SONEYE Taiwo Olayemi

Email address(es): soneyes2002@yahoo.com; taison@oauife.edu.ng

Office Address: Department of English, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria

Academic Qualifications: B.A. English, M.A. English Language, Phd, English Language

Areas of Specialization:  Phonetics, Phonology, Applied Linguistics, Corpus Phonology, Translation studies, English as a Second Language

Title of M.A. Thesis:

Effects of Sound-spelling Discrepancy on a Second Language Learner of English

Title of Ph.D. Thesis:

Phonological Sensitivity of Selected NTA Newscasters to Polyphonic and Polygraphic Phenomena in English

Scholarships:

AGI, University of Cape Town, South Africa, (2002),

Research Associateship, Augsburg university, Germany (2010-2011),

GAPS, Text and Context (2012)

Research Grants:

AGI ( 2002), URC (2006)

Ongoing Current Research:

Beyond phatic communion: The sociophonology of Hello in Nigerians’ social media discourses

Publications:

Atoye, R.O., T.O. Soneye, O. Adejuwon, J.O Faleye & E.O. Fajobi (2018). Rudimentary Phonology and Phonetics for Learners of English as a Second Language. Bookminds: Ibadan, Nigeria.

Soneye, T.O. (2004). “Oral Varieties and the Vanishing Voices: Trends in Nigerians’ Use of English in the Era of Globalization” Locating the Local in the Global Voices in a Globalized Nigeria. pp. 243-250

Soneye, T.O. (2005). “Linguistic Divergence in British/American Varieties of English and its Implications for ELT” in Olateju M.A and Oyeleye O.(Eds.) Perspectives on Language and Literature pp. 15-23.

Soneye, T.O. (2006). “British and American English” Encyclopaedia of The Arts, Vol.4 (9) pp.859-867 Retrieved from http://www.arts-lasu.org/publications

Soneye, T.O. & E.O. Fajobi (2009). “Enhancing Literacy through Inclusive Language” in Christopher N. (Ed.), Voices from Africa on Literacy for Sustainable Development, International Reading Association Newark: USA. pp. 200-211.

Soneye, T.O. (2010). “Traditional Classroom versus Computer Mediated Learning: Emerging Phenomena in Nigerian Oral English Pedagogy” in R. Taiwo (Ed.) Handbook of Research on Discourse Behaviour and Digital Communication, IGI Global; Hershey, New York. pp. 612-626

Soneye, T.O. (2013). “Listening Skills” in Adegbite W. S., Adekoya, Adegoju, A.(Eds.), Use of English. A Manual on Communicative Skills for Tertiary Institutions. Obafemi Awolowo University Press. pp. 21-26

Soneye, T.O. & K. Ayoola (2015). “Onset Consonant Cluster Realisation in Nigerian English: The Emergence of an Endogenous Variety?” in U. Gut, R. Fuchs and E. Wunder (Eds.) Universal or Diverse Paths to English Phonology. Topics in English Linguistics. Vol. 86 De Gruyter Mouton. pp. 117-131

Alas, T.O. (2021) “Haggling and Postcolonial Phonological Constructs in Nigeria. Katja Sarkowsky and Mark U. Stein (eds) ”in Ideology in Postcolonial Texts and Contexts . Brill Rodoppi. Chapter Four, pp.59-85

Soneye, T.O. (2001). “The English language and the Nigerian Elite: A Phonological Perspective” Ife Studies in English Language, Vol.5, 75- 81.

Soneye, T.O. (2002). “Reading in the Mother Tongue: An Analysis of The Nigerian Socio-linguistic Milieu” Literacy and Reading in Nigeria, Vol.9 no.2, 236-246

Soneye, T.O. (2003). “The English Language as a Culture Transmitter: The African Experience” Centre for Advanced Studies of African Society, South Africa, Occasional Paper no 16

Soneye, T.O. (2004). “Phonological Sensitivity of Selected Secondary School Teachers in Ile-Ife to Elision in English” Ife Journal of Educational Studies (IJES), Vol.11 no.1, 102-114

Soneye, Taiwo (2005). “Semantic Derogation in African Literary Writings” HwaKang Journal of TEFL, Number 11, Language Center, Chinese Culture.http://www.hkjtefl.org/2005.soneye,semantics.html.

