Hi Lawrence, and thanks for this information. It sounds like Prof. Owolabi will touch on the subject of terminology development among other things.
"Modernization" of languages seems to me, as a non-linguist, to include two complementary dynamics: one is how people use the language, sometimes spontaneously developing ways of saying things; and the other being language "engineering" by experts who propose terms for more esoteric and technical concepts that aren't encountered in daily use of the language. It would be interesting to hear what Prof. Owolabi has to say on this and related aspects of language develooment. All the best. Don Osborn Bisharat.net --- In AfricanLanguages@yahoogroups.com, adewole lawrence <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > There will be an inagural lecture to be delivered by > Professor D.K.O. Owolabi of the Department of > Linguistics and African Languages on 'Nigeria's Native > Language Modernization in Specialized Domain for > National Development: A Linguist's Approach' on > Thursday, 29 June, 2006 at 5 P.M. at the Faculty of > Education Lecture Theatre, University of Ibadan, > Ibadan, Nigeria. > L.O. Adewole > > Lawrence Olufemi Adewole > Department of African Languages and Literatures > Obafemi Awolowo University > Ile-Ife, Osun State, Nigeria > cellphone: 0803-471-4476 > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> See what's inside the new Yahoo! Groups email. http://us.click.yahoo.com/2pRQfA/bOaOAA/yQLSAA/TpIolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AfricanLanguages/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
