Tayo Lamidi (named ''Mufutau Tèmítáyọ̀ Lamidi''; born February 4, 1965) is a Nigerian academic. He is the professor of

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and

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at the Department of English,

University of Ibadan The University of Ibadan (UI) is a public research university in Ibadan, Nigeria. The university was founded in 1948 as University College Ibadan, one of many colleges within the University of London. It became an independent university in 196 ...

. He is one of Nigeria's notable generative syntacticians.

Early life

Lamidi attended Methodist High School,

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, where he graduated in 1982. He then enrolled in Osun State College of Arts and Science, Ile-Ife, where he had HSC in

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, Literature and Christian Religious Studies in 1985. He earned Bachelors, Masters and PhD degrees at the Department of English,

in 1991, 1997 and 2003, respectively.

Career

His lecturing career began in May, 1997 as a graduate assistant. He rose to become a professor in October, 2011. He was a part-time lecturer at

Olabisi Onabanjo University Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ago-Iwoye is a state owned and operated university located in Ago-Iwoye, Ogun State, Nigeria. The university was founded on 7 July 1982 as Ogun State University (OSU) and was renamed Olabisi Onabanjo University on 2 ...

, Ago Iwoye and visiting lecturer at

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, Wilberforce Island. Between August 2016 and July 2017, he was a visiting scholar at the

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. He is a member of the American Studies Association of Nigeria, the English Scholars Association of Nigeria (formerly Nigeria English Studies Association) and the West African Linguistic Society. He served as an external examiner for postgraduate researches at the

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and the

Obafemi Awolowo University Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU) is a federal government-owned university that is located in the ancient city of Ile-Ife, Osun State, Nigeria. The university was founded in 1961 and classes commenced in October 1962 as the University of Ife ...

, Ile-Ife, Nigeria.

Publications

Lamidi's publications appeared in journals and books. Among them are the ''Research in African Languages and Linguistics'', ''California Linguistic Notes'', ''Journal of Language and Translation'', ''Languages in Contrast'', ''Suvremena Lingvistica'', ''Studia Anglica Posnaniensia'', ''Opanbata LASU Journal of African Studies'', ''Papers in English Linguistics'' and the ''Journal of the Linguistic Association of Nigeria''. Others are the ''Southeast Asian Journal of English Language Studies'', ''Nordic Journal of African Studies'', ''Poznań Studies in Contemporary Linguistics'', ''Castalia: A Journal of Multicultural and Multidisciplinary Studies'', ''IHAFA: A Journal of African Studies'', ''Language, Literature and Communication: A Multidisciplinary Journal of the Arts'', ''Ibadan Journal of Humanities'', the ''Ibadan Journal of English Studies'', the ''Journal of the Nigeria English Studies Association (JNESA)'' and the ''Journal of Language and Culture''. He is the author of ''Aspects of Chomskyan Grammar'' and ''Introduction to English Grammar and Composition''. He edited ''Effective Communication and Writing Skills: A Textbook for GES 201: Use of English II'' and ''English Grammar and Usage: a Textbook for GES 101: Use of English 1''.

Administrative experience

Lamidi is a member of the

Senate. He was a Local Organising Committee Member for West Africa Linguistic Society Conference in 2004 and 2013 and that of the Faculty Biennial International Conference in 2011 and 2013. He served as Staff Adviser of Association of Students of English, UI.

Personal life

He is a member of the University of Ibadan Muslim Community and Editorial Adviser to ''Adhikr Magazine'', a publication of the Muslim Students' Society of Nigeria, University of Ibadan.

References

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