|    appn2019@yahoo.com
Search
Dashboard

ASSOCIATION OF PHONETICIANS AND PHONOLOGISTS IN NIGERIA

The Association of Phoneticians and Phonologists in Nigeria (APPN), founded in 2019, is an academic and professional body that promotes scholarship, research, and practice in phonetics, phonology, and public communication across Nigerian languages, dialects, English varieties, Pidgins, and sign languages. Its members work in higher institutions, media organisations, and communication agencies, engaging in speech analysis, transcription, translation, pronunciation training, and acoustic analysis using tools such as Praat, Wasp, and ELAN. APPN publishes the annual Journal of the Association of Phoneticians and Phonologists in Nigeria (JAPPIN) and supports innovative, interdisciplinary research, documentation of linguistic data, professional collaboration, postgraduate training, and capacity building through workshops and seminars, while also addressing emerging challenges in oral communication technologies and media.

Scholarly Publication

APPN publishes the Journal of the Association of Phoneticians and Phonologists in Nigeria (JAPPIN) annually, providing a platform for research on Nigerian languages, dialects, Pidgins, and varieties of English.

Research Facilitation

The association supports innovative research through the collection, transcription, annotation, and documentation of phonological data across Nigerian and foreign languages.

Training and Workshops

APPN organizes seminars and workshops to promote native-like, intelligible pronunciations for teachers, trainers, and members of the public communication sector.

Technological and Media Engagement

The association explores practical challenges in oral communication via online tools, voice automation, and robotics to enhance understanding and teaching of spoken language.

Latest Articles

The latest Publications

Our Members

A professional team of experienced and competent specialists.

Prof Taiwo O. Soneye

Prof Taiwo O. Soneye

Post
Founding President

Taiwo Olayemi Soneye is a Professor of English Language at the Obafemi Awolowo University. She teaches and researches the phonologies of var... More Details

Prof C.U.C. Ugorji

Prof C.U.C. Ugorji

Post
Vice President

Professor Dr. Ugorji specialises in Phonology, Sociolinguistics, Applied Linguistics and Language Teaching, studies Igbo and English, and is... More Details

Dr James O. Faleye

Post
General Secretary
Dr Emmanuel Adedayo Osifeso

Dr Emmanuel Adedayo Osifeso

Post
Publicity Secretary

He teaches at Anchor University Lagos. His researches span English varieties, acoustic phonetics, corpus phonology, Applied Linguistics and ... More Details

Ninan Olufemi Deborah (PhD)

Ninan Olufemi Deborah (PhD)

Post
Treasurer

Ninan holds BSc honours degree in Applied Physics (Electronics) (Unilag); M.Sc. and PhD. in Computer Science (OAU), Ile-Ife, Nigeria. She is... More Details

Prof. Bassey Andian Okon

Prof. Bassey Andian Okon

Post
Editor

 A Professor of Phonetics, Phonology, Speech Pathology, and Computational Linguistics in the Department of Linguistics and Nigerian Lan... More Details