Ajibade, Matthew (Forthcoming). Sonority-driven in a Yoruba child consonant harmony system. In African Languages on the Rise: A Festschrift for Francis Egbokhare.
Ajibade, Matthew (2025). Heritage perceptual phonological advantage over non-native listeners is not a universal phenomenon. In Aditya, Yedetore, Rebecca D. Bonney, & Yuanyuan Zhang (eds.), BUCLD 49: Proceedings of the 49th Annual Boston University Conference on Language Development, (35-47). Somerville, MA: Cascadilla Press.
Lotven, Samson & Matthew Ajibade (2004). Morphology in Gengbe and Yoruba ideophones. In Green, Christopher R. & Lotven, Samson (eds.), The Ghanaian linguistics nexus. (Contemporary African Linguistics). Berlin: Language Science Press. langsci-press.org/catalog/book/427
Ajibade, Matthew A. (2024). The Role of AI in African Language Instruction: Enhancing Cultural Relevance through Image Generation. Ulimi: The Newsletter of the National African Language Resource Center (NALRC), Vol. 24. https://heyzine.com/flip-book/b748f13335.html#page/33
Ajibade, Matthew. 2023. A construction morphology approach to Yoruba numerals. Constructions, 15(2). doi.org/10.24338/cons-549
Under Review
Ajibade, Matthew A., Isabelle Darcy, & Kennethe de Jong. Partial familiarity, partial confusion: Cross-linguistic perception of labial-velars.
Ajibade, Matthew A. Phonological perception and the complexity of labial-velar voicing.
Ajibade, Matthew A. & Kaosarat Aina. Deverbal noun construction in Yoruba.
Ajibade, Matthew A., Oluwasegun Amoniyan, & Oluwafunke Ogunya-Olaosebikan. Implementing AI in African Language Instruction: Practical Ideas and Strategies.
Ajibade, Matthew, Beatrice Okelo, Ugonna Ahumibe, Nicholas Agyekum (2026, March 12). Echoes in Code: African languages in the age of artificial intelligence. African Studies Colloquium, Indiana University Bloomington.
Ajibade, Matthew & Rebecca Bonnie (2026, February). African languages and the expansion of heritage phonology research [Oral Presentation]. Fifth International Conference on Heritage/Community Languages, UCLA, Los Angeles.
Ajibade, Matthew (2026, January). Early input and the uneven acquisition of phonological contrasts [Oral Presentation]. 2026 LSA Annual Meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana.
Ajibade, Matthew (2025, October 10-11). When early exposure isn’t enough: contrast-specific effects in Yoruba phonological perception [Oral Presentation]. The 30th Mid-Continental Phonetics and Phonology Conference (MidPhon 30), Indiana University Bloomington.
Ajibade, Matthew (2025, May 15-17). Perceptual comparison of voicing distinctions across labial-velar, labial, and velar stops [Oral Presentation]. 56th Annual Conference on African Linguistics (ACAL). Twin Cities: MN: University of Minnesota.
Ajibade, Matthew, Darcy, Isabelle, & De Jong, Kenneth (2025, April 23-25). CV transitions and L1 experience explain perceptual discrimination of Yoruba labial-velar stops [Oral Presentation]. New Sounds. Toronto, Canada: University of Toronto
Ajibade, Matthew & De Jong, Kenneth (2025, Jan 9-12). Phonological experience and the perception of competing acoustic cues in labial-velar stops [Poster Presentation]. 25th Linguistic Society of America (LSA) Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA.
Ajibade, Matthew (2024, Nov 7-10). Heritage speakers’ perceptual phonological advantage over non-native listeners is not a universal phenomenon [Oral Presentation]. The 49th Annual Boston University Conference of Language Development (BUCLD 49), Boston, MA.
Ajibade, Matthew A. & De Jong, Kenneth (2024, Oct 4-5). Native phonological effects and the perceptual salience of -CV transitions in intervocalic labial-velar stops [Oral Presentation]. The 29th Mid-Continental Phonetics and Phonology Conference (MidPhon 29), University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Ajibade, Matthew A. (2024, May 2-4). Perception of Yoruba [gb] across listener groups [Oral Presentation]. The 55th Annual Conference on African Linguistics (ACAL 55), McGill University, Canada.
(forthcoming) Ajibade, Matthew. Ìmúlò èdè Yorùbá l’Amẹ́ríkà: Ìtúnṣe sílábọ́ọ̀sì àti ìdàgbàsókè àkòrí tó bá àìní akẹ́kọ̀ọ́ mu [Yoruba Language Use in America: Syllabus Revision and the Development of Student-Centered Topics]. The 29th Annual African Language Teachers Association (ALTA) Conference, Princeton University, New Jersey (April 9-11, 2026)
(forthcoming) Ajibade, Matthew, Beatrice Okelo, Ugonna Ahumibe, Nicholas Agyekum. Artificial grammar, real lessons: Mapping AI errors in African languages for pedagogy and model improvement. The 29th Annual African Language Teachers Association (ALTA) Conference, Princeton University, New Jersey (April 9-11, 2026)
Ajibade, Matthew (2025, April 10-12). AI-Driven Image Generation for African Language Pedagogy. 2025 African Language Teachers Association (ALTA) Conference. Pittsburgh, PA: University of Pittsburgh.
Ajibade, Matthew A. (2025, April 10-12). Dídá kọ́ńsonáátì Yorùbá mọ̀: Ìyàtọ̀ láàárín àwọn akẹ́kọ̀ọ́ àkọ́kúntẹni àti àwọn akẹ́kọ̀ọ́ elédè kejì [Perceiving Yoruba consonants: Differences between heritage and second-language learners]. 2025 African Language Teachers Association (ALTA) Conference. Pittsburgh, PA: University of Pittsburgh.
Ajibade, Matthew A. (2024, April 11-13). Ọ̀rọ̀ kíkọ́ lọ́nà ìrọ̀rùn [Making vocabulary learning fun and engaging]. 2024 African Language Teachers Association (ALTA) Conference. Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Bloomington.
Ajibade, Matthew A. & Kaosarat Aina. (2024, April 11-13). Enhancing engagement in African language classes: Strategies for fun and effective learning. 2024 African Language Teachers Association (ALTA) Conference. Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Bloomington.
Ajibade, Matthew A. & Aina, Kaosarat (2023, April 14-15). Ìlò Kò ní Èdè Yorùba: Ọ̀nà láti kọ́ Akẹ́kọ̀ọ́ [Corpus approach to diachronic change in Yoruba negation marker “Kò”: Implication for Yoruba teaching] [Oral Presentation]. The 2023 African Language Teachers Association (ALTA) Annual Conference, Washington, DC.
Ajibade, Matthew A. (2023, April 7). Engaging their senses: Creating student-centered activities in language classes [Oral Presentation]. Indiana University Bloomington SP 2023 ShareFair, Bloomington, IN.
McNamara, Nora. & Ajibade, Matthew A. (2023, April 7). Minimal physical response [Oral Presentation]. Indiana University Bloