Dr. Chidimma Martha Egenti
Dr. Chidimma Martha Egenti is a READER in LINGUISTICS Department, Faculty Of Arts in Nnamdi Azikiwe University
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Staff Profile
Martha Chidimma Egenti is a lecturer at the Department of Linguistics, Faculty of Arts, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, where she earned her B.A. in Linguistics in 2005, M.A. in Linguistics in 2009, and her Ph.D. in Linguistics in 2017. She has over a decade of experience in research, lecturing, academic advising, community service, and administrative work. Martha has participated in leadership and research training workshops where she served as a facilitator and resource person. She belongs to various editorial boards and committees. She served as an editorial board member for the Postgraduate Workshop papers, editor of the Unizik Journal of Arts and Humanities (UJAH), and associate editor of the new journal Ogirisi: A Journal of African Studies. She is also a member of several editorial boards. Among her numerous administrative duties, Martha has served as departmental postgraduate coordinator, departmental exams officer, and faculty representative to the Ekwueme Multidisciplinary Research Centre.
Further scholarly endeavors have seen her participate in the Summer School on Documentary Linguistics and Variationist Sociolinguistics in Bamberg, Germany, in 2014. She was one of the young visiting scholars at Xiamen University, Fujian Province, China, in 2015. Martha's refereed papers have appeared in local and international journals and books. Also, she has attended various remarkable international conferences. Her pursuit of art and academic scholarship has taken her to many countries, such as Germany, China, Morocco, Cote d'Ivoire, the United States, and Ghana. Her research interests are in the areas of lexical semantics, pragmatics, psycholinguistics, text/corpus linguistics, discourse analysis, and lexicography, which cut across the humanities, education, psychology, and migration studies.
Currently, Martha has been the Deputy Director of Awka Window on America since June 2021. She has participated in various American Spaces trainings and workshops on leadership, management, marketing, digital literacy, and communication skills. Martha loves innovation, creativity, and learning.
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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. (Doctor of Philosophy, March, 2018) November, 2012 to December, 2017 PhD Linguistics Linguistics |
Relevant/Working Experience
| 1 | Senior Lecturer, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka October, 2018 to Present |
| 2 | Lecturer 1, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka October, 2014 to October, 2018 |
| 3 | Lecturer 2, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka October, 2011 to October, 2014 |
| 4 | Assistant Lecturer, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka June, 2010 to June, 2011 |
Creative Output
| Books | |
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| 1 | Martha Chidimma Egenti. (2023, January) The Semantics of Multiword Expression in Igbo Igbo Language Studies, Vol. 6, pp 224 |
| 2 | Martha Chidimma Egenti. (2023, December) Thinking About Now: Towards Philosophical Autarky Fab Educational Books, pp 70 |
| 3 | Odimegwu I.; Igbokwe P.; Ezenwa M.; Ekejindu I.; Ekwunife C.; Nzewi H., & Egenti, Martha C. (ed.). (2023, March) Data Management and Instrumentation in Research Fab Educational Books, Vol. 2, pp 452 |
| 4 | Odimegwu I, Igbokwe P, Ezenwa M, Esomonu N., Ekejindu I., Ekwunife C. Nzewi H., Egenti, M. (ed.). (2018, April) Fundamentals And Tools Of Research School of Post Graduate Studies. Fab Educational Books, Vol. 1, pp 472 |
