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Name: Uchenna  Oyali
Institution: University of Abuja
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State and/or Country: Nigeria   
Linguistic Field(s): Discourse Analysis
Historical Linguistics
Morphology
Pragmatics
Psycholinguistics
Semantics
Sociolinguistics
Ling & Literature
Selected Publications: Oyali, Uchenna. ‘Breaking the Iron Curtain: A Lexico-Syntactic Analysis of
Ezenwa-Ohaeto’s The Voice of the Night Masquerade.’ M. A. Diss., U of Abuja, 2008.

Oyali, Uchenna. ‘Interview with Gboyega Kolawole on Doomsday of the Mastodon.’ The Okigbo Review. In Press.

Oyali, Uchenna. ‘Point of View, Language and Style in Ezenwa-Ohaeto’s The Voice of the Night Masquerade’. Paper Presented at the Second Faculty of Arts National Conference, University of Maiduguri. January 27 – 31, 2008.

Oyali, Uchenna. ‘The Co-operative Principle, Conversation and Poetic Monologue: A Stylistic Study of Ezenwa-Ohaeto’s The Voice of the Night Masquerade.’ Paper Presented at the Prof. Ezenwa-Ohaeto International Memorial Conference, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, and Awka. November 28 – December 1, 2007.

Oyali, Uchenna. ‘Olu and Igbo I Salute You: An Ethno-linguistic and Historical Study of the Identities of the Igbo Peoples.’ Paper Presented at the 21st Annual Conference of the Linguistic Association of Nigeria, University of Uyo. November 19 – 23, 2007.

Oyali, Uchenna. ‘Unity in Diversity: A Stylistic Study of Ezenwa-Ohaeto’s The Voice of the Night Masquerade and Niyi Osundare’s The Word Is an Egg.’ Paper Presented at the Fourth University of Uyo Conference on Language and Literature, University of Uyo. February 14 – 17, 2007.

Oyali, Uchenna. ‘Stylistic Features of Igbo Orature in Ezenwa-Ohaeto’s The Voice of the Night Masquerade.’ Nigerian Languages, Literatures, Culture and Reforms. Ed. Ozo-mekuri Ndimele. Port Harcourt: M & J Grand Orbit Communications, 2007. 327-341.

Oyali, Uchenna. ‘Linguistic Deviations in Niyi Osundare’s The Eye of the Earth’. Awka Journal of Linguistics and Languages. 2. 2007.

Oyali, Uchenna. ‘Stylistic Use of Repetition in Niyi Osundare’s The Word Is an Egg.’ DEGEL. In Press.

Oyali, Uchenna. ‘What Is in a Name? Chukwuemeka Ike’s Use of Names for Character Delineation in Conspiracy of Silence’. Zaria Journal of Liberal Arts. In Press.

Oyali, Uchenna. ‘Register and Code Switching as Stylistic Devices in Chukwuemeka Ike’s Conspiracy of Silence.’ Paradise in the Arts: A Festschrift for Professor C.C. Agbodike. In Press.

Oyali, Uchenna and Tosin Ogundare. ‘Adaptation in Drama: A Comparative Study of Plautus’ The Brothers Menaechmus and Shakespeare’s Comedy of Errors.’ Obudu Journal of Languages. 7.1 (2007). 81-91.

Oyali, Uchenna. ‘Goal-Setting and HIV/AIDS’. Heartbeat. A Magazine of the Association of Students of English Language and Literature, University of Abuja, Abuja, 2006.

Oyali, Uchenna. ‘The Service Year: A Personal View’. EDU-LIGHT. A Magazine of the Education Students’ Association, University of Abuja, Abuja, 2006.

Oyali, Uchenna. ‘A Lexical Analysis of Chukwuemeka Ike’s Conspiracy of Silence.’ B. A. Long Essay, U of Abuja, 2002.
Courses Taught: English Grammar, Sociolinguistics, Language and Society, Intermediate Composition,


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