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About the author: Dr. Raphael O. Atoye was educated at the Obafemi Awolowo 
University in Nigeria and the University of Sheffield in England. He has taught at 
the Obafemi Awolowo University and the Ondo State University in Nigeria and at 
the National University of Singapore. He is currently an Associate Professor in 
the Department of English, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile Ife, Nigeria. His 
teaching and research interests include English Phonology, Contrastive 
Linguistics and Sociolinguistics. 
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