Dr. Aghaegbuna Haroldson Uwaezuoke
Dr. Aghaegbuna Haroldson Uwaezuoke is a SENIOR LECTURER in LINGUISTICS Department, Faculty Of Arts in Nnamdi Azikiwe University
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Staff Profile
I am a lecturer at Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Anambra State. I am in Department of Linguistics, Faculty of Arts. I joined NAU on 1st August, 2008, first as Administrative Assistant; and later in May, 2014, converted to Assistant Lecturer.
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Address: | Linguistics, Faculty Of Arts, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka. |
Faculty/Unit: | FACULTY OF ARTS |
Department/Sub-Unit: | LINGUISTICS |
Social Profiles
Academic Qualifications
| Degrees / Basic Certificates | |
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| 1 | Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Nigeria. (Doctor of Philosophy, December, 2017) February, 2011 to October, 2017 PhD Linguistics |
| 2 | Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Nigeria. (Master Degree, September, 2010) October, 2008 to September, 2010 MA Linguistics |
| 3 | University Of Jos, Nigeria. (Bachelor Degree, May, 1995) December, 1990 to June, 1995 BA Linguistics |
Relevant/Working Experience
| 1 | Deputy Director, Centre for Arts, Culture and Humanities, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka February, 2024 to Present |
| 2 | Senior Lecturer, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka October, 2021 to October, 2024 |
| 3 | Departmental Coordinator, Continuing Education Programme, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka December, 2020 to Present |
| 4 | Lecturer I, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka October, 2018 to October, 2021 |
| 5 | Lecturer II, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka May, 2015 to October, 2018 |
| 6 | Assistant Lecturer, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka May, 2014 to May, 2015 |
| 7 | Admin Officer, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka October, 2011 to May, 2014 |
| 8 | Admin Assistant, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka January, 2008 to January, 2011 |
| 9 | Councillor, Oyi Local Government Council October, 1999 to October, 2002 |
| 10 | PA to Executive Chairman, Oyi Local Government, Nteje, Anambra State July, 1997 to August, 1998 |
| 11 | NYSC Classroom Teacher, Union Secondary School, Nsie, Okobo Local Government Area, Akwa Ibom State December, 1995 to December, 1996 |
Creative Output
| Book Chapters | |
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| 1 | Uwaezuoke, Aghaegbuna Haroldson. (2024, May) Religion and Human Relations: The Place of Language Fab Educational Books, pp 85-93 |
| 2 | Uwaezuoke, Haroldson Aghaegbuna. (2015, November) AN EXPERIMENTAL SURVEY OF THE IMPACT OF TRANSLATION TO INFORMATION DISSEMINATION AT THE GRASSROOTS Amaka Dreams, A Festschrift in Honour of Professor Cecilia A. Eme, pp 235-244 |
| 3 | Uwaezuoke, Aghaegbuna Haroldson. (2010, May) Translation: A Veritable Tool for Effective Governance in the Local Government System in a Globalized World Faculty of Arts, The book was an outcome of the 2010 edition of the Faculty of Arts International Conference., pp 539-548 |
| Journal Articles | |
| 1 | Uwaezuoke, Aghaegbuna Haroldson. (2024, February), "On Issue of Suprasegmental Assimilation in Igbo: A Review", Journal of Linguistics, Language and Culture, Vol. 10, (Issue 2), pp 66-80 |
| 2 | Uwaezuoke, Aghaegbuna Haroldson, Greg Orji Obiamalu. (2023, April), "A PRAGMATIC APPRAISAL OF THE LANGUAGE OF COVID-19 AND ENDSARS", OCHENDO: AN AFRICAN JOURNAL OF INNOVATIVE STUDIES, Vol. 4, (Issue 2), pp 15-26 |
| 3 | Uwaezuoke, Aghaegbuna Haroldson. (2023, December), "A Government Phonology Analysis of Assimilation in AnakỤ Igbo Expressions: “Ǹgịvụ” and “Gbaa Egbè”", UJAH: Unizik Journal of Arts and Humanities, Vol. 24, (Issue 2), pp 226-262 |
