Staff

Prof. Joseph O. Friday-Otun

Prof. Joseph Omoniyi Friday-Otun

Post
Professor
Department
Linguistics & Nigerian languages
Email
frjoseph@unilorin.edu.ng
Office Address
Room 4-02, New Faculty of Arts Building, University of Ilorin
Teaching and Research Area
Linguistics (Semantics and Pragmatics, Applied Linguistics)

Biography

Dr. Friday-Otun is a Reader in the Department of Linguistics and Nigerian Languages at the University of Ilorin. His areas of research interest include semantics, pragmatics, sociolinguistics, applied linguistics, translation, psycholinguistics, discourse analysis, and stylistics. He is the current Acting Head of the Department of Linguistics and Nigerian Languages. He has supervised more than thirty master’s students and three PhD students. He is a member of the Linguistic Association of Nigeria, West African Linguistics Congress Society, Modern Language Association of Nigeria, Nigeria English Studies Association, and American Studies Association of Nigeria.