Soneye, T.O. (2006). “Phonological Processing Skills of Yoruba/English Bilinguals: Interference is half-truth:” Ife Journal of Theory and Research (IJOTRE), Vol.9 (1) 58-68

Soneye, T.O. (2007). “Phonological Sensitivity of Selected NTA Newscasters to Sound-Spelling Discrepancy in English and its Implications for Oral English Teaching in Nigeria” Marang: Journal of languages and Literature Vol.17, 29-42

Soneye, T.O. (2008). “Teacher-centered Impediments to Oral English Learning: Overview of ESL Context” E S: Revisita De Filologia Inglesa, Spain, Vol.29, 185-200

Soneye, T.O. (2008). “Accentual variation in Educated Nigerian English and its Implications for Standardisation” Ibadan: Journal of English Studies, Vol. 5, 402-415

Soneye, T.O. (2008). “Acculturation of English into Yoruba Personal Names: A Socio-Phonetic Analysis” CONTEXT: Journal of Social & Cultural Studies, Volume 11, Number 2, December 2008, 1– 9

Soneye, T.O. (2009). “Oral English Teacher-Inputs in ESL Context” English as an International Language Journal, Volume 5, 216-228

Soneye, T.O. (2009). “Ch-Digraph in Nigerian English: Patterns and Propositions for ESL pedagogy” Papers in English and Linguistics, Vol. 10, 44-55

Soneye, T.O. (2009). “Intonational Diglossia in Things Fall Apart: A Synthesis of Language and Literature in Africa” LASU Journal of Humanities, Vol.4, 115-124

Soneye, T.O. (2009). “Linguistic Glottophagia in the usage of Yoruba Proverbs: A Playful or painful Blasphemy” Journal of Language, Society and Culture, Australia; Vol. 29, 80-86

Soneye, T.O. (2010). “Phonotactics constraints in British and Nigerian English Varieties” Journal of Educational Thought ET Adekunle Ajasin University Press, Vol.7, (1), 132-138

Soneye, T.O. & T. Abioye (2010). “Male and Female in Ola Rotimi’ sour Husband has Gone Mad Again: A Sociolinguistic Overview” International Journal of Emotional Psychology and Sport Ethics (IJEPSE), Vol. 12, 397-407

Soneye, T.O. (2011). “Respelling in Short Messaging Systems (SMS): Patterns And Implications for Oral English Proficiency” E S: Revisita De Filologia Inglesa, Spain, Vol. 32, 325-338

Fuchs, R, U. Gut & T.O. Soneye (2013). “We just don’t even know: The Usage of the Pragmatic Focus Particles even and still in Nigeria English”, English World Wide, Vol. 34 (2) 123-145

Soneye, T.O (2013). A Review of Thomas Makanjuola Ilesanmi’s “Obinrin:A Cultural Assessment of Yoruba Women” Journal of Yoruba Studies Association of Nigeria, Vol. 7, No. 2, 184-205

Soneye, T.O. and Uba E. A (2013). “Computer and the English Language Pedagogy Nigeria: A Dysgraphic Therapy” Journal of Nigerian English and Literature, University of Uyo, Vol. 10, No 2, 116-128

Alo, A. Moses and T.O. Soneye (2014). “Haggling as a Socio-pragmatic Strategy in Selected Urban Markets: An Amalgam of English and Nigerian Languages” Marang: Journal of Language and Literature, University of Botswana, Vol. 24, 43-62.

Ubong Josiah & T.O. Soneye (2015). “Peculiar Patterns of Juxtaposition Simulations in Educated Nigerian Spoken English Variety” Linguistik Online, 70, No. 1, 125-143

Soneye, T.O. & Faleye J.O. (2015). “Syllable Phonotactics in Educated Nigerian Spoken English”. Konin Language Studies, State University of Applied Sciences, Poland. Vol 3 No. 3, 255-269

Faleye J.O & Soneye T.O. (2015). “The Sociophonetics of Zero Alphabetisationin Nigerian Spoken English”. Ibadan: Journal of English Studies Vol. 11, 33-61

Ayoola K. & T.O. Soneye (2016). “Mother Tongue Eclipsing in The Linguistic Repertoire of Yoruba/English Bilingual Children in Nigeria” Legon Journal of Humanities, Ghana, Vol 27, No 1, 95-111

Soneye, T.O. (2019). “A Phonological précis of Nigerian Pidgin English”. Journal of English Scholars’ Association of Nigeria. Vol 21 Number 1. June 2019, 103 – 131

Soneye T.O. (2019). A Review of David Jowitt’s Nigerian English. De Gruyter Mouton

Staff Profile:

Taiwo Soneye is a Professor who is quite experienced in corpus annotation, transcription and translation of texts. She was involved in the annotation of the one million word corpus of the International Corpus of English, Nigeria ( ICE- Nigeria) at the Augsburg university , Germany.