| 4 | Aghaegbuna Uwaezuoke; Gift Anachunam. (2023, September), "A contrastive study of reduplication in the Igbo and Hausa languages", Journal of the Linguistic Association of Nigeria, Vol. 26, (Issue 1), pp 82-105 |
| 5 | Uwaezuoke, Aghaegbuna Haroldson; Nwobu, Edith Ukamaka. (2023, September), "Ironicism in the application of the BVAS during Nigeria's 2023 Presidential election", Ohazurume: Unizik Journal of Culture and Civilization, Vol. 2, (Issue 2), pp 30-43 |
| 6 | Eme, Cecilia Amaoge; Uba, Ebele Deborah; Uwaezuoke, Aghaegbuna Haroldson. (2023, December), "A REVIEW OF VOWEL ELISION AND ASSIMILATION IN IGBO: CLARIFICATION THROUGH ACOUSTIC, PERCEPTUAL AND THEORETICAL ANALYSIS", Journal of West African Language, Vol. 50, pp 19-32, The edition is the special anniversary edition of the journal to mark 50 years of its existence |
| 7 | Nwobu, Edith Ukamaka, Aghaegbuna Haroldson Uwaezuoke. (2023, February), "Ntụle Okwu Ịgba Akwụna n’Asụsụ Igbo: Usoro Amụmamụ Ncheke", Journal of Linguistics, Language and Culture, Vol. 10, (Issue 1), pp 77-94 |
| 8 | Umeokolo, Joy Eberechukwu; Onwudiwe, George Elochukwu; Uwaezuoke, Aghaegbuna Haroldson. (2023, December), "Myinaabụọ: Usoro Mbawanye Mkpụrụokwu Igbo", Enyo, Vol. 4, (Issue 1), pp 115-129 |
| 9 | Uwaezuoke, Aghaegbuna Haroldson, George Elochukwu Onwudiwe. (2022, June), "A PHONOLOGICAL DESCRIPTION OF TONE METATHESIS IN IGBO", Journal of West African Languages, Vol. 49, (Issue 1), pp 67-75 |
| 10 | Ezemba, A. S., F. C. Chilozie, O. M. Ezemba, A. H. Uwaezuoke. (2022, September), "An Analysis of Code-switching and Code-mixing amongst Students of our Lady of Mount Carmel College, Muea-buea in Cameroon", Asian Journal of Education and Social Studies, Vol. 33, (Issue 2), pp 10-15 |
| 11 | Uwaezuoke, Aghaegbuna Haroldson, Doris Chinwe Ojiako. (2022, June), "The Violence in a Multi-Cultural Nigeria: Root Causes, Implications and Way Forward.", Journal of Linguistics and Languages (AJILL), (Issue 2), pp 239-268 |
| 12 | Uwaezuoke, Aghaegbuna Haroldson. (2021, May), "Language And Leadership Problem In A Multilingual Nation: The Nigerian Experience", Journal of African Studies and Sustainable Development (JASSD), Vol. 4, (Issue 2), pp 108-117 |
| 13 | Uwaezuoke, Aghaegbuna Haroldson. (2021, June), "Tone Assimilation In Igbo: A Phonological Description", Mgbakọịgba: Journal of African Studies, Vol. 8, (Issue 2), pp 47-53 |
| 14 | Uwaezuoke, Aghaegbuna Haroldson. (2021, May), "A Re-analysis Of Assimilation In Igbo: Distinctive Feature Approach", Mgbakọịgba: Journal of African Studies, Vol. 8, (Issue 2), pp 101-113 |
| 15 | Uwaezuoke, Aghaegbuna Haroldson, Cecilia Amaoge Eme. (2021, October), "Coalescent Assimilation in Igbo: An Autosegmental Analysis", JOLAN: Journal of the Linguistic Association of Nigeria, Vol. 24, (Issue 1), pp 64-82 |
| 16 | Uwaezuoke, Aghaegbuna Haroldson. (2021, September), "An Investigative Study of Elisions In Igbo", Awka Journal of Languages and Linguistics (AJILL), Vol. 13, pp 122-137 |
| 17 | Uwaezuoke, Aghaegbuna Haroldson. (2020, May), "Strengthening And Weakening Of Tone In Igbo: A Descriptive Analysis", Journal of Linguistics, Language and Culture, Vol. 6, (Issue 2), pp 1-13 |
| 18 | Uwaezuoke, Aghaegbuna Haroldson. (2019, July), "Modality: Can –sie Ike Qualify As A Modal Suffix, And Ma And Ka As Modal Auxiliary Verbs In Igbo?", Igbo Scholars, Vol. 12, (Issue 1), pp 109-124 |
| 19 | Uwaezuoke, Aghaegbuna Haroldson. (2019, September), "THE INLAND WEST CLUSTERS OF IKEKEONWU’S IGBO DIALECTS CLASSIFICATION: A MODIFICATION", The Creative Artist, Vol. 13, (Issue 2), pp 129-145 |
| 20 | Uwaezuoke, Aghaegbuna Haroldson. (2018, November), "Ethnicity And National Integration In Nigeria: Towards The Use Of Indigenous Language Option For Information Dissemination At The Grassroots", UJAH: UNIZIK Journal of Arts and Humanities, Vol. 19, (Issue 2), pp 44-61 |
