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LAGOS STATE UNIVERSITY

ACADEMIC STAFF BIO-DATA

1. Name (with title/s): Dr. Gabriel A. Osoba
2. Phone Number: 08033248685 E-mail address: [email protected]
3. Department: English
4. Faculty/College/School: Arts
5. Nationality: Nigerian

6 Academic & Professional Qualifications (With awarding University/body):

B.A (Hons) English & Lit. Studies University of Calabar, Calabar; M.A. English Language, University of Ibadan, Ibadan and Ph.D English, University of Lagos

7. Honours & Distinction:
8. Research Focus and Specialization: My major area of specialization is stylistics and focus is on a

stylistic– based approach to the analysis of texts, especially literary texts.

9. Research Publications and Books

A Books and Monographs: Books

1. G.A. Osoba (2002) English for Effective Communication. Ibadan: Olu-Akin Publishers
2. G.A. Osoba (2005) Mastering Punctuation and Spelling in English. Lagos: Blackhouse Publishers (included as one of the main texts on English Grammar in the Lagos State Government, Ministry of Education, 2004/2005 Approved booklist for Junior Secondary School)

Book Co-authored

3. Salami, O., Gabriel A. Osoba, and Adeleke A. Fakoya, Linguistics: A Short Introduction. Lagos: Ginnairl Nigeria Limited. Revised edition (2008) Ago-Iwoye: Olabisi Onabanjo University Press.

Books Co-edited

4. Fakoya, A.A. & G.A. Osoba (2001). The English Compedium 1 & 2, Lagos, Department of English, Lagos State University.
5. Ayodele, S.O., G.A. Osoba & O. Mabekoje (2006) (eds) Aspects of Language and Literature: An Undergraduate Text for Tertiary Institutions: Ijagun: Department of Languages (English Unit) Tai Solarin University of Education.

B. Articles that have Already Appeared in Learned Journals

6. Osoba, G.A. (1990) “Accessibility as a Goal of Poetic Communication: A Study of Some Syntactic and Lexical patterns in Niyi Osundare’s ‘Excursions I’ ” OYE: Ogun Journal of Arts. Vol. 1: 63-75.

7. Osoba, G.A. (1991a) “Poetry as a Social and Linguistic Event: A Study of Odia Ofeimum’s ‘The Messiahs’” Humanities Journal, Vol. I: 71-86.
8. Osoba, G.A. (1991b) “Graphology as a Communication Device in Poetry: The Example of Niyi Osundare’s Songs of the Market Place͟ Gege: Ogun Studies in English. Vol.1: 104-115.
9. Osoba, G.A. (1993) “Same Field, Different Tenor: Register in Soyinka’s Abiku and Clark’s” Gege: Ogun Studies in English, Vol. 2: 1-13.
10. Osoba, G.A. (1999a) “Imaginative Transfer of Symbols and Techniques from Oral Tradition to Modern Poetry in Bitek’s “Songs of Lawino” and Okigbo’s ‘Elegy for Slit Drum’” Studies in Literature Vol. 1: 51-56.
11. Osoba, G.A. (1999b) “Some Discourse Features in Osundare’s Poetry”, Papers in English and Linguistics Vol. 4: 80-91.
12. Osoba, G.A. (2005a) “Words of Elders, Words of Wisdom: A Thematic and Stylistic Study of Some Yoruba Proverbs” Proverbium: Year book of International Proverb Scholarship, Volume 22:2005: 273-287.
13. Osoba, G.A. (2005b) “Parallelism as a Stylistic Device for message projection in Biblical Discourse: the Example of St. Paul’s first epistle to the Corinthians Chapter 13” Style Journal: 207-217.
14. Osoba, G.A. (2007) “Language Use and Social Relevance: The Example of some Yoruba Proverbs” Lagos Papers in English Studies (LAPES) Vol. 2: 160–166. An online journal available at http://www.cardinetnigeria.com/Lasu/arts/
15. Osoba, G.A. (2008) “Alliteration and Assonance in Niyi Osundare’s Songs of the Market Place: A phonetic analysis” California Linguistic Notes, Volume XXX111, No. 1 Winter: 1 – 12.

Chapters in Books

16. Osoba, G.A. (1991) “Reading Comprehension” in J.O. Oyegoke (ed) Undergraduate Text on English Language and Literature: 88-105. Ago Iwoye: Department of English, Ogun State University
17. Osoba, G.A. (1997a) “Punctuation for Effective Writing” in Odugbemi, O.O., Balogun, K.A., Adedoyin, O.S. Essentials of General Studies: 173- 204 Ago-Iwoye: GNS Unit, Ogun State University.
18. Osoba, G.A. (1997b) “Reading Skills and Strategies” in Odugbemi, O.O., Balogun, K.A., Adedoyin, O.S. Essentials of General Studies: 66-92.