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The Landmarks Series is a research and publications outfit funded by the Landmarks Research Foundation to publish recent outstanding doctoral dissertations on any aspect of Nigerian linguistics, languages, literatures and cultures. This study is a departer from most previous work on Yor{grave}ub{acute}a Grammar in the sense that rather than being purely a descriptive grammar; it attempts to provide a theoretical analysis of the internal and external syntax of Yor{grave}ub{acute}a nominal expressions using the Chomskyan Principles and Parameters approach to syntax. This Generative theory attempts to characterize the grammar of all natural languages in terms of a set of universal principles that all languages share, and a set of parameters along which languages may vary. The book emphasizes the empirical motivation behind major theoretical proposals in that framework, and shows how views on the nature of universal grammar and cross-linguistic variation have developed over the years as a consequence of a massive increase in cross-linguistic syntactic research.

Yoruba language --- Aku language --- Eyo language --- Nago language --- Yariba language --- Kwa languages --- Syntax. --- Possessives. --- Noun phrase. --- Nominals.

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Yoruba language --- Textbooks for foreign speakers --- English. --- Aku language --- Eyo language --- Nago language --- Yariba language --- Kwa languages --- Textbooks for foreign speakers&delete& --- English

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This is the first comprehensive account of prolonged hearing loss and its impact on a language that was once spoken fluently. Although it is currently assumed that hearing loss results in speech deterioration, it is shown that language loss occurs when speakers remain deaf for a long time. The reader is introduced to a significant deaf population - postlingually deafened Yoruba speakers who have been deaf for more than twenty years and who have no access to hearing aids or speech therapy. After becoming deaf, they continue to speak Yoruba from memory and "hear" visually through lip reading. These speakers exhibit phonological, lexical and syntactic losses which mirror acquisition patterns attested in the speech of Yoruba children. Based on these similarities, it is argued that a direct link exists between language loss and first language acquisition. It is further argued that prolonged deafness results in language reversal. Finally, the book presents the first description of the sign language and gestures used by deafened speakers to augment their spoken language. These findings will be of value to linguists, speech, language and hearing therapists, anthropologists, Africanists, deaf studies researchers, and non-specialists who are interested in hearing health and wellness.

Postlingual deafness --- Yoruba language --- Acquired deafness, Postlingually --- Postlingually acquired deafness --- Deafness --- Aku language --- Eyo language --- Nago language --- Yariba language --- Kwa languages --- Patients --- Rehabilitation --- Phonology. --- Deaf Communities. --- Language Acquisition. --- Language Attrition. --- Sign Languages. --- Yoruba.

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Samuel Johnson was an Anglican minister & historian renowned for his magisterial history of the Yoruba people. Born in Freetown in Sierra Leone & educated by the Church Missionary Society, Johnson was sent with his family to Idaban in Nigeria in 1857. He was ordained in 1880 & by 1897 had finished the manuscript for The History of the Yorubas. However the original publisher mysteriously misplaced the manuscript. After Johnson's death his brother, Dr Obadiah Johnson, recompiled the text from Samuel's notes. This volume, first published in 1921, contains that reconstructed edition. This pioneering volume brought together various oral & recorded accounts of Yoruba history, describing not only political history but also social customs, language & laws. Although recent analysis of the text has revealed some inaccuracies, this volume remains the standard reference for the history of the Yoruba people.

Yoruba (African people) --- Yoruba language. --- History. --- Civilization. --- Social life and customs. --- Aku language --- Eyo language --- Nago language --- Yariba language --- Kwa languages --- Yariba (African people) --- Yooba (African people) --- Yorubas --- Ethnology

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In this book, Oyěwùmí extends her path-breaking thesis that in Yorùbá society, construction of gender is a colonial development since the culture exhibited no gender divisions in its original form. Taking seriously indigenous modes and categories of knowledge, she applies her finding of a non-gendered ontology to the social institutions of Ifá, motherhood, marriage, family and naming practices. Oyěwùmí insists that contemporary assertions of male dominance must be understood, in part, as the work of local intellectuals who took marching orders from Euro/American mentors and colleagues. In exposing the depth of the coloniality of power, Oyěwùmí challenges us to look at the worlds we inhabit, anew.

Motherhood --- Ifa (Religion) --- Gender identity --- Oyo (African people) --- Family & Marriage --- Sociology & Social History --- Social Sciences --- Yoruba language --- Etymology --- Social aspects. --- Foreign influences. --- Maternity --- Aku language --- Eyo language --- Nago language --- Yariba language --- Culture --- Ethnology --- Sociology. --- Cultural studies. --- Ethnicity. --- Sex (Psychology). --- Gender expression. --- Gender identity. --- Cultural and Media Studies. --- African Culture. --- Gender Studies. --- Cultural and Media Studies, general. --- Ethnicity Studies. --- Cultural Studies. --- Sociology, general. --- Sex identity (Gender identity) --- Sexual identity (Gender identity) --- Identity (Psychology) --- Sex (Psychology) --- Queer theory --- Expression, Gender --- Sex role --- Psychology, Sexual --- Sex --- Sexual behavior, Psychology of --- Sexual psychology --- Sensuality --- Ethnic identity --- Group identity --- Cultural fusion --- Multiculturalism --- Cultural pluralism --- Social theory --- Social sciences --- Cultural studies --- Study and teaching. --- Africa. --- Psychological aspects --- Mothers --- Parenthood --- Kwa languages --- Ethnology-Africa. --- Culture-Study and teaching. --- Ethnology—Africa. --- Culture—Study and teaching. --- Popular culture --- Study and teaching --- Culture. --- Sex. --- Communication. --- Race. --- Media and Communication. --- Race and Ethnicity Studies. --- Physical anthropology --- Communication, Primitive --- Mass communication --- Sociology --- Gender (Sex) --- Human beings --- Human sexuality --- Sex (Gender) --- Sexual behavior --- Sexual practices --- Sexuality --- Sexology --- Cultural sociology --- Sociology of culture --- Civilization --- Social aspects