEIC
  2. Article Accepted for Publication
  3. Tella S. A. Nexus between Economic Commodities and Place Names as an Effective Advertisement Strategy among Yoruba and Non-Yoruba Peoples. In Handbook of the Yoruba. Falola, T. (Eds.) Switzerland: Springer International Publishing AG.

 

  1. Aiyelabegan, N.B, Tella S. A. and Rabiu, R. A. Tone Behaviour in Yorùbá Vowel Coalescence: An Auto segmental Approach. Anyigba Journal of Arts and Humanities (AJAH), Prince Abubakar Audu University Anyigba, Kogi State.

 

 

  1. Grants/Honours/Award:
  2. Morpho-Syntactic Analysis of Negation in Batonu Language

Granting Body: Du LABEX  ‘Empirical Foundations of Linguistics’ (EFL), at LLACAN, CNRS, Paris, France.

Amount:          Mobility grant of 4,694 Euros (For flight, accommdation, feeding)

Role:                Fellowshiping with other researcher on my PhD research work for 3 months.

Duration:         1st April to 30th June, 2024.

Status:              Completed

 

  1. Documenting and Developing a Corpus for Batonu Language

Granting Body: Centre for Research and Development, Kwara State University, Malete subject to TETFUND approval.

Amount:          Proposed amount                                  #3,600,000:00

Administrative Cost                              #400,000:00

Total Project Cost                                 #4,000,000:00

Role:                Conducting field work, annotating the data and developing archive for the language

Duration:         8 months

Status:              About to start.

 

 

  1. Fellowships:

Granting Body: Du LABEX ‘Empirical Foundations of Linguistics’ (EFL), at LLACAN, CNRS, Paris, France.

Duration:         1st April to 30th June, 2024.