{"id":7146,"date":"2016-12-13T11:24:11","date_gmt":"2016-12-13T10:24:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/?post_type=biography&#038;p=7146"},"modified":"2017-11-28T14:45:39","modified_gmt":"2017-11-28T13:45:39","slug":"bamgbose-prof-ayo","status":"publish","type":"biography","link":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/biography\/bamgbose-prof-ayo\/","title":{"rendered":"BAMGBOSE, Prof. Ayo"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>B.A., Ph.D; professor emeritus, linguist; h: January 27, 1932; ht: Odopotu; so: Ogun; m: Adenike Adejumo. 1956; nc: two s, three d; ed: Bethlehem School, Odopotu, Ogun State, 1937-42; Emmanuel School, Isonyin, 1943-44; St. Andrew&#8217;s College, Oyo, 1948-51; University College, Ibadan, now University of Ibadan (in special relationship with the University of London). 1957-60; University of London, Summer School, 1959; University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom. 1960-63; cr: Teacher in various primary, secondary and teacher training colleges, 1952-57; Lecturer, University of Ibadan, 1963-66; Senior Lecturer, University of Ibadan, 1966-68: Sub-Dean, Faculty of Arts, University of Ibadan, 1966-69; prof. University of Ibadan, 1968-90; visiting prof. Linguistic Institute. University of Illinois. Urbana-Champaign, 1978; Visiting prof. Hamburg University, West Germany, 1979-80; visiting f.. Larc Hall. University of Cambridge, United Kingdom, 1978-88; prof. Emeritus, University of Ibadan, 1993; George A. Miller visiting prof. University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, 1993-94; visiting prof. University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, 1994-95; Senate mm. University of Ibadan, 1967-78; Council mm. University of Ibadan, 1986-90; Warden. Post-Graduate Hall, 1968-69; Head, Department of Linguistics and African Languages, University of Ibadan, 1969-75, 1977-8J; Dean, Faculty of Arts, University of Ibadan, 1971-73: ch. Jos Campus Committee, 1971-72; Master, Post-Graduate Hall, 1976-78; ch. Senate Committee on General Studies Programme, 1986-90; Senate Publications Committee, 1988-90; mm. Western Nigeria Ministry of Education Committee on Yoruba Orthography, 1966-69; mm\/ch. National Language Centre Working Committee, 1968-79: Consultant Linguist to the National Language Centre on the Technical Technology Project, the new &#8220;Wazobia&#8221; Project, 1968-79; mm. Joint Admission and Matriculation Board, representing University of Ibadan, 1977-87; moderator. West African Examination Council (WAEC) &#8220;A&#8221; level in Yoruba; Chief Moderator, Joint Admission and Matriculation Board. English Language paper, 1978-87; mm. Presidential Committee on the Implementation of the Recommendation of the Seminar on the National Question in Nigeria, 1987; presd. Scholarly Publishers Association of Nigeria, 1988-90; ch. Working Committee. National Institute for Nigerian Languages, 1991; Consultant, Ford Foundation on Survey of English Language Teaching in Nigeria, 1966; English Language Needs for junior members of the School of Law and Administration in Kinshasha, Zaire, 1968; expert, United Nations Educational andScientific Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) conferences on the following: Roundtablc Meeting of Experts on the Role of Linguistics and Socio- Linguistics in Language Education and Policy, Paris, 1971; meeting of specialists in Anthropology and Language Science, Paris. 1974; meeting of Experts on Diversification of Methods and Techniques for Teaching a Second Language, Paris, 1975; mm: of the following Editorial Boards: Journal of African Languages; ODU, A Journal of West African Studies; Indian Journal of Linguistics; African Languages, Ife Studies in English Language; IDEAL-Issues and Developments in English Applied Linguistics; Ilorin Journal of Language and Literature; honorary secretary, Philosophical Society, University of Ibadan, 1965-67; sec treasurer, West African Linguistics Society, 1965-72; ch. Regency Insurance Company Ltd; presd. West African Linguistic Society, 1976-82; mm^executive, Permanent International Committee of Linguistics, since 1977; presd. Yoruba Studies Association, 1981-86; Interim Committee of the Association of University Teachers of African Languages, since 1982; protem presd. Nigerian Academy of Letters, since 1991; visiting prof: Leipzig University, Germany, since 1997. publ: Yoruba Orthography, Ibadan University Press, 1965; A Grammar of Yoruba (West African Language Monographs No. 5), Cambridge University Press, 1966; Report of the Yoruba Orthography Committee, (ed) Government Printer, Ibadan, 1969; A Short Yoruba Grammar, Heinemann, 1967; The Yoruba Verb Phrase, (ed) Ibadan University Press, 1972; Mother Tongue Education: The West African Experience, (ed) Hodder and Stoughton, London, The UNESCO Press, Paris, 1976. award: Western Nigerian Government Scholarship, 1957-60; English Department Prize for the Session, 1957- 58; University of Ibadan Fellowship for the Summer School Literature, University of London, 1959; University of Ibadan Post-Graduate Scholarship tenable at the University of Edinburg, 1960-63; Ford Foundation Study\/Travel Award for study leave in the United States, 1970-71; Ford Foundation Study\/Travel Award for the Linguistic Institute, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA, 1977; Fellowship for Visiting Professorship, Hamburg University, Germany, 1979-80; Clare Hall, Cambridge University Foundation Fellowship, 1987-88; British Council Fellowship, 1987-88; Nigerian National Order, 1990. hob: music, travelling, computing, off: Department of Linguistics and African Languages, University of Ibadan. res: 19A, University.Crescent, Bodija Housing Estate, Ibadan, Oyo State, tel: 02-8104017.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","categories":[176],"writer":[],"class_list":["post-7146","biography","type-biography","status-publish","hentry","category-academia"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/7146","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/biography"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/7146\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7146"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7146"},{"taxonomy":"writer","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/writer?post=7146"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}