Publications
Professor Inyang Udofot has conducted extensive research in
Semantics and Phonetics.
It has culminted into several Books, Journal Articles and Book Chapters. Majority are open access below.
Books
A Critical Review of Seven West African Poems
Udofot, I. (1985). Calabar: Wusen.
Poetry for the Senior Secondary school
Udofot, I. (1988). Uyo: Modern Business.
An Oral English Course for Schools and Colleges
Udofot, I. and B.B. Eshiet (1993). Calabar: Bon Universal. | Download
Aspects of Spoken Language
Eka, D. and Udofot, I. (1996). Calabar: Universal Press
A Comprehensive English Course for Schools and Colleges
Udofot, I. and Ekpenyong, B. (2001). Lagos, Quantum Company Limited. | Download
English And The Nigerian Situation: Trends and Imperatives.
Udofot, I.(2007). 18th University of Uyo Inaugural Lecture delivered on 26 April, 2007.University of Uyo Press. | Download
English Usage in Nigeria since 1842: Patterns and changes.
Udofot, I and Udoudom, J (Eds.) (2011). A Festchrift for Prof. David Eka. Ikot Ekpene: Devconsort Services. | Download
A Dictionary of Nigerian English Usage
Adegbite, W., Udofot, I & Ayoola, A.( Eds) (2014). Obafemi Awolowo University Press. Ile Ife | Download Preliminary Pages
Journal Articles
Concept and Context in Utterance Interpretation.
Udofot, I. (1992). Journal of Humanities 2, pp. 19-27.
Rhythm and Intonation: A study of Performance by Ibibio Speakers of English.
Udofot, I. (1993). Journal of Humanities 3, 19-27. | Download
Meunier’s Language in Barriers and Chinyelu
Udofot, I. (1995). In: Ase: Pierre Meunier: French background, Nigerian themes, 2, 22-33. | Download
Pausing in Spoken Nigerian English
Udofot, I. (1996). Journal of Humanities 4, 41-49. | Download
Phonological Facilitation and Interference: The Case of English and Ibibio
Udofot, I. (1998). Journal of Humanities, 6, 21-31.
Stress and Intonation in Second Language Teaching: A contrastive analysis model
Udofot, I (1999). Journal of Education and Training Technology(JETT). Department of Educational Technology, University of Port Harcourt, 85 – 954.
Bilingualism, Trilingualism and Quadrilingualism: The Language Situation of the Nigerian Child
Udofot, I. (2000). University of Uyo Journal of Women Academic (UJOWACS) 1 (1), 86-95. | Download
The Rhythm of Educated Spoken Nigerian English.
Udofot, I. (2000). Journal of Nigerian English and Literature (JONEL) Vol.1. Department of English, University of Uyo, 11-32. | Download
The Rhetoric of Violence: Egharevba’s Language in Voices of Thunder Ekwe
Udofot, I. (2001).A Journal of Languages and Literary Studies 1, 233 – 252 (Published by the School of Humanities, Abia State University, Uturu)
Feminist Language in fiction: A Linguistic Analysis of Selected Short Stories in Breaking the Silence by the Women Writers of Nigeria.
Udofot, I. (2001). Journal of Nigerian English and Literature (JONEL) Vol. 2. Department of English, University of Uyo, 110 – 127
The Intonation of Nigerian English.
Udofot, I. (2002). Journal of West African Languages JWAL 29, (2), 35 – 47. (Published in England for the West African Linguistic Society) | Download
Stress and Rhythm in the Nigerian accent of English.
Udofot, I .(2003). English Worldwide 24 (2), 201 -220.(Published by John Benjamins Publishing Company, Amsterdam/ Philadelphia) | Download
Nativisation of the English Language in Nigeria: A Cultural and Linguistic Renaissance.
