A Grammar of Contemporary Igbo: Constituents, Features and Processes

A Grammar of Contemporary Igbo: Constituents, Features and Processes is a comprehensive linguistic study organized into twenty-five chapters across four discrete parts: phonology, morphology, syntax, and semantics. As detailed in A Grammar of Contemporary Igbo: Constituents, Features and Processes, the text examines the syllable and its phonemes, tonology, derivational and extensional morphology, the verbal system, and cognitive semantics. Each chapter includes specific references to both Igbo and general linguistics to facilitate further research.

Professor Emmanuel Nwanolue Emenanjo (1943, 2016), commonly known as E. Nolue Emenanjo, was a preeminent Nigerian linguist and scholar who served as the executive director of the National Institute of Nigerian Languages in Aba. Educated at the University of Ibadan, he is regarded as a foundational pillar of modern Igbo studies and a central figure in African linguistics. Throughout his career, Emenanjo was actively involved in debates regarding language planning and codification, advocating for standardized orthography while balancing the preservation of dialect variety.