| 5 | Sunny Ifeanyi Odinye, Martha Chidimma Egenti, and Dereck-M Akachukwu Orji (ed.). (2015, May) Posthumous Festschrift in Honour of Late Professor Romanus Obiora Ezeuko Djompol International Co Limited, pp 171 |
| Book Chapters | |
| 1 | Sunday Ifeanyi Okoli, Martha Chidimma Egenti. (2024, April) A Sociocultural Study of Nicknames in Igbo Cambridge Scholar Publishers, Vol. 1, pp 20 |
| 2 | Martha Chidimma Egenti. (2024, March) Onomatopoeia in Igbo Berlin, Boston: De Gruyter Mouton, Germany, Vol. 10, pp 139 - 150 |
| 3 | Martha Chidimma Egenti, Sunday Onazi. (2021, August) Principal Actors Of Nigerian Migration Governance Fab Educational Books, pp 217-238 |
| 4 | Martha Chidimma Egenti. (2021, August) The Role of Language in Nation Building Fab Educational Book Publishers, pp 2 - 15 |
| 5 | Martha Chidimma Egenti, Dereck A. Orji. (2015, May) The Relation Of Language And Information Technology Djombol Press, pp 38 - 47 |
| 6 | Martha Chidimma Egenti. (2013, June) Aspects Of Person Deixis In Igbo Linguistics Association of Nigeria, (Issue 11), pp 163 - 172 |
| 7 | Martha Chidimma Egenti. (2012, November) Agent-Patient Relation In Children's Speech: Insights From Igbo Igbo Language Studies, pp 109 - 121 |
| 8 | Martha Chidimma Egenti. (2011, May) The Contributions of Speech Language Screening to Sustainable Development Nimo: Rex Charles and Patrick, pp 606 -612 |
| 9 | Martha Chidimma Egenti. (2011, November) The MorphoSemantics of Igbo Clitic Kwa , Vol. 4, (Issue 4), pp 15 pages |
| Journal Articles | |
| 1 | Martha Chidimma Egenti. (2024, April), "A Review of Cross Referencing in Igbo Dictionaries", Igbo Language Studies - A Journal of Igbo Language and Linguistics, Vol. 3 |
| 2 | Martha Chidimma Egenti, Mbanefo Chukwuogor, Adaobi Ngozi Okoye. (2024, April), "The Conceptualization of Azu 'Back' in Igbo", Odezuruigbo: An International Journal of Igbo, African and Communication Studies, Vol. 8, (Issue 1), pp 58-67 |
| 3 | Martha Chidimma Egenti, Gift Blossom Nsobundu. (2024, March), "The Pragmatic Use of 'Doings' among Nigerian Youths", Interdisciplinary Journal of African and Asian Studies (IJAAS), Vol. 10, (Issue 1), pp 1-10 |
| 4 | Felix Okechukwu Ugwuozor; Martha Chidimma Egenti. (2024, February), "Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Work: Recent Graduates' Perspective", Creative Artist: A Journal of Theatre and Media Studies, Vol. 18, (Issue 1), pp 1-19 |
| 5 | Martha Chidimma Egenti. (2024, March), "The Phenomenon of Semantic Prosody and Negative Positivism: Insights from Igbo", Ohazurume: Unizik Journal of Culture and Civilization, Vol. 3, (Issue 2), pp 106-118 |
| 6 | Christian Ngozi Ikegwuonu & Martha Chidimma Egenti. (2023, August), "The Grammaticalization of Si 'Say' in Igbo", COOU: Journal of Arts and Humanities (CJAH), Vol. 5, (Issue 4), pp 56 - 66 |
| 7 | Martha Chidimma Egenti; Emmanuel C. Ikeomu. (2023, December), "A Comparative Study of Igbo and Alago Nominal Plurality", Odezuruigbo: An International Journal of Igbo, African and Communication Studies, Vol. 7, (Issue 2), pp 55-64 |
| 8 | Martha Chidimma Egenti; Ekpereamaka J. Uche. (2023, October), "Documentation of Flora Terms in Achi Variety of Igbo", Awka Journal of Linguistics and Languages, Vol. 1, pp 107 - 137 |
| 9 | Ezemba S., Amalumilo C. F., Ezemba O. M., Egenti M. C.. (2022, September), "Ungrammaticality in Senior Secondary School Igbo Essay: An Example of Inland Girls' Secondary School, Onitsha", Asian Journal of Language, Literature and Culture Studies, Vol. 5, (Issue 4), pp 46 - 56 |
| 10 | Martha Chidimma Egenti; Onyekachukwu Emmanuel Ebekue; Kosy A. Okafor. (2022, December), "An Evaluation of the Effectiveness of Communication Channels and Campaign Messages Employed in the Fight Against Covid-19 in Anambra State", Creative Artist: A Journal of Theatre and Media Studies, Vol. 16, (Issue 2), pp 99 - 112 |
