Symposium 5: Tone in Igbo
This year's Igbo Language Symposium @ UNIZIK is focused on Tone in Igbo. It is an opportunity for linguists and other students of the language to present their current research works on various aspects of tone in the language. There are no restrictions with regard to theoretical frameworks or choice of topics, so long as the topic verges on tone in the language.
PROGRAMME OF EVENTS
Day One: Monday, 24th November, 2014: Arrival Day LEAD PAPERS: 10.30 11.10 E. Nolue Emenanjo: Tone, Dialects and Mutual Intelligibility University of Port Harcourt 11.10 11.50 B. M. Mbah: An Ecocritical Analysis of the Downstepped Tone in Igbo University of Nigeria, Nsukka 11.50 12.30 Victor Manfredi: Ìgbo semiscriptalism - Ìgwe bụ íke n’itínye akàrá ụ́dàólú! University of Boston, USA 12.30 01.10 Chukwuma Okeke: The Tone Before and The Tone After the Downstep: Comparing the Rule with the Language Data University of Nigeria, Nsukka 01.10 01.50 Mbanefo Chukwuogor: Tone in Igbo historical linguistics: Reflections on Igbo Speech Varieties Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka 01.50 02.30 Okoli Chukwunonyelum: Tone Marking Systems of the Igbo Language: The Endeavours Over the Years Nnamdi Azikiwe University,Awka LUNCH BREAK: (2.30-3.00 PM 03.00 03.40 Ogbonna Anyanwu & Eunice Osuagwu: Tonal Expression of Negation in Igbo and The Redundancy of the ghi Negative Suffix UNIVERSITY OF UYO & UNIVERSITY OF PORT HARCOURT 03.40 04.20 Chinweude Nwakaego Ugochukwu: Ụda Olu N’Usoro Okwu Igbo: Ndịiche Sitere N’olumba Nanka NNAMDI AZIKIWE UNIVERSITY, AWKA 04.20 05.00 Haroldson Aghaegbuna Uwaezuoke: Glides in Igbo Tonology: an Autosegmental Perspective NNAMDI AZIKIWE UNIVERSITY, AWKA 05.00 05.40 Aloysius Udosinachi Umeodinka: The Dynamics of Tone in Curse Making in Umuchu NNAMDI AZIKIWE UNIVERSITY, AWKA Day Three: Wednesday, 26th November, 2014 (a) Paper Presentation 09.00 - 09.40 Linda Chinelo Nkamigbo: How high is the high tone in Igbo? 09.40 - 10.20 Chinedu Uchechukwu: The Tonal Configurations of Ideophonic Pairs NNAMDI AZIKIWE UNIVERSITY, AWKA 10.20 - 11.00 Adaobi Ngozi Okoye & Eunice Chidinma Osuagwu: Tone in Igbo and Etulo: A Comparative study. NNAMDI AZIKIWE UNIVERSITY, AWKA & UNIVERSITY OF PORT HARCOURT Lunch Break (11.00 12.30)
Day Two: Tuesday, 25th November, 2014: Paper Presentation(b) Workshop on Keyman Virtual Keyboard for Igbo
Venue: Nnamdi Azikiwe University Digital Library, Hall 3
(c) Closing Session