The Urhobo Language TodayTanure Ojaide, Rose O. Aziza Malthouse Press Limited, 2007 - 158 من الصفحات This is a pioneering work on Urhobo language, and since language is not the restricted domain of only scholars of linguistics, other aspects of the language or issues that impinge on language use are also discussed in this collection of essays by a eleven experts drawn from research institutes and universities. Since literature is a vehicle of language, the proverbs and axioms of the language as well as the oratorical and performance traditions in Urhobo are also covered competently. Other cultural aspects, especially music, are also seen as enhancers of the language. To underscore the significance of religion and language, some contributors here examine the relationship between the Urhobo language and Christian evangelisation and between the language and the people's belief systems. Another also explores the place of language in what has come to be known as Urhobo "disco" music. The essays reinforce each other and some points are repeated for emphasis because of their cultural significance. The closeness of several topics, especially the challenges of the language and culture and on evangelisation in Urhobo as well as Gospel music in Urhobo, is intended to exhaustively open up the Urhobo language debate." Tanure Ojaide is Professor of African-American and African Studies at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, where he teaches African/Pan-African literature and art. Rose Aziza is the Head of Department of Languages and Linguistics and Director of the Urhobo Studies Programme at the Delta State University in Nigeria. |
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Evolution of the Urhobo language Tanure Ojaide | 1 |
The functions of tone in Urhobo and the need for tonemarkers | 2 |
the writing system Rose Aziza | 21 |
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عبارات ومصطلحات مألوفة
Abraka Adjan adjectives adverbs African Agbarho Agbon Arhavwarien Benin Bini Bini language code-mixing communication consonant Darah Delta State University dialects Downstep drink Edoid Effurun Eghwu Elugbe environment ethnic evolution example express final vowel fricative spelt gospel music grammatical Hausa Heinemann high tone Ibadan Igbo Ijaw Isoko Itsekiri lexical items linguistic low tone means modern morpheme names Nigeria Nigerian Languages noun phrase occasion Ofua Ohwo Ojaide Okoro Okpan Okpe Onigu Otite Orogun otota people's performance person phonological Pidgin English prefix vowel pronouns proverbs religion salvation Sapele segmentalisation social songs sound speak speakers stem vowel structure syllable Tanure Ojaide tense tomorph tonal tonal modification traditional Ughelli Ukwani urban Urhobo kingdoms Urhobo language Urhobo music Urhobo nation Urhobo orator Urhobo sentences Urhobo Studies Urhobo words Urhoboland velar verb stem voiceless Vowel harmony vowel segment Warri woman Yoruba