| 11 | Martha Chidimma Egenti; Awuzie U. Ferdinard. (2022, September), "Igbo Verbs of Cognition: A Systemic Functional Grammar Approach", Nigerian Journal of Humanities (NJH), Vol. 27, pp 1-19 |
| 12 | Ifeoma M. Nweze; Crescentia Ugwuona; Martha Chidimma Egenti. (2022, April), "Dialectal Variation in Igbo: The Perspective of Imilike and Obollo Speech Communities", Ideal International Journal of Igbo Studies Forum Nigeria, Vol. 15, pp 92 - 120 |
| 13 | Martha Chidimma Egenti, Faith Chinazam Okeke. (2021, June), "A Context-based Semantic Shift In Igbo", Mgakoigba - Journal of Afican Studies, Vol. -8, (Issue 2), pp 66-76 |
| 14 | Martha Chidimma Egenti, Sunday Ifeanyi Okoli. (2020, May), "Teaching And Learning In A Digital Age", PREORC Journal of Arts and Humanities, Vol. -5, (Issue 1), pp 123 -148 |
| 15 | Martha Chidimma Egenti, Sunday Ifeanyi Okoli. (2020, May), "Tonal Substitution In Aguluezechukwu Dialect Of Igbo", Journal of Linguistics, Language and Culture, Vol. -7, (Issue -1), pp 54-72 |
| 16 | Christiana Ngozi Ikegwuonu, Martha Chidimma Egenti. (2019, August), "A Functional Analysis Of The Prime Suffixes In Igbo Morpho-Syntax", Open Journal of Modern Linguistics, Vol. 9, (Issue -4), pp 254-273 |
| 17 | Martha Chidimma Egenti, C. N. Ikegwuonu. (2019, May), "A Semantic Prosody Of Gbu 'kill' In Igbo", Unizik Journal of Arts and Humanities (UJAH), Vol. 20, (Issue 1), pp 213 - 243 |
| 18 | Martha Chidimma Egenti. (2018, April), "Negative Positivism In Sixteen Selected Igbo Novels", AFFRRV LALIGENS: Internal Journal of Language, Literature and Gender - Ethiopia Studies, Vol. -7, (Issue -1), pp 60-72 |
| 19 | Martha Chidimma Egenti. (2018, May), "A Semantic Prosody Of Ọkụ ‘fire’ In Igbo", PREORC Journal of Arts and Humanities, Vol. 3, (Issue 1), pp 162-191 |
| 20 | Martha Chidimma Egenti. (2017, September), "Lexical Semantics Of Cut: A Corpus-based Analysis", Journal of Modern European Languages and Literature (JMEL), Vol. -9, pp 63-76 |
| 21 | Martha Chidimma Egenti, Benjamin I. Mmadike. (2016, August), "Speech Act Analysis Of Igbo Utterances In Funeral Rites", OGIRISI - a new Journal of African Studies, Vol. -12, (Issue -2), pp 46 - 57 |
| 22 | Martha Chidimma Egenti, Adaobi Ngozi Okoye. (2016, August), "On The Role Of Igbo Proverbs In Conflict Resolution And Reconciliation", Journal of Religion and Human Relations, Vol. -8, (Issue 2), pp 54 - 67 |
| 23 | Martha Chidimma Egenti, Akas Nicholas. (2016, August), "Semiotics In Indigenous Dance Performances: Ekeleke Dance Of Ekwe People Of Nigeria As Paradigm", OGIRISI - a new Journal of African Studies (Special Issue), Vol. -12, (Issue -1), pp 214 - 235 |
| 24 | Martha Chidimma Egenti. (2015, August), "Multilingualism And The Ethnic Identity Of The Ette People", Mgakoigba - Journal of Afican Studies, Vol. -4, (Issue -1), pp 1 - 11 |
| 25 | Adaobi Ngozi Okoye, Martha Chidimma Egenti. (2015, June), "On Etulo Ideophones", IOSR Journal of Humanities and Social Science (IOSR-JHSS), Vol. 20, (Issue -5), pp 56 -59 |
| 26 | Chinedu Uchechukwu, Martha Chidimma Egenti. (2015, May), "Construal-based Classification Of Igbo Verbs", Journal of Igbo Language and Linguistics, Vol. -1, (Issue -1), pp 85 - 95 |
| 27 | Nkoli Mercy Nnyigide, Martha Egenti C.. (2013, August), "African Unity, Identity And Development In Some Contemporary Igbo Poems", OGIRISI - a new Journal of African Studies, Vol. 10, (Issue 1), pp 36 - 59 |
| 28 | Martha Chidimma Egenti. (2012, May), "E-learning And The Needs Of People With Language Problems", Unizik Journal of Arts and Humanities (UJAH), Vol. 13, (Issue 1), pp 34 - 51 |
