Professor of Sociolinguistics, former Director, Centre for Research in English Language & Linguistics
University of Roehampton, UK

Research interests:

identity, youth, church multilingualism, multifaithism.

Publications:

Omonyi, T & Fishman, J.A.  (eds.) (2006)  Explorations in the Sociology of Language and Religion. Amsterdam: John Benjamins.

Omoniyi, T. (2006) Societal multilingualism and multifaithism: A sociology of language and religion perspective in T. Omoniyi & J. A. Fishman (eds.) Explorations in the Sociology of Language and Religion. Amsterdam: John Benjamins: 121-140.

Omoniyi, T. (2010) (ed.) The Sociology of Language and Religion: Change, Conflict and Accommodation. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillian

Omoniyi, T. (2010) Holy Hip-Hop, language and social change, in T. Omoniyi (ed.) The Sociology of Language and Religion: Change Conflict and Accommodation. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan.

Conference papers:

2014 “Faith, diversity and the English Language Express in sub-Saharan Africa”. Language, Multifaithism and One-World Identity. AILA Brisbane August 2014.