Author Guidelines
Guidelines for Submission
Papers submitted should be reports of the documentation efforts of the author(s) as much as
possible. The submission should be both a word and PDF electronic files.
Include the following information (2-7, if applicable):
1. an abstract of about 300 words;
2. the name of the dialect and name of the speakers;
3. the name of the language and the name of the speakers;
4. the Local Government Area(s) where spoken;
5. the State(s) where spoken;
6. the Geopolitical Zone(s);
7. the countries.
The title cover title with the author's name, affiliation and email address should be followed by
the title without the name and the rest of the article. The paper should be subdivided thus:
1. (Major heading)
1.1 (subheading)
1.2 (subheading)
2. (Major heading)
TITLE OF PAPER AND HEADINGS/SUB-HEADINGS should be in Title Case (e.g. The
Languages of Cross River State: A Geopolitical Profile)
A SINGLE CONSECUTIVE NUMBERING SYSTEM should be used for linguistic examples,
rules, figures and tables. Except in the case of very short examples, it is recommended that
examples and figures should not break up sentences.
PARAGRAPHS should be in tabs, not line space.
SIZE OF PAPER AND PAGE MARGINS - Papers should be typed in single space on letter
paper on 12-point Times New Roman font with the following specifications: Paper size is letter,
left and right margins should be 1.25in, while top and bottom margins should be 1.4in.
Complicated TABLES, DIAGRAMS, FIGURES, and MAPS should be presented by the author
in neat copy, computer-printed or clearly drawn. Tables, diagrams, figures and maps should
be made to fit into the margins recommended above.
NUMBERING should start with 1 for the Introduction, proceed to 2, 3, etc. for main sections,
1.1, 1.2, etc. for sections, and 1.1.1, 1.1.2, etc. for subsections. It is recommended that numbering
of subsections should not go beyond three figures.
FOOTNOTES should be numbered consecutively, and they appear at the foot of the page.
DATA should be numbered neatly, and should be indented with one tab. Linguistic data
(phonetic/phonological/orthographic) should be numbered, with the gloss in single quotation
marks as shown below:
1. [tɔ̃́] ‘ear’
2. /ń kɛ̀ɛ̀/ [ŋ́ kɛ̃̀ɛ̃̀] ‘child’
3. bók 'cook soup'
REFERENCES should, following APA 7 th edition, be noted in the text, using the author, date,
and page system. e.g. (Green, 1955a, pp. 8–9), or Green, (1955).
A full list of references used in the text should appear at the end of the article. The list of
references should only contain works that are referred to in the body of the text. Please be sure to
include and check page references (the editor cannot be held responsible for the accuracy of
references). Arrange the entries alphabetically by the authors’ last names. Multiple works by one
author should be listed chronologically (with the most recent appearing last). Use a suffixed
letter a, b, c, etc. to distinguish different items published by the same author in the same year.
Each entry should contain the following information: author’s last name, followed by initials; co-
authors (if any) last name followed by initials, year of publication title of work, city of
publication and the publisher. In the case of journal articles, give the name of the journal, volume
number, and page numbers of the article as a whole. In the case of an article in a collection, give
the title of the collection, the editor’s name and the page numbers of the article.
Please use the punctuation as in the following examples:
References
Adéníyì, H. R.; Yusuff, A.; Adesanya, A.; Olomu, O.; Igue, A.; Fadoro, O.; Fakeye, F.; & Bada,
M. (2011). A Unified Standard Orthography for Yorùbá Language Clusters: Nigeria,
Republic of Benin and Togo. Cape Town: Centre for Advanced Studies of African
Society.
Bloomfield, L. (1933). Language. New York: Holt.
Crozier, D. H. & Blench, R. M. (1992). An index of Nigerian languages. Dallas: Summer
Institute of Linguistics Inc.
Bollinger, D. (1965). The Atomization of Meaning. Language 41:555–73.
Brugmann, K. (1906). Grundriss der vergleichenden grammatik der
indogermanischen sprachen. 2nd Ed. Vol. 2. Part 1. Strassburg: Trubner.
Chomsky, N. (1957). Syntactic Structures. (Janua Linguarum, 4.) The Hague: Mouton.
Ross, J. R. (1967). Constraints on variables in syntax. Doctoral Dissertation, MIT.