| 21 | Uwaezuoke, Haroldson Aghaegbuna, Olufunmilayo M. Ogunkeye. (2017, April), "A Contrastive Morphological Analysis of Tense Formation In Igbo And Yoruba: Implication On Learners And Teachers.", UJAH: Unizik Journal of Arts and Humanities, Vol. 18, (Issue 3), pp 193-218 |
| 22 | Uwaezuoke, Haroldson Aghaegbuna, Greg Orji Obiamalu.. (2017, June), "The Effects Of Westernization And Christianity-Inflicted Change On The Igbo Language And Culture", Creative Artist: A Journal of Theatre and Media Studies, Vol. 11, (Issue 4), pp 516–525 |
| 23 | Uwaezuoke, Aghaegbuna Haroldson. (2017, September), "An Autosegmental Account Of Glides In Igbo Tonology", Igbo Language Studies, Vol. 2, (Issue 1), pp 63-76 |
| 24 | Eme, Cecilia Amaoge, Haroldson Aghaegbuna Uwaezuoke. (2015, September), "Teaching The Standard Igbo To Umuolum Students: Issues In Phoneme Variation Among The Dialects.", NKÀ, Vol. 3, (Issue 1), pp 19-38 |
| Thesis | |
| 1 | Uwaezuoke, Aghaegbuna Haroldson. (2011, November), "TRANSLATION: A PANACEA FOR BRIDGING COMMUNICATION GAP IN LOCAL GOVERNMENT SYSTEM". Nnamdi Azikiwe University Digital Library |
| Conference Papers | |
| 1 | Uwaezuoke, Aghaegbuna Haroldson. (2022, March), "Violence and Insecurity in Multilingual Nigeria: Root Cause(s), Implication and Way Forward", |
| 2 | Uwaezuoke, Aghaegbuna Haroldson. (2021, June), "Palatalization And Labialisation In Igbo: An Evidence Of Tone-Induced Assimilation In Language", NomadIT, pp 1-24, This is a paper presented at 10th World Congress of African Linguistics |
| 3 | Eme, Cecilia Amaoge, Ebele Deborah Uba, Aghaegbuna Haroldson Uwaezuoke. (2021, August), "A Critical Review Of Vowel Elision And Assimilation In Igbo: Clarification Through Acoustic, Perceptual And Theoretical Analysis", WEST AFRICAN LANGUAGES CONGRESS (WALC) AND CONFERENCE OF THE LINGUISTIC ASSOCIATION OF NIGERIA (CLAN), pp 1-17 |
| 4 | Uwaezuoke, Aghaegbuna Haroldson. (2019, December), "Towards A Reclassification And Binary Analysis Of Assimilation In Igbo", Linguistic Association of Nigeria |
| 5 | Uwaezuoke, Aghaegbuna Haroldson. (2019, December), "Towards a reclassification and binary analysis of assimilation in Igbo", |
Academic Leadership Qualities
| Supervisions | |
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| 1 | "Myinaabuo: Usoro Mbawanye Mkpuruokwu Igbo" (2023). Completed Masters project by Umeokolo, Joy Eberechukwu; 2019016005FA |
| Editorships | |
| 1 | Editor, "Journal of Linguistics, Language and Culture" (December, 2023) |
| 2 | Editor, "Journal of Linguistics, Language and Culture" (May, 2023) |
| Reviewerships | |
| 1 | Reviewer, "A Generative Phonology Approach to the Analysis of Selected Nigerian Undergraduates’ Utterances" (January, 2023) |
| 2 | Reviewer, "Language and Culture: pragmatic instruments for National Cohesion" (February, 2023) |
| Examinerships | |
| 1 | Examiner, "Faculty Internal Defence" (December, 2023 to December, 2023). Completed Internal-External Exam |
| 2 | Examiner, "Faculty Internal Defence" (July, 2023 to July, 2023). Completed Internal-Internal Exam |
| 3 | Examiner, "Master's Final Examination" (December, 2021 to December, 2021). Completed Internal-External Exam |
| 4 | Examiner, "Faculty Internal Defence" (March, 2021 to March, 2021). Completed Internal-External Exam |
| 5 | Examiner, "Faculty Internal Defence" (May, 2021 to May, 2021). Completed Internal-External Exam |
| Contributions to the University/Society | |
| 1 | Deputy Director, "Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Centre for Arts, Culture and Humanities" (February, 2024) |
| 2 | Chairman, Welfare Committee, "Faculty of Arts, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka" (June, 2022) |
