Explorar

Guide to the five files in the language corpus section, covering text and speech datasets, natural language processing, lexicography, descriptive grammars, and language pedagogy and policy.

An analysis of Yorùbá language pedagogy, instructional materials, second-language tone acquisition research, and mother-tongue education policy in Nigeria.

What the cautionary àlọ́ in this section actually warn against, how severe their endings are, and the pattern that public exposure rather than private harm is the punishment they most often reach for.

An analysis of Yoruba tongue twisters, tonal word play, and riddles as pedagogical instruments for phonological acquisition and cognitive development.

An examination of traditional Yoruba children's games as an indigenous pedagogical system transmitting numeracy, physical coordination, language fluency, and moral character, alongside the causes and consequences of their modern decline.

Àlọ́ àpamọ̀ are Yorùbá verbal riddles framed as interactive call-and-response contests that test metaphorical wit, observational logic, and cultural knowledge before evening storytelling.