Wednesday, May 16, 2012

Poster Sessions

Poster Session 1 | Saturday, June 11th | 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm

Poster Session 2 | Saturday, June 11th | 2:30 pm - 4:00 pm


Poster Session 1 | Saturday, June 11th | 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm

Title

Subfield

* The semantic network of the Akan posture verbs da 'lie', gyina 'stand' and te/tena 'sit'
Esther Afreh (Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology / University of Ghana, Legon) & E. Kweku Osam (University of Ghana, Legon)
Semantics
A comparative lexicon of Delta Cross languages
Inimbom Akpan (University of Calabar)
Lexicon
Mother tongue education for a “rural-urban/urban-village setting”: The case of Mankon
Evelyn Shiri-Neh Fogwe Chibaka (University of Buea)
Acquisition / Sociolinguistics
* "Now it sounds real Nkumbi!" The role of Nkumbi Bible translators in the standardization of their language in the multilingual rural context of Southern Angola
Riikka Halme-Berneking (United Bible Societies)
Translation
A phonological description of Anaang proverb-riddles
Michael Itoro (University of Uyo)
Phonology / Sociolinguistics
Gerundivization in Ogbahu-Igbo: A morpho-phonological study
Georgina Maduagwu (University of Ibadan)
Morphology / Phonology
Rules in the focus and topic Constructions in Akan and the phonology-syntax interface
Charles Marfo (Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology)
Morphology / Phonology
* Inventaire des classes nominales et schèmes d'accord en guñaamool
Mamadou Ngom (FASTEF, Dakar)
Morphology-Noun Classes
Simultaneous considerations in Kiwilwana orthography design 
Jacob Njagi (Bible Translation & Literacy (EA))
Orthography
* The world as a global village and some of its effects on African languages: A case study of three Cameroonian indigenous languages, Ngwo, Ngwe and Ngomba
Eyovi Njwe (University of Bamenda)
Sociolinguistics
English as a global language and the problems of teaching English in non-native English speaking multilingual countries: A Nigerian perspective
Isaac Nnam Ohia (University of Ibadan)
Acquisition
* Enclisis and vowel harmony in Ọgọ̀tún-Èkìtì dialect of Yorúbà
Fúnmi Olúbọ̀dé-Sàwẹ̀ (Federal University of Technology, Akure)
Phonology
Personal pronouns in Moghamo, morphology and binding
Blasius Achiri Taboh (University of Buea)
Morphology / Syntax
A phonological sketch of Ùdá
Eno-Abasi Urua (University of Uyo)
Phonology

Poster Session 2 | Saturday, June 11th | 2:30 pm - 4:00 pm

Title

Subfield

Acoustic analysis of vowels of the Boone and Nabt dialects of Farefari
Helen Atipoka Adongo (University of Education, Winneba)
Phonetics
* The morph-syntax of genricity in Yorùbá 
Oladiipo Ajiboye (University of Lagos)
Semantics
English-Yoruba prosodies in context: Connectivity in disparity
A. Agnes Atolagbe Adebukunola (Lagos State University)
Phonology
African languages in context: Honorification in Kiswahili interactional discourse
Samuel Obuchi Moseti (University of Eastern Africa-Baraton)
Discourse
Wh- interrogatives in Nigerian Pidgin
Macaulay Mowarin (Delta State University, Abraka)
Syntax
A comparative study of Kikongo and Kimbundu noun determiners
Mfuwa Ndonga (Agostinho Neto University)
Morphology / Syntax
Focus constructions in Ngamambo: A minimalists approach
Sirih-Nagang Nancy Nyindem  (University of Buea)
Syntax
Polysemy and metaphorical use of Na ('see') verb in Ga
Ruby Otoo (University of Education, Winneba)
Semantics
* Adopting loanwords into Chitonga
Jodi Reich (Yale University), Kelly Nedwick (Yale University), Philip E. Thuma (Macha Research Trust) & Elena L. Grigorenko (Yale University / Moscow State University / Columbia University)
Phonology / Semantics
* Some observations on a corpus-based description of Ts’amakko (Ethiopia)
Graziano Savà (CNRS, France)
Corpus Linguistics
Similarity of distribution of certain consonants in the speech sound chain as a basis for the typological distances between the Niger Congo languages
Yuri Tambovtsev (Novosibirsk Pedagogical University)
Phonology
Weak contexts and place holders in Leggbo
Imelda Udoh (University of Uyo)
Phonology
* Menik: an endangered language between two big languages
Sophie Wade (University of Cologne)
Sociolinguistics

* PLEASE NOTE: Only those poster presentations marked with an asterix (*) are currently registered or have otherwise strongly confirmed their intent to present at the conference