| 3 | Member, Faculty of Arts Ceremonial Committee, "Faculty of Arts, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka" (July, 2021) |
| 4 | Committee Member, "Department of Linguistics, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka" (June, 2021) |
| 5 | Coordinator, "Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka" (October, 2020 to September, 2021) |
| 6 | Post-Graduate Supervisor, "Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka" (September, 2019 to September, 2021) |
| 7 | General Secretary, "Ochiagha Age Grade, Ogbunike General" (February, 2018 to September, 2021) |
| 8 | Board Member, "St. Monnica's College, Ogbunike" (July, 2016 to September, 2021) |
| 9 | Staff Adviser, "Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka" (October, 2016 to October, 2020) |
| 10 | Member, St. Monica's Ogbunike Management Board, "Anglican Diocese on the Niger" (July, 2016 to June, 2018) |
| 11 | Secretary, "University Committee of Production of Administrative Manual" (April, 2014 to May, 2015) |
| 12 | Board Secretary, "Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka" (May, 2009 to July, 2011) |
Membership of Professional/Relevant Bodies
| 1 | Professional Member, "Linguistic Association of Nigeria" (member since 2015), https://lan.org.ng/ |
Relevant Events Attended
| Conferences | |
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| 1 | "2023 Faculty Arts International Conference", (Faculty of Arts, UNIZIK), 19th October, 2023 to 20th October, 2023; ASUU Secretariat and Faculty of Arts, UNIZIK |
| 2 | "2023 Conference of the Linguistic Association of Nigeria", (Linguistic Association of Nigeria), 15th October, 2023 to 19th October, 2023; Federal University, Lokoja |
| 3 | "Department of Linguistics Maiden International Conference", (Department of Linguistics, UNIZIK), 22nd March, 2023 to 25th March, 2023; Catholic Retreat Centre, Awka |
| Workshops | |
| 1 | "Establishment and Furtherance of Staff Academic Growth", (Department of Linguistics, UNIZIK), 15th November, 2023 to 15th November, 2023; Faculty of Arts, NAU, Board Room |
| 2 | "Reengineering the University System Through Quality Assurance", (NAU Directorate of Quality Assurance and Certification), University Auditorium |
| Other Events | |
| 1 | "Emerging Issues And Global Best Practices In University Administration", (Association of Nigerian University Professional Administrators (ANUPA)), 20th November, 2021 to 20th November, 2021; University of Ibadan |
| 2 | "10th World Conference Of African Linguistics", (World Congress of African Linguistics), 7th June, 2021 to 12th June, 2021; University of Leiden, the Netherlands |
| 3 | "2019 LAN Conference", (Linguistic Association of Nigeria (LAN)), 2nd December, 2019 to 6th December, 2019; Customs Command and Staff College, Gwagwalada/University of Abuja, FCT |
| 4 | "2016 Faculty Of Arts International Conference", (Faculty of Arts, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, AWka), 4th May, 2016 to 7th May, 2016; Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Anambra State |
| 5 | "2015 Conference Of Linguistics Association Of Nigeria", (Linguistic Association of Nigeria (LAN)), 2nd November, 2015 to 6th November, 2015; Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Anambra State |
| 6 | "Igbo Language Symposium", (Prof. Chinedu Uchechukwu), 24th November, 2014 to 26th November, 2014; Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Anambra State |
| 7 | "Fundamentals Of Nigerian Labour Laws", (Hybrid Consults), 28th March, 2012 to 29th March, 2012; Sheraton Hotel, Ikeja Lagos |
| 8 | "Repositioning Nigerian Universities For National For National Transformation: The Role Of Administrators", (Association of Nigerian University Professional Administrators (ANUPA)), 23rd November, 2011 to 23rd November, 2011; Benson Idahosa University, Benin City, Edo State |