Adoption of Electronic Techniques in Teaching English-Yoruba Bilingual Youths the Semantic Expansion and Etymology of Yoruba Words and Statements

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (11) ◽  
pp. 1369
Author(s):  
B T Opoola ◽  
A F, Opoola
Keyword(s):  
Urban Areas ◽  
Native Speakers ◽  
Electronic Devices ◽  
Video Tape ◽  
Language Attitude ◽  
Historical Origin ◽  
Native Youth ◽  
Semantic Expansion ◽  
Interest And Knowledge ◽  
Yoruba Language

Yoruba is one of the Nigeria’s four hundred languages linguistically threatened with extinction considering the language attitude of its native speakers especially the youths. The youths’ flair for English is making them lose interest in the use of Yoruba. This study was designed to introduce and teach the Yoruba youths the origin of some Yoruba words and statements using electronic devices like video tape recorder, phones, and power points presentation. Twenty Yoruba words, phrases, clauses, and statements were dramatized, recorded in CDrom and practically demonstrated in the classroom setting. We elicited our data through various Yoruba discourses with their historical origin traced to past happenings. The major sources of data collection for this study include records of discourses in Yoruba, waxed musical records and conversations among Yoruba natives especially in Urban areas in Nigeria. Twenty of the collated words, phrases, clauses and statement were also linguistically analyzed. The study encourages the use of electronic gadgets in teaching Yoruba. It is also a valuable attempt among others in saving Yoruba language from going to extinction as a result of its native youth speakers’ lack of interest and knowledge of the origin of many of its words, clauses, phrases, statements and usage.

Electronic devices and myopic refraction among children aged 6‐14 years in urban areas of Tianjin, China

2019 ◽  
Vol 39 (4) ◽  
pp. 282-293 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shengxin Liu ◽  
Sheng Ye ◽  
Wei Xi ◽  
Xin Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Urban Areas ◽  
Electronic Devices

Toponymy in Igbomina Yoruba Language: An Anthropological Linguistic Perspective

2016 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 39
Author(s):  
Anthony Ayodele OLAOYE
Keyword(s):  
Language Change ◽  
Genetic Relationships ◽  
Research Question ◽  
Language Documentation ◽  
Place Names ◽  
Public Places ◽  
Interview Method ◽  
History Of ◽  
Historical Origin ◽  
Yoruba Language

<p>Toponymy, the study of place names, is an interesting geo-linguistic phenomenon in the ethnography of the Igbomina Yoruba people of Kwara State, Nigeria. The author is interested in the anthropological linguistic aspects of the topic. The research question is: what is the anthropo-linguistic significance of toponyms? Through the interview method of data elicitation, the author gathered information from Igbomina Community kings (Oba), Opinion leaders and custodian of public places, village squares and local museums. The study reveals that place names are very strong and reliable indices or records of people’s historical origin, their genetic relationships, their culture and philosophy. The author then classifies toponyms according to their anthropo –linguistic functions. The following typology of place names, were identified and analyzed: personal, place names, communal, ascriptive, descriptive, honorific, sacred/religious, taboo, etymological and general place names. It was found that toponyms are diachronic, geo-linguistic date marks which could be used in tracking down the history and age of a community, their migration and settlement, their language and dialect variation, the history of language change and language reconstruction, including language documentation.</p>

scholarly journals A Socio-pragmatic Investigation of Language of Insults in the Utterances of Yoruba Natives in Nigeria

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (6) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Farinde R.O. ◽  
Omolaiye H.O.
Keyword(s):  
Native Speakers ◽  
Negative Attitude ◽  
Conversational Implicature ◽  
Individual Group ◽  
Inferiority Complex ◽  
Unity In Diversity ◽  
Negative Utterance ◽  
Informal Settings ◽  
Yoruba Language ◽  
Participatory Observation

An utterance is neither seen nor touched but capable of making or marring an individual, group or a nation depending on how it is used. Thus, positive utterances ensure peace and tranquility in a society while negative utterances usually tear a nation apart. Language of insult is a negative utterance that usually produces, hatred, war, or disunity in the society. This paper, therefore, investigated the language of tribal insult in the utterances of Yoruba language users. Adopting conversational Implicature and Referential Theory as a theoretical framework, the study examined the language of tribal insults in the utterances of Yoruba users of Yoruba language. Employing participatory observation and recorded utterances in informal settings with the native speakers of Yoruba, the researchers discovered that the use of language of tribal insults among the Yoruba speakers has presented some tribes less humans. Also, some words are carelessly used to insult a nation, abuser’s insults are being transferred to ethnic groups with he use simile and metaphor, and negative attitude of a particular person becomes an insult to an ethnic group. The insults ranges from “theft”, “promiscuity”, “stinginess”, “privilege abuse”, “dirtiness” to “inferiority complex”. The implication of the insults is that some tribes are seen as being worthiness. The study, therefore, recommends that government should put machinery in motion to check this menace in order to promote unity in diversity.

scholarly journals SIKAP BAHASA REMAJA URBAN TERHADAP BAHASA INDONESIA DI ERA MILENIAL (The Language Attitude of Urban Teenagers Towards Indonesian in The Millennial Era)

Kandai ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
NFN Nuryani
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Language Attitudes ◽  
Negative Attitude ◽  
Data Retrieval ◽  
Attitude Questionnaire ◽  
Retrieval Method ◽  
Language Attitude ◽  
Bahasa Indonesia

Permasalahan dalam tulisan ini adalah bagaimana sikap remaja terhadap bahasa Indonesia di era milenial? Tujuannya adalah untuk mendeskripsikan sikap bahasa remaja terhadap bahasa Indonesia di era milenial. Subjek dalam penelitian ini adalah remaja yang rentang usianya antara 15 sampai 20 tahun. Metode pengambilan data menggunakan angket sikap bahasa dengan menggunakan tiga ciri sikap bahasa menurut Gavin dan Mathiot sebagai acuan. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa para remaja yang tinggal di wilayah urban memiliki kecenderungan sikap bahasa yang negatif terhadap bahasa Indonesia. Hal tersebut terlihat dari rasa bangga mereka yang sangat kurang terhadap bahasa Indonesia. Demikian juga dengan indikator pada kesetiaan dan kesadaran akan norma kaidah dalam bahasa Indonesia menunjukkan sikap yang cenderung negatif. Selain itu, sikap bahasa yang negatif juga terlihat dari diksi yang mereka gunakan ketika berbicara maupun ketika mengunggah status di media sosial. (The problem in this paper is how do teenagers behave in Indonesian language in the millennial era? The aim is to describe the adolescent language attitude towards Indonesian in the millennial era. The subjects in this study were adolescents who’s age ranged between 15 to 20 years old. Language attitude questionnaire with three characteristics of language attitude by Gavin and Mathiot as references, is using as data retrieval method. The results of the study show that teenagers living in urban areas have a negative language attitudes tendency towards Indonesian. This can be seen from their very lack of pride in Indonesian. Likewise, the indicators of loyalty and awareness of rules of norms in the Indonesian language show a negative attitude. In addition, negative language attitudes can also be seen from the diction they use when speaking or uploading status on social media.)

scholarly journals The Semantic Expansion of ‘Wife’ and ‘Husband’ among the Yorùbá of Southwestern Nigeria

2017 ◽  
Vol 3 (4) ◽  
pp. 36-43
Author(s):  
Reuben Olúwáfé̩mi Ìkò̩tún
Keyword(s):  
Social Interactions ◽  
English Language ◽  
Language Use ◽  
Native Speakers ◽  
African Language ◽  
World Views ◽  
Southwestern Nigeria ◽  
International Language ◽  
English Society ◽  
Semantic Expansion

Although one of the existing studies on Nigerian or African kinship terms has argued that semantic expansion of such words constitutes an absurdity to the English society, none has argued for the necessity of a specialized dictionary to address the problem of absurdity to the English society, the custodian of the English language. This is important especially now that the language has become an invaluable legacy which non-native speakers of the language use to express their culture as well as the fact that the English people now accept the Greek and Hebrew world-views through Christianity. This paper provides additional evidence in support of semantic expansion of kingship terms like ‘wife’ and ‘husband’ not only in a Nigerian or an African language but also in Greek and Hebrew languages. The paper argues that if English is to play its role as an international language, it will be desirable if our lexicographers can publish a specialized dictionary that will take care of kinship terms, as it is the case in some other specialized dictionaries on the different professions such as medicine, nursing, linguistics and agriculture, to mention but a few, so as to guide against ambiguity or absurdity that may arise in language use in social interactions.

scholarly journals Language Attitude of Pakistani Under-Graduate Students towards Non-Native Speakers

sjesr ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 16-24
Author(s):  
Dr. Uzma Imtiaz ◽  
Dr. Aisha Jadoon ◽  
Ali Naqi
Keyword(s):  
English Language ◽  
Native Speakers ◽  
Native English Speakers ◽  
English Speakers ◽  
Communication Model ◽  
Spoken English ◽  
Undergraduate University Students ◽  
The Status ◽  
Heated Debate ◽  
Language Attitude

English used by native English speakers was being followed as a standard token of usage for non-native English speakers for a longer time. However, with the spread of knowledge and technology, the English language across the world has provoked a much-heated debate about these norms whether they should be followed by the non-native English speaker or not. The present paper explores the response of Pakistani undergraduate university students about the effectiveness of the non-native English model of communication by using Kachru’s monocentric model which refutes the standard model of English language to focus more on conventional norms together with native politico-cultural needs. For this purpose, this study used a close-ended questionnaire that asked the non-native English speakers responses to the audio of three different English speeches Different varieties of spoken English existing across the Pakistani society point towards the strong influence of culture over language. This research concludes that the English language has now got the status of pluricentricity based on micro-level variation, so it is impossible to rely on a single communication model for language users considering their diversity.

scholarly journals Καλημέρα, kalimera or kalhmera?

