African Words in the American English Gullah Dialect
Last week, I identified some notable African onomastic (onomastics is the science of personal names) influences in Gullah personal names. This week, I
Politics of Grammar
Politics of Grammar
Nigerian and African Muslim personal names among the Gullah of Georgia and South Carolina
In last week’s column I promised to share with the reader some of the noticeable African influences in the Gullah language. These influences are
Gullah: The fascinating African-inflected black American English dialect
In line with my tradition to highlight aspects of the linguistic culture of Black America in February, which is celebrated as “Black History Mon
A Comparison of Everyday University Vocabularies in Nigeria, America, and Britain (III)
10. Instructor/Professor/Dr. In internal, official communication in American universities, every teacher, irrespective of rank, is generically referre
A Comparison of Everyday University Vocabularies in Nigeria, America, and Britain (II)
7. Lecturer II/Lecturer II/Assistant Lecturer/Graduate Assistant. As I said last week, comparing the British/Nigerian system with the American system