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| Name: | Prof. Foluke Olayinka Unuabonah |
| Profile: | Professor Foluke Unuabonah started her academic career in Bells University of Technology, Ota, Ogun State in December 2007 as an Assistant Lecturer, and later joined the services of Redeemer’s University in September 2009 as an Assistant Lecturer. She became a Professor in October 2023. Professor Unuabonah has served as Coordinator/Ag. Director of the General Studies Programme from 2016 to 2018 and Ag. Head of the English Department from 2018 to 2020. She has also been the University Orator from 2016 till date and has served as a member of many university committees, including the University Ceremonial Committee, Redeemer’s University Staff Schools Board, University Student Welfare Committee, and Chair of the Faculty of Humanities Curriculum Committee. She was also a Visiting Professor at the English Department, Ruhr University Bochum, Germany, in 2024.
Professor Unuabonah is a Fellow of the Nigerian Young Academy and founding President of the Corpus Linguistics Association of Nigeria. She is also a member of the English Scholars Association of Nigeria, Pragmatics Association of Nigeria, African Pragmatics Association and International Pragmatics Association. She has attended several conferences and workshops both within and outside Nigeria, including Ghana, South Africa, Germany and Belgium, and has been invited to give talks at different institutions, including Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Ghana, University of Michigan, the United States of America, and University of Bremen, Germany. She has supervised a number of MA and PhD theses, and has served as an external examiner/assessor in Bowen University, Obafemi Awolowo University, University of Ibadan, University of Ghana, and University of East Finland. She has published over 100 research publications in local and international books and journals. She aims to impact society positively through her research! |
| Status: | Widowed |
| Phone Number: | +2349059868024 |
| Birthday: | November 10 |
| Hobbies: | Reading |
| Nationality: | Nigerian |
| State of Origin: | Ondo |
Institutional Information |
| Designation: | Professor |
| Faculty: | Faculty Of Humanities |
| Department: | ENGLISH STUDIES |
Publications
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| Title: | (with Oyebode, O.) Coping With Hiv/aids: A Multimodal Discourse Analysis Of Hiv/aids Posters In Southwestern Nigeria. Discourse And Society, |
| Publisher: | Sage Publishers |
Date: | 2013 |
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| Title: | (with Odebunmi, A.) Generic Structure Of Nigerian And South African Quasi-judicial Public Hearings. Language, Discourse And Society |
| Publisher: | Language, Discourse And Society |
Date: | 2013 |
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| Title: | The Generic Structure Of Presentations In Quasi-judicial Public Hearings On The Fct Administration In Nigeria In 2008. California Linguistic Notes, 37 (1): 1-23.
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| Publisher: | California Linguistic Notes |
Date: | 2012 |
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| Title: | Our Threatened Democracy: A Socio-cognitive Study Of A Memo To The Federal Executive Council (fec) Of Nigeria. Issues In Political Discourse Analysis, 4 (1): 59-71. |
| Publisher: | Issues In Political Discourse Analysis |
Date: | 2011 |
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| Title: | Event Models: A Socio-cognitive Study Of Selected Interrogations In 2008 Quasi-judicial Public Hearing On Federal Capital Territory (fct) Administration In Nigeria. Studies In Literature And Language, 3(1): 37-44. |
| Publisher: | Studies In Literature And Language |
Date: | 2011 |
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| Title: | Contextual Beliefs In Doctor-pregnant Woman (dpw) Conversational Interactions In Selected Hospitals In Ibadan. Oye: Journal Of Arts, 17: 92-105. |
| Publisher: | Oye: Journal Of Arts |
Date: | 2011 |
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| Title: | Illocutionary Acts In Doctor-pregnant Woman (dpw) Conversations In Selected Hospitals In Ibadan. Lagos Papers In English Studies, 4: 91-103. |
| Publisher: | Lagos Papers In English Studies |
Date: | 2010 |
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| Title: | Ethnography Of Communication In Doctor-pregnant Woman Conversations In Selected Hospitals In Ibadan, Nigeria. Papers In Language And Linguistics, 9: 228-242. |
| Publisher: | Papers In Language And Linguistics |
Date: | 2008 |
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| Title: | Lexical Cohesive Devices In Chimamanda Adichie’s Purple Hibiscus. Ife Studies In English Language, 7: 93-104. |
| Publisher: | Ife Studies In English Language |
Date: | 2008 |
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| Title: | (with Taiwo, R.) Discourse Acts In Antenatal Clinic Literacy Classroom In South-western Nigeria. Linguistik Online, 31 (2):25-40. |
| Publisher: | Linguistik Online |
Date: | 2007 |
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| Title: | (with Ekpe, M. B.) Phrases, Clauses And Sentences. In C. A. Ibitoye And A. Adebileje (eds), Use Of English And Communication Skills For Tertiary Education. Mowe: Crm Press, 55-72. |
| Publisher: | Crm Press |
Date: | 01/09/2012 |
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| Title: | Pragmatic Acts And Contextual Beliefs In Two Nigerian Online News Media Feedback Forums. In R. Taiwo And I. Chiluwa (eds), Computer-mediated Communication In Africa. New York: Nova Science Publishers, 157-170. |
| Publisher: | Nova Science Publishers, |
Date: | 04/04/2012 |
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| Title: | Thematic Organization And The Analysis Of Selected Online Academic Scientific Journals’ Sites. In R. Taiwo (ed), Handbook Of Research On Discourse Behavior And Digital Communication: Language Structures And Social Interaction. New York: Idea Group International, 376-387. |
| Publisher: | Idea Group International |
Date: | 03/03/2010 |
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