ABOUT US

The Association of Phoneticians and Phonologists in Nigeria was founded in 2019.  The founding President is Professor Taiwo Olayemi Soneye of the Department of English, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria.

The Association enjoys the Trusteeship of top-rated Scholars in the fields of Phonetics and Phonology. Prof Munzali Jibril is the Chairman, Board of Trustees, while Prof Inyang Udofot is the Secretary. (see APPN Membership for More)

The Association has members in more than sixty higher institutions of learning in Nigeria and in some established Nigerian media organisations. 
The Association is duly registered with the Corporate Affairs Commission ( CAC) and its many members have been contributing significantly to teaching and research in the areas of phonological sciences and elocution in English as a second or third language studies, Nigerian languages, Pidgin and French ( see details on members research profiles. The Association has been organizing workshops for secondary and primary school teachers on pronunciations and newspapers in radio and television stations in Nigeria.

The Association has benefited immensely from collaborations with international resource persons in Phonology and related fields across the world, who have served as keynote speakers, discussants and lead paper Presenters at her annual conferences which hold between April and May.

GOALS OF THE ASSOCIATION OF PHONETICIANS AND PHONOLOGISTS IN NIGERIA (APPN)

The Association has its members in several higher institutions in Nigeria including Media institutions. The goals of the Association include:

1. Promoting the ideals of scholarship and protecting the interest of Phoneticians and Phonologists in ways that guarantee their productivity
2. Engendering innovative paedagogy and facilitating the collection, annotation, transcription and documentation of phonetic and phonological data of Nigerian languages and dialects; including Pidgins, Creoles, and English varieties in both native and non-native environments
3. Collaborating with professional bodies, Media institutions and professionals  in related disciplines to promote native-like and intelligible pronunciations of languages via workshops for schools, etc.  
4. Publishing ground breaking research in the phonological sciences using methodical and methodological perspectives that are multidisciplinary in nature
5. Encouraging postgraduate studies in phonetics and phonology to enhance the quality and quantum of elocution practitioners in Nigeria.