Re: Hausa-Speaking Northern Christian Names: An Onomastic Analysis
Last week’s column attracted a rich cornucopia of responses. There is no space to reproduce all of them here, so I will only publish a few. Alth
Politics of Grammar
Politics of Grammar
Hausa-Speaking Northern Christian Names: An Onomastic Analysis
As faithful readers of this column know, I have a scholarly fascination with the origin, form, development, and domestication of personal names &ndash
The Self-Isolation of Native English Speakers
On Friday, here in Atlanta, I witnessed a communication breakdown between a Nigerian English speaker and a UK-born American English speaker that speak
A Spaniard’s Experience with and Tips on Learning English
Several of the questions I receive daily from readers, which I don’t find fitting for my Q and A columns because they are not grammar and usage
English Mumpsimuses, a senator’s tweet, and lesson in tenses
I didn’t intend to write a sequel to last week’s column on the Senator Shehu Sani tweet that invited sarcastic, ill-natured grammar