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Oladele Awobuluyi
Born (1937-07-17) July 17, 1937 (age 86)
Okeagbe, Ondo State, Nigeria
Academic background
Alma mater
ThesisStudies in the Syntax of the Standard Yoruba Verb (1967)
Academic work
DisciplineLinguist
Sub-disciplineAfrican linguistics
Institutions

Oladele Awobuluyi (born July 17, 1937) is a Nigerian linguist, professor, and author. He was born in Okeagbe, Akoko North-West in Ondo State, Nigeria.[1] Awobuluyi's area of research focus is African languages, in particular Yoruba, as well as Kanuri and Edo.[2] Awobuluyi founded the Department of Linguistics and Nigerian Languages at the University of Ilorin in 1976, and served as the department's first head from 1979 until September 1984.[3][4] He is a fellow of the Nigerian Academy of Letters.[5]

Education and teaching

Awobuluyi earned a B.A. in classics at the University of Colorado Boulder in 1961, an M.A. in Latin from Columbia University in 1962, an M.A. in linguistics from Columbia University in 1964, and his Ph.D. in linguistics from Columbia University in 1967.[1] Awobuluyi has taught at Michigan State University, CUNY, University of Lagos, University of Ilorin, and Adekunle Ajasin University.[1]

Selected publications

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Tributes

References

  1. ^ a b c Current Research in African Linguistics: Papers in Honor of Qladele Awobuluyi. Cambridge Scholars Publishing. 2015-09-01. ISBN 9781443881425.
  2. ^ Ndimele, Ozo-mekuri; Yuka, Lendzemo Constatine (2016-07-25). Issues in Contemporary African Linguistics: A Festschrift for Oladele Awobuluyi. M & J Grand Orbit Communications. ISBN 9789785412789.
  3. ^ "Department of Linguistics and Nigerian Languages". www.unilorin.edu.ng. Retrieved 2018-12-21.
  4. ^ "Department of Linguistics and Nigerian Languages". www.unilorin.edu.ng. Retrieved 2018-12-21.
  5. ^ "NAL Fellows". Nal.org.ng. Retrieved 2018-12-21.
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