Prof. Taofiq Adedayo Alabi

Prof. Taofiq Adedayo Alabi

Post
Professor
Department
English
Email
alabi.ta@unilorin.edu.ng
Office Address
First Floor, Faculty of Arts Professorial Building, University of Ilorin
Teaching and Research Area
Stylistics, Phonology, and Applied Linguistics

Qualifications

  • Ph.D. English Language (2009)
  • M.A. English Language (2003)
  • B.A.Ed. English Education (1997)
  • NCE English/Government (1992)

Professional Affiliations

  • English Studies Association of Nigeria (ESAN) )
  • Linguistic Association of Nigeria (LAN)
  • Readers Association of Nigeria (RAN)
  • Association of Nigerian Authors (ANA)
  • American Studies Association (ASA)

Research Affiliations

  • Appropriation of the Cline of Markedness as Discourse Strategy
  • A Coursebook in Phonology of English for Nigerian Colleges and Universities
  • Phonostylistics of a Second Language: A Case of Nigerian English
  • Text and Ideology in Contemporary Nigerian Poetry in English: A Stylistic Analysis
  • A Stylistic Analysis of Tunde Olusunle’s Fingermarks

Undergraduate Teaching

  • ENG 437 (Stylistics: Language & Literature)
  • ENG 435 (Research Methods II)
  • ENG 427 (Speech Writing)
  • ENG 425 (English for Specific Purposes)
  • ENG 339 (Research Methods I)
  • ENG 326 (Phonology of English)
  • ENG 334 (Systemic Grammar)
  • ENG 203/ ENG 204 (Introduction to Gen. Phonetics & Phonology I/II)

Postgraduate Teaching

  • ENG 801 (Advanced Research Methods)
  • ENG 802 (Advanced Stylistics)
  • ENG 803 (Advanced English Phonetics and Phonology)
  • ENG 806 (Applied English Linguistics)
  • ENG 810 (Advanced Discourse Analysis)

Research Interest

  • Stylistics
  • Discourse Studies and Textlinguistics
  • Phonetic and Phonological Analysis