ALFRED
Email address(es): byaalfred@gmail.com
Office Address: Room 305, Humanities Block 3
Academic Qualifications: PhD, M.A, B.A.( OAU, Ife)
Areas of Specialization: Grammar, Discourse, Semiotics
Title of M.A. Thesis:
Akindele, O.Y. (2014). “Information Packaging in Selected Independence Day Anniversary Speeches of Nigerian Civilian Presidents, 1999-2012”, Unpublished M.A. Thesis, Department of English, Obafemi Awolowo
Title of Ph.D. Thesis:
Akindele, O.Y. (2018). “Transitivity, Modality and Thematic Structures in Selected Nigerian Newspaper Editorials on Nigeria’s Security Challenges (2014-2016)”, Unpublished Ph.D. Thesis, Department of English, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Osun State.
Scholarships:
Best Graduating Student, Department of English, Adeyemi College of Education, Ondo (2010)
Research Grants:
Tertiary Education Trust Fund Academic Staff Training and Development Grant (TETFUND)
National Awards:
Good luck Jonathan’s Award for the Best Graduating Student, Department of English, Adeyemi College of Education, Ondo (2008/2009 Session)
Ongoing Current Research:
Language and Social Representations in Terrorism and Counter- terrorism Discourses in Nigeria
Publications:
Akindele, O. & Taiwo R (2016) “Thematic Relations in Selected Independence Day Anniversary Speeches of Nigerian Civilian Presidents.” Papers in English and Linguistics, 17, pp. 22-46. (Nigeria)
Akindele, B. (2017). “Transitivity in Visual Grammar: An Analysis of Cover-page Images of Nigerian Children Novels.” Journal of the English Scholars Association of Nigeria (JESAN), 19(1), pp.107-129. (Nigeria)
Alfred, B. & Lawal, A. (2018). “Focusing and Ideology in Political Media: An Investigative Study of Themes in Nigerian Newspaper Editorials on Political Issues in Nigeria.” Eksu Studies in Language and Literature (ESILL), 6(1), pp. 48-59. (Nigeria)
Famakinwa, Y.M. & Alfred, B. (2018) “A Re-examination of Samples of the English Declarative Sentences: Implications for the Learning of English as a Second Language.” Ife Journal of Theory and Research in Education (IJOTRE), Journal of the Institute of Education, 19(2), pp. 47-54. (Nigeria)
Alfred, B. (2018). “Exploring Media-Reader Positioning in News Editorial Headlines on Boko Haram Insurgency and Fulani Herdsmen/Farmers Clashes in Nigeria.” Madonna Journal of English and Literary Studies (MAJELS), 3(2), pp. 117-125. (Nigeria)
Alfred, B. (2019) “Analysing Verbal and Visual Indexes in Internet Memes on the APC-Led Administration and “Change” Slogan in Nigeria.” Covenant Journal of Language Studies (CJLS), 7(1), pp. 1-20. (Nigeria)
Alfred, B. (2019) “A Morpho-semantic Analysis of Netspeak Neologisms in Fashion and Entertainment Blogs in Nigeria.” Journal of Linguistic Association of Nigeria (JOLAN), 22 (1), pp. 103-115. (Nigeria)
Alfred, B. & Oyebola, F. (2019). “Media Perspectives on Boko Haram Insurgency and Herdsmen-Farmers’ Crises in Nigeria: An Analysis of Transitivity in Newspaper Editorials.” Linguistik Online, 95(2), pp. 3-16. (Germany)
Alfred, B. & Taiwo, R. (2019). “Framing and Perspectives: Exploring the Rhetorical Functions of Thematic Choices in Nigerian Editorials on Terrorism in Nigeria.” Ghana Journal of Linguistics 8(1), pp. 42- 59. (Ghana)
Oyebola, F. &Alfred, B. (2020). “Verb complementation Patterns in Nigerian English: A Corpus-based Study.” CLAREP Journal of English and Linguistics(C-JEL), 2, pp. 57-76. (Germany)
Alfred, B. (2021). “Constructing Ideology through Modality in Newspaper Editorials on Security Challenges in Nigeria. Linguistik Online, 108(3), pp. 3-18. (Germany)
Alfred, B. and Oyebola, F. (2021). “Discourse Strategies in President Buhari’s Speech on the #EndSARS Protests in Nigeria”. Language and Semiotic Studies, 7(4), pp. 121-144 (China)
Staff Profile:
In my earlier research, I have focused on the nexus between the choices of language resources and meaning in political discourse. I have also examined the relationship between linguistic choices and representations expressed in discourses on Nigeria’s security challenges using a blend of Systemic Functional Linguistics and some strands of Critical Discourse Analysis. Also, I have researched multimodal discourse, where I examined verbal and non-verbal communication codes in academic and political discourses. In addition, I have examined the relationship between ideologies and discursive strategies employed by social actors on prominent issues in the country. As I advance in my career, I intend to continue to focus on language and how it is mediatised on issues of national concern. I am particularly interested in linguistic studies with interdisciplinary approches on themes such as gender and sexual -based violence, security or terrorism, drug abuse and corruption.