Dr. Bolanle Elizabeth Arokoyo is a Nigerian linguist, a Living Tongues Fellow, and a lecturer at the Department of Linguistics and Nigerian Languages, University of Ilorin, Kwara State, Nigeria. In 2017, with the support of Living Tongues, she published the first-ever dictionaries for two minority languages spoken in Nigeria: Olùkùmi and Owé (a dialect of Yorùbá). Read more here. 

Journals

Arokoyo, B. E. (2004): Emphatic-Case assignment in focus constructions: evidence from Owé. In CENTREPOINT: A Journal of Intellectual, Scientific and Cultural Interest (Humanities Edition). 11&12; 18-38, Published by University of Ilorin, Ilorin.

 Arokoyo, B.E. (2006): A comparative study of reduplication in Hausa and Standard Yoruba. In ALORE: Ilorin Journal of the Humanities, 16; 133-151, Published by Faculty of Arts, University of Ilorin.

Arokoyo, B. E. (2007): Stages in the acquisition of Yoruba syntax. In JOLAN: Journal of the Linguistics Association of Nigeria. 10; 173-183, Published by The Linguistic Association of Nigeria (LAN).

Arokoyo, B. E. (2008): The language of effective dramatic communication in some selected MTN advertisements. In THE PERFORMER: Ilorin Journal of the Performing Arts. 10; 179-188, Published by Department of the Performing Arts, University of Ilorin.

Arokoyo, B. E. (2010): A syntactic analysis of the language of outdoor advertisement: A Government and Binding Approach. In ALORE: Ilorin Journal of the Humanities, 19; 150-168, Published by Faculty of Arts, University of Ilorin.

Arokoyo, B. E. & Sanusi I. O. (2011): A syntactic analysis of the early verbs of Yoruba child language acquisition. In IJLLC: Ilorin Journal of Linguistics, Literature and Culture. 2; 1-26, Published by the Department of Linguistics and Nigerian Languages, University of Ilorin, Ilorin.

Arokoyo, B. E. (2013): A grammatical analysis of subtitling in Yoruba home video. THE PERFORMER: Ilorin Journal of the Performing Arts. 15, 14-24, Published by Department of the Performing Arts, University of Ilorin.

Arokoyo, B. E. (2014): Early Lexicon of the Yoruba Child. Ihafa: Journal of African Studies. 6, (1), 167-191, Published by the Department of Linguistics, African and Asian Studies, University of Lagos. Available online at www.ihafa.unilag.edu.ng

 Arokoyo, B. E. (2016): A lexicostatistics comparison of Yorùbá, Igbo and Olùkùmi dialects. In Inquiry in African Languages and Literatures. 9; 1-9, Published by the Department of Linguistics and Languages, Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba Akoko, Nigeria.

Arokoyo, B. E. & Tijani, A. R. (2016): Effects of home literacy environment on student’s performance in selected Secondary Schools in Ilorin. In The Nasara Journal of Humanities. 6 (2); 59-79, Published by the Faculty of Arts, Nasarawa State University, Keffi.

 Arokoyo, B. E. & Amaechi, M. C. (2016): Acquisition of Bare Nouns by Yoruba Children. In Journal of Modern Languages (JML). 26; 24-40; Published by the Faculty of Languages and Linguistics, University of Malaya, Malaysia. Available online at www.jml.um.edu.my

Arokoyo, B. E. & Adekeye, B. F. (2016): Complex Predicates in the Early Speech of Yoruba Children. In Akungba Journal of Linguistics and Literatures, 7 10-27. Published by the Department of Linguistics and Languages, Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba Akoko, Ondo State.

 

Books

Anderson, Gregory D.S., Arokoyo, B. E. and K. David Harrison. (2015): Olùkùmi Talking Dictionary. Oregon, USA: Living Tongues Institute for Endangered Languages. http://talkingdictionary.org/olukumi

Arokoyo, B. E. (2017): Owé Bilingual Dictionary. Oregon, USA: Living Tongues Institute for Endangered Languages.

Arokoyo, B. E. & Mabodu, O. (2017): Olùkùmi Bilingual Dictionary. Oregon, USA: Living Tongues Institute for Endangered Languages.

 

Chapters in Books

Arokoyo, B.E. (2007): A Survey of the Phonology of the Okun Dialects. In A Festschrift for Ayo Bamgbose: The Nigerian Linguistics Festschrifts Series No 6. Ozo-Mekuri Ndimele (ed.) 505-511. Published by the Linguistics Association of Nigeria (LAN).

Arokoyo, B.E. (2009): A Survey of Focus Constructions in Owé. In Current Perspectives in Phono-Syntax and Dialectology Adika, G. F., Abidemi F. and A. S. Salawu (Eds.) 120-139. Published by Department of Gur-Gonja, Faculty of Languages, University of Education, Winneba, Ghana.

Arokoyo, B.E. (2012): Overt Argument-NPs in the Early Speech of Yoruba Children. In Cross-currents in Language, Literature and Translation Kuupole, D. D. & Bariki, I. (eds). 142-163. Porto-Novo: Institute D’ensengment Superieur, Sonou D’Afrique lessaf-Universite.

Babatunde, S. T. & Arokoyo, B.E. (2012): Acquisition of Pronouns by Yoruba Children. In Aspects in Language Variation, Acquisition and Use: Festschrift for Prof. Emmanuel N. Kwofie Bariki, Isaiah, Kuupole, D. Domwin. & Kambou, K. Moses (eds.) 259-268. Cape Coast: University of Cape Coast Press.

Arokoyo, B. E. (2016): A Comparative Phonology of Olukumi, Igala, Owe and Yoruba Languages’. In Multi-Disciplinary Approaches to the Study of African Linguistics- a Festschrift for Ahmed H. Amfani. Ndimele, Ozo-Mekuri (ed.) 209-214. Published by the Linguistics Association of Nigeria (LAN).

 

Books

Arokoyo, B.E. (2017). Unlocking Morphology. (Second Edition). Ilorin: Chridamel Publishers.

Arokoyo, B. E. (2013). Owé Linguistics: an Introduction. Ilorin: Chridamel Publishers.

Arokoyo, B. E. (2013). Unlocking Focus Constructions. Ilorin: Chridamel Publishers.

Arokoyo, B.E. (2013). Unlocking Morphology. Ilorin: Chridamel Publishers.

Abdussalam, Ahmad, Adeyemi, Lere, Adeosun, Hezekiah & Arokoyo, B. E. (eds.) (2014). Bringing our Cultures Home: Festschrift for Bade Ajayi at 70. Published by the Department of Linguistics and Nigerian Languages, University of Ilorin.