Udofot, I. (2003). Journal of Nigerian English and Literature (JONEL) Vol. 4. Department of English, University of Uyo, 42 – 52. | Download
Wooing and winning: Osundare’s language of propaganda in Songs
Udofot, I. (2004). Currents in African Literature and the English Language CALEL Vol.2(1), 166-177. (Published by Dept. Of English, University of Calabar)
English Language Acquisition in a Bilingual Setting: a Case Study
Udofot, I.(2005). Usem: Journal of Languages, Linguistics and Literature Vol.1,15-26.( Published by The Department of Linguistics and Nigerian Languages, University of Uyo) | Download
The English Language and National Integration: The Challenges of the 21st Century
Udofot, I.(2006). Currents in African Literature and the English Language CALEL,4,55-65. (Published by Dept. Of English, University of Calabar)
Non Sexist Language and the New Humanism: The Case of the English Language.
Udofot, I. (2006). Journal of Nigerian English and Literature. 6, 47-62. | Download
A tonal analysis of standard Nigerian English
Udofot, I. (2007). Journal of The Nigeria English Studies Association,3(1),58-68. | Download
Interpersonal Relationships in the Workplace: Communication and Civility Challenges.
Udofot, I. (2008). Journal of Nigerian English and Literature.7, 17-29.
The English Language and the Global Knowledge Economy.
Udofot, I. (2010). Uyo Online Journal of Humanities 1, 28-36. | Download
The English Language and politics in Nigeria
Udofot, I. (2010). Journal of the Nigeria English Studies Association, 13 (1), 5-14. | Download
Word melodies vs. pitch accents: A perceptual evaluation of terracing contours in British and Nigerian English.
Gussenhoven, Carlos & Udofot, Inyang (2010). Language Acquisition 2010. Pp 100015:1-100015:4 /http://speechprosody 2010, Illinois.edu/papers/100015.pdf | Download
The English Language and Education in Nigeria
Udofot, I. (2011). Journal of the Nigeria English Studies Association, 14 (2), 14-21 | Download
Sexism and Semantic Derogation of the African Woman: the Way Forward.
Udofot, I. (2012). UniUyo Journal of Gender Studies, 1,35-49
Spoken English in the West African Region.
Udofot, I. (2013). UniUyo Journal of Humanities, Vol.16 & 17 (1), 1-16.t
Lexico-syntactic Innovations and Tone in Standard Nigerian English.
Udofot, I and Udoudom, J.(2012). In Journal of Nigerian English Studies Association (JNESA) 15 (I), 101-116. | Download
Language and Education in Nigeria: The case of English.
Udofot, 1 (2014). Uyo Online Journal Of The Humanities 3, 101-117 | Download
Social Media English in Nigeria
Udofot , I and S. Mbarachi ( 2016). Journal of English Language and Literature (RJELAL), Vol.4.Issue 2.2016 (Apr-Jun) http://www.rjelal.com | Download
Language and Cognitive Development: The Challenges of Early Bilingualism and Incomplete Acquisition for Nigerian University Education.
Udofot, I. (2016)
English in the Arts, Social Science and Technology: Bonding Three Bed Fellows for Human Development.
Udofot. I (2016). Review of Art And Social Sciences Volume V, No.5 January-June 2,15-25.
Internet Language and Literacy in Nigeria.
Udofot,I & Mbarachi, S. (2018). Journal of English Scholars’ Association of Nigeria JESAN.Vol. 20 (1&2),373-393.
Brilliant or Brillian: Final Consonants in Nigerian and Cameroonian Englishes.
Udofot,I. and Essien, N, (2021). Journal of the English Scholar’s Association of Nigeria Vol 23,No:2, pp 36-47. | Download
Book Chapters
Forms of sentence Connection, Co-ordination, Apposition and complementation
Udofot, I. (1993). In: Eka, D. (Ed). 1993. Fundamentals of Communication in English. Calabar: Bon Universal, pp.133 -142.
Organised Official Writing and Documentation
Udofot, I. (1995). In: Udofot, M. (Ed). Current trends in Educational Practices. Uyo: Imasons Educational, 151-161.
Literary Appreciation: A Tool for Enhanced Mastery of English Language and Literature
Udofot, I. (1995). In: Udofot, M. (Ed). Current trends in Educational Practices. Uyo: Imasons Educational, 120-128.