2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (2) ◽  
pp. 224-262
Author(s):  
Evgenia Mouresioti ◽  
Marina Terkourafi
Keyword(s):  
Native Speakers ◽  
Language Attitudes ◽  
Visual Stimuli ◽  
Negative Attitudes ◽  
Change Over Time ◽  
Attitude Research ◽  
Different Ages ◽  
Language Attitude ◽  
Over Time

Abstract Although language attitudes are frequently investigated, how these attitudes change over time is studied less frequently, despite providing an interesting window into the link between attitudes and ideologies. Conducted some twenty years since the first studies on this topic, the current study provides an updated perspective into language attitudes toward the use of Roman-alphabeted Greek (henceforth, Greeklish) in emails and SMS messages exchanged between Greek native speakers. Adapting the matched guise methodology commonly used in language attitude research to visual stimuli, we collected data from 60 participants of different ages and genders. Overall, their attitudes toward Greeklish were markedly negative, confirming negative attitudes already expressed twenty years prior but also extending them. We propose that technological and demographic but also ideological factors underlie the negative attitudes toward Greeklish expressed by Greek native speakers today.

Social Psychological Mechanisms Underlying Native Speaker Evaluations of Non-Native Speech

1983 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 148-159 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ellen Bouchard Ryan
Keyword(s):  
Language Learners ◽  
Native Speakers ◽  
Native Speaker ◽  
Social Psychological ◽  
Psychological Mechanisms ◽  
Language Attitude ◽  
Native Speech ◽  
Group Attributes ◽  
Ingroup Outgroup

Research concerning native speaker reactions to the speech of language learners has generally flowed from an interpersonal perspective (i.e. speaker/listener). On the other hand, the broader social psychological domain of language attitude research has typically been based on an intergroup perspective (i.e. ingroup/outgroup). The two perspectives are elaborated here and shown to provide complementary interpretations of evaluations of non-native speech. From the intergroup viewpoint, evaluations are based upon two processes: identification of the speaker's social group attributes and group-based inferences. The particularly complex role of identification for non-native speakers is discussed in detail. Within the interpersonal sphere, inferences regarding speaker competence and generalized negative affect are emphasized.

Language attitudes toward Northeastern Mandarin and Putonghua (PTH) by young professionals

2014 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 211-230 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chunsheng Yang
Keyword(s):  
Northeast China ◽  
Language Use ◽  
Native Speakers ◽  
Language Attitudes ◽  
Economic Status ◽  
Young Professionals ◽  
Socio Economic Status ◽  
Lower Status ◽  
Language Attitude ◽  
Personal Qualities

This study examines the language attitudes of young professionals in three cities in China towards Northeastern Mandarin (NEM) and Putonghua (PTH) (i.e., the standard language in China). It confirms that NEM has lower status as compared to PTH. However, the young professionals in Northeast China rated the NEM speaker higher than the PTH speaker in most qualities, attesting to the empathy and solidarity of native speakers toward their own variety of language. The northeastern professionals also rated the NEM speaker lower in some personal qualities, implying that the northeastern professionals’ awareness of the stereotypes associated with NEM and the prestige associated with PTH. The findings show that language attitude is directly linked to socio-economic status and that speakers of the low variety of a language may develop complicated language attitudes when negotiating their language use and identity in social interaction.

SOME LINGUODIDACTIC FEATURES OF TEACHING A FOREIGN LANGUAGE IN THE CONTEXT OF THE COMMUNICATIVE CULTURAL SPHERE

2021 ◽  
pp. 97-108
Author(s):  
Almaziya G. Kataeva ◽  
◽  
Sergei D. Kataev ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Native Speakers ◽  
Electronic Devices ◽  
Modern World ◽  
Science And Culture ◽  
Cultural Sphere ◽  
The Subject ◽  
High Level ◽  
Intensive Teaching ◽  
Key Questions

The ever-throbbing fabric of the modern world relationship im- plies communication with representatives of various countries and nations in spheres of politics, economy, science and culture. Communication in a foreign language (hereinafter referred to as FL) taking place at press conferences, summits, international forums and trade fairs involves interaction with native speakers from various states, which leads to linguocultural penetration into their mentality, the world of their feelings, their culture and history. Mastering a FL is a kind of a guiding paths leading to the achievement of mutual understanding and beneficial cooperation among different nations in all areas of modern life. The analysis of pedagogical activity in the course of teach- ing a FL implies the focus on such elements of the teaching process, which can answer three key questions that each teacher faces: what is the matter of the subject, what techniques to use and what is the purpose of teaching. The article briefly describes the system of principles and techniques used in both conventional and intensive teaching methods. The article concentrates on the intensification of learning via modern electronic devices and resources that students use for doing their homework. The development of linguocultural competence of students means that the teacher is expected to have a high level of communicative culture, which acts as a methodological and didactic basis for students to master the required professional level of a FL.

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