Background
Awobuluyi, Oladele was born on July 17, 1937 in Okeagbe, Nigeria. Son of Elijah and Aina Awobuluyi.
(In important respects, this book represents an independen...)
In important respects, this book represents an independent approach to Yoruba grammar. It attempts to present the Yoruba language as it really is, rather than as seen largely from the perspective of other languages. The grammatical structure of the language is thus presented in a new way. The major parts of speech of the language are, for the first time, established uniformly on the criteria of function alone. A chapter is devoted to a systematic and novel treatment of each such part of speech, related both to the wide array of sentence types, and to its sounds and the way they are combined in words.
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Awobuluyi, Oladele was born on July 17, 1937 in Okeagbe, Nigeria. Son of Elijah and Aina Awobuluyi.
Bachelor, University Colorado, 1961. Master of Arts in Latin, Columbia University, 1962. Master of Arts in Linguistics, Columbia University, 1964.
Doctor of Philosophy in Linguistics, Columbia University, 1967.
Instructor Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, 1966—1967. Language materials developer Center Applied Linguistics, Washington, 1967—1968. Lecturer University Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria, 1967—1971.
Assistant professor Lehman College City University of New York, New York City, 1971—1973. Professor University Lagos, Nigeria, 1973—2000, University Ilorin, Nigeria, 1973—2000, Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba, Nigeria, since 2001. Dean faculty of arts University Ilorin, 1976—1980.
Dean Ondo State University, Ado-Ekiti, 1984—1985.
(In important respects, this book represents an independen...)
Member of Yoruba Studies Association Nigeria (president 1987—2000, member executive committee since 2000), Phi Beta Kappa.
Married Sumbi Olufunke Akokhia, December 18, 1978. Children: Toyin, Tunde, Tayo. Married Avril Clotilde Webb, October 10, 1964 (divorced April 1977).
Children: M. Modupe, M. Taiwo, M. Kehinde.