Department of English Studies

Prof J Alexander

College of Human Sciences
School of Arts
Department: English Studies
Associate Professor
Tel: 012 429 3904
Fax: 012 429 6222
E-mail: busarjo@unisa.ac.za

Qualifications

  • PhD  English Language (University of Ibadan, 1997)

Fields of academic interests

  • Teaching and Learning of English as a Second Language
  • Onomastic
  • Sociolinguistics

Field of Specialisation

  • Syntax of English as a Second Language
  • Applied Linguistics
  • Theoretical Linguistics

Books

  • Pronominal Co-reference in Educated Nigerian English Usage: A Study in Error Analysis Germany: Scholars’ Press ISBN-13 978-3-639-76365-2 2015 Published Ph.D Thesis

Book Chapters:

  • A Feminist Interrogation of Owé Gendered Naming Practices. A Book Chapter accepted for a book titled: Names Fashioned by Gender: Stitched Perceptions. To be Co-edited by Thenjiwe Meyiwa and  Madoda Cekiso  in collaboration with University of Fort Hare, Durban University of Technology & Human Sciences Research Council. Forthcoming UNISA Press.

Journal articles

  • 2015     Restoring Owé Traditional Knowledge: A Technological Journey of Reclamation. Paper published in Southern African Journal for Folklore Studies. Volume 25 Supplementary 1. ISSN 1016-8427 pp. S114-127
  • 2014     The State of English Language Teaching and Learning in Nigeria and Namibia: Implication for National Development. Paper published in the International Journal of Innovative Research and Studies. Vol. 3 Issue 4. ISSN 2319-9725 pp. 219-249

Conference Proceedings

  • 2014   From Errors of Lower Element Syntactic Concepts to Analytical Teaching. UNISA School of ARTS Conference Proceedings 2014. Edited by Maurice taonezvi Vambe & Bernard Nchindila Pretoria, South Africa: Publisher: Unisa Press, ISBN: 978-1-86888-744-6 pp. 36-48

Projects

  • Intellectualizing Owé Language