Symposium 6: Aspects of Igbo Lexicography
Date: 23rd to 24th November, 2015
‘Igbo Lexicography’ is yet to be established as a research area; the intermittent scholarly examination of one or two of the extant dictionaries of the language can therefore be seen as a positive and welcome development. This symposium is foundational in orientation. It openly invites all Igbo scholars who have written any work on any aspect of Igbo lexicography, in addition to those who have written Igbo dictionaries or 'larger wordlists'. The symposium also aims at contributing towards a vibrant Igbo lexicographic tradition through an open invitation of papers on any of the folllowing aspects of Igbo lexicography: dictionary structure, dictionary history, dictionary criticism, dictionary use, dictionary production, etc.
PROGRAMME OF EVENTS
Day One: Monday, 23rd November, 2015
| 10.00 10.40 | LEAD PAPER E. Nolue Emenanjo (UNIPORT): Issues in Igbo Lexicography: An Overview |
| 10.40 11.20 | Linda Chinelo Nkamigbo (UNIZIK): An examination of phonological information in Igbo dictionaries |
| 11.20 12.00 | B.M. Mbah (UNN): Orthographical Inconsistencies and Igbo Lexicography |
| 12.00 12.40 | Esther Nwakaego Oweleke (UNIPORT): Igbo Dialects and the Citation-Form: The Possibility of a Standard Igbo Dictionary |
| 12.40 1.20 | Chinedu Uchechukwu (UNIZIK) & Mbanefo Chukwuogor (UNIZIK): Motivating the Citation Form in Igbo Dictionaries. |
| 1.20 2.00 | Nkechinyere Nwokoye (UNIZIK): The Lexicographer and His Constraints in Dictionary Writing |
| LUNCH BREAK (2.00 – 2.40 PM) | |
| 2.40 3.20 | Onyinye Ann Nwankwo (FU Ebonyi): Verbal Collocation in the Igbo Dictionary: An Important Preservation Strategy. |
| 3.20 4.00 | Martha Chidimma Egenti (UNIZIK): A Review of Cross-Referencing in Igbo Dictionaries Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka |
| 4.00 4.40 | Adaobi N. Okoye UNIZIK): Idioms in Igbo Dictionaries |
| 4.40 5.20 | Chinweude N.Ugochukwu (UNIZIK): The Use of Examples in Monolingual Dictionaries: The Igbo Dictionary Case |
Day Two: Tuesday, 24th November, 2015
3. IGBO LEXICOGRAPHER’S DAY
| 09.00 09.40 | Chinedu Uchechukwu (UNIZIK): Towards Igbo Learners’ Dictionaries Azikiwe University, Awka |
| 09.40 10.20 | Ụ́zọ̀ Íhìọ́nụ́ (New York, US) and Victor Manfredi (Boston University, US) Lexical syntax and the listing problem in Ìgbo |
| 10.20 11.00 | Ikechukwu Okdo (UNIZIK): Sourcing Synonyms and Antonyms: The Way Forward for Standard Igbo Dictionary |
| 11.00 11.40 | Purity Ada Uchechukwu (UNIZIK): Spanish and Igbo Linguistic Demographies and Their Implications for Dictionary Production |
| LUNCH BREAK (12.20 – 1.40 PM) | |
| 1.00 1.40 | Chinedu Uchechukwu: The Concept of Igbo Lexicographer’s Day & Tribute to Igbo Lexicographers |
| 1.40 2.00 | Oliver O.O. Akponye: Nkọwa Okwu Igbo |
| 2.00 2.40 | Ahamefula Ndubuisi Ogbonna, Ezemoka Augustina & Eze Maudlyn Adaora Igbo Travel and Tourism Terminology Research: An Imperative for Igbo Tourism Development |
| 2.40 3.20 | Ike Achebe and B.I. Mmadike: Igbo Archival Dictionary Project |
| 3.20 4.00 | Chukwuma O. Okeke: A Brief Overview of Igbo Adị |
| 10. | Dr. Maduako and Igwe’s Igbo English Dictionary |
4. Closing Session