| 29 | Ugochukwu D. Mbagwu, Chikelu Ezenwafor, Martha Chidimma Egenti. (2012, June), "Grammatical Parallelism In Igbo: Examples From Anedo's Agwọ Na Ihe O Loro", Journal of Igbo Studies, Vol. 7, pp 75 - 88 |
| 30 | Chinedu Uchechukwu, Martha Chidimma Egenti. (2010, April), "Stuttering In A Tone Language: The Igbo Language Example", Journal of Linguistics and Communication Studies (JOLINCS), Vol. 3, (Issue 1), pp 255-271 |
| Conference Papers | |
| 1 | Martha Chidimma Egenti; Chinedu Uchechukwu. (2023, October), "Troponymy of the verb root -gbu 'kill' in Compound Construction in Igbo", 29th and 33rd Conference of West African Linguistic Society, University of Ghana, Legon |
| 2 | Martha Chidimma Egenti. (2023, August), "Emerging Trends in the Cultural Conceptualization of Igbo Names", 39th International LAUD Symposium, Laudau Germany |
| 3 | Martha Chidimma Egenti. (2023, May), "The Phenomenon of Semantic Prosody and Negative Positivism: Insights from Igbo", 20th Annual International Conference of the Igbo Studies Association, Dominican University, River Forest, Illinois, USA |
Academic Leadership Qualities
| Supervisions | |
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| 1 | "Language of Job Vacancy Adverts in Nigeria" (June, 2015 to June, 2021). Completed Masters project by Ofodike, Adaobi Uchechukwu ( 2015056001F) |
| 2 | "Igbo Verbs of Cognition: A Systemic Functional Grammar Approach" (2021). Completed Masters project by Awuzie, Uzodimma Ferdinard, 2016056001F |
| Grants | |
| 1 | Awardee: "Institutional Based Research" (July, 2022 to November, 2023). Completed sponsored grant by Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) |
| 2 | Awardee: "Part Sponsporship of Academic Conference in Abidjan, Cote D'ivoire" (August, 2019 to August, 2019). Completed sponsored grant by School of General Studies |
| 3 | Awardee: "Part Sponsporship of Academic Conference in Rabat, Morocco" (August, 2018 to August, 2018). Completed sponsored grant by School of General Studies |
| 4 | Awardee: "Summer School in Documentary Linguistics and Variationist Sociolinguistics, Bamberg Germany" (June, 2014 to July, 2014). Completed sponsored grant by Tetfund |
| Editorships | |
| 1 | Editor, "Unizik Journal of Arts and Humanities" (May, 2022) |
| 2 | Editor, "Unizik Journal of Arts and Humanities" (October, 2022) |
| 3 | Editor, "Unizik Journal of Arts and Humanities (UJAH)" (May, 2021) |
| 4 | Editor, "Unizik Journal of Arts and Humanities" (October, 2021) |
| 5 | Editor, "OGIRISI: a new Journal of African Studies" (September, 2020) |
| 6 | Editor, "Unizik Journal of Arts and Humanities (UJAH)" (May, 2020) |
| 7 | Editor, "Unizik Journal of Arts and Humanities (UJAH)" (October, 2019) |
| Reviewerships | |
| 1 | Reviewer, "South African Journal of African Languages" (March, 2020) |
| Contributions to the University/Society | |
| 1 | Deputy Director, "Awka Window on America, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka" (June, 2021) |
| 2 | Faculty of Arts Representative, "Ekwueme Centre for Multidisciplinary Research" (October, 2019) |
| 3 | General Studies Monitor, "School of General Studies, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka" (November, 2019) |
| 4 | Secretary, "School of Postgraduate Studies Committee on Review of Regulation" (June, 2019) |
| 5 | Exam Officer, 2018/2019 session, "Department of Linguistics, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka" (September, 2018) |
| 6 | Member, "School of Postgraduate Studies Committee on Migration Sensitization Programme" (August, 2018) |
| 7 | Exam Officer, 2016/2017 session, "Department of Linguistics, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka" (January, 2017) |
| 8 | Exam Officer, 2017/2018 session, "Department of Linguistics, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka" (January, 2017) |
| 9 | Secretary, "Department of Linguistics Curriculum Review Committee" (February, 2017) |
Membership of Professional/Relevant Bodies
| 1 | Full Member, "Linguistics Association of Nigeria" - PH CLAN 2017 (member since 2017), https://lan.org.ng/ |
Relevant Events Attended
| Conferences | |
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| 1 | "29th FLLM and 33rd West African Linguistic Society", (University of Ghana, Legon Accra-Ghana), 23rd October, 2023 to 26th October, 2023; University of Ghana, Legon |
| 2 | "Multilingualism in Africa: Language Contact, Endangerment and Cultural Conceptualization", (39th International LAUD Symposium, LAUDAU-GERMANY), 21st August, 2023 to 24th August, 2023; Virtual |
| 3 | "20th Annual International Conference of the Igbo Studies Association", (Igbo Studies Association, Dominican University, River Forest, Illinois, USA), 11th May, 2023 to 13th May, 2023; Dominican University, River Forest, USA |
| 4 | "32rd Conference of Linguistics Association of Nigeria", (Department of Linguistics Studies, University of Benin, Benin City), 1st February, 2021 to 5th February, 2021; University of Benin, Benin City |
| 5 | "Indigenous African Signed and Spoken Languages - "Indigenous Hands and Voices of African Identity Discourse on Language Rights"", (Save the Deaf and Endangered Languages Initiative (S-DELI)), 7th January, 2021 to 8th January, 2021; USA |
| 6 | "West African Linguistics Congress (WALC)", (Felix Houphouet-Boigny University, Abidjan, Coted'Ivoire), 11th August, 2019 to 15th August, 2019; Feliz Houphouet-Boigny University, Abidjan, Coted'Ivoire |
| 7 | "World Congress of African Linguistics 9 (WOCAL)", (Faculty of Letters and Human Sciences, Mohammed V University, Rabat Morocco), 25th August, 2018 to 28th August, 2018; Faculty of Letters and Human Sciences, Mohammed V University, Rabat Morocco |
| 8 | "Academic/Cultural Exchange", (Xiamen University, China), 25th September, 2015 to 9th October, 2015; Xiamen University, China |
| Workshops | |
| 1 | "American Spaces Nigeria Summit: Maximizing the Impact of American Spaces in Nigeria Through Innovation and Strategic Thinking for Improved Service Delivery", (Public Affairs Section, U.S. Mission Nigeria), 4th September, 2023 to 7th September, 2023; Grand Pela Hotel & Suites, Abuja |
| 2 | "Media Literacy for American Spaces (AF)", (Regional Public Engagement Specialists, Department of State - Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs - Office of American Spaces USA), 25th April, 2022 to 2nd May, 2022; Virtual |
| 3 | "ADESFA Natural Language Processing Boot Camp: Towards Initiating the Natural Language Processing Programme in Nigeria", (University of Ibadan and Institut Francais de Recherche en Afrique (IFRA), France), 8th November, 2021 to 11th November, 2021; University of Ibadan, Ibadan |
| 4 | "VT100 - Introduction to American Spaces Online Course", (Regional Public Engagement Specialists, Department of State - Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs - Office of American Spaces USA), 29th March, 2021 to 28th June, 2021; Zoom |
| 5 | "Documentary Linguistics and Variationist Sociolinguistics", (University of Bamberg, Germany), 30th June, 2014 to 11th July, 2014; University of Bamberg |
| Webinars | |
| 1 | "2nd Tru;y Global/L+/Summer/Winter Online School of Language Acquisition (2nd edition)", (Universitat Potsdam Germany), 14th August, 2023 to 18th August, 2023; Virtual |
| 2 | "Attracting all Learners to STEM Using Culturally Based Pedagogy Professional", (Smithsonian Science Education Center, USA), 14th October, 2022 to 15th October, 2022; Virtual |
| 3 | "Working With Corpora And Digital Tools In Language And Translation", (Universidad Complutense Madrid, Spain), 19th October, 2020 to 28th October, 2020; Virtual |