Teaching English Language: An Integrated Approach
Udofot, I. (1995). In: Udofot, M. (Ed). Current trends in Educational Practices. Uyo: Imasons Educational 142-150.
Sound and Sense in Saro Wiwa’s Poems in a Time of War
Udofot, I. (1999). In: Akpan, F. Eshiet, I. and Okome, O. Saro Wiwa and the Discourse of Ethnic Minority in Nigeria. Calabar: University of Calabar pp. 21-32. | Download
The Social Stratification of English in Soyinka’s The Beautification of Area Boy.
Udofot, I. (2000). In Nwokochah, U. (Ed.) Trends in African Drama and Theatre. Okigwe: Crystal Publishers, 42-58.
The Pronunciation of English in Nigeria
Udofot, I. (2002) In: Eka, D. (Ed.). Essays in Language and literature: In honour of Ime Ikiddeh at 60 Uyo: University of Uyo Press, 64 – 87. | Download
The English Language in Nigeria in the 21st Century
Udofot, I. (2003) In: Okon, E. and Okon, M.(Eds.) Topical Issues in Sociolinguistics: The Nigerian Perspective. Port Harcourt: NINLAN in Collaboration with Emhai Printing & Publishing Co., 133-142.
Varieties of Spoken Nigerian English.
Udofot, I. (2004). In: Awonusi S. & Babalola, E. A. (Eds.) The Domestication of the English Language in Nigeria. Lagos: University of Lagos Press, 93-113.
Information and Communication Technology in Distance Language Learning
Udofot, I. (2005). In Etuk, E, Udofot,I.,and Udosen, A. (Eds.). Education in Nigeria in the 21st Century focus and Imperatives. Uyo, Abaam Publishing Co.,84-94.
Critical issues in the study of linguistics, languages and literatures in Nigeria
Udofot, I. (2008) Sexism in language use in Nigeria: a lexico-semantic analysis. Ndimele, Ozo-mekuri, Udoh, I, Ogbonna, A(Eds.) (A festschrift for Conrad Max Benedict Brann),473-492.
The linguistic and cultural significance of personal names in Annang.
Udofot, I. (2009). In: Urua, E., Ekpenyong , M. and Ahoua.,F.(Eds.) Language Development: Beyond Borders,A Festchrift in honour of Professor Dr Dafydd Gibbon. Uyo: Emsel.
The rhythm of Standard Nigerian English
Udofot, I.(2011). In Akinmade Akande `and Akinola Odebunmi (Eds), The Sociology of English in Nigeria. Saarbrücken: Lambert Academic Publishers, 77-98. 54
Features of Spoken Nigerian English.
Udofot, I (2013). In Akinmade Akande and Rotimi Taiwo (Eds.) Contact Linguistics in Africa and Beyond. New York, Nova Science Publishers, 63-74
Recent Innovations in English Language in Nigeria.
Udofot,I.(2016). In: Babatunde, S.T., Josiah, U.E., & Ekah, M.H. (Eds.) English Language and Literature in Non-Native Environments: Issues. Patterns and Preferences. A Festchrift in Honour of Professor David Jowitt. Haytee Press and Publishing House, Ilorin.69-77. | Download
Tone in Nigerian and Cameroonian Accents of English.
Udofot,I. (2020). In: Oladipupu, R., Akindele,J.,and Osisanwo, A. (Eds.)Phonetics, Phonology and Sociolinguistics in the Nigerian Context. A Festchrift for Adenike Akinjobi. Stirling-Horden Publishers Ltd: Ibadan. 67-78. | Download
Computer Assisted Language Learning(CALL) as Innovation in the Language Class.
Inyang Udofot. (Technology and Education in the 21st Century, A Festchrist in Honour of Professor(Mrs) Comfort Memfin Ekpo, Volume 1. (Ed) Eno-Abasi Urua, Inyang M. Udofot and Happiness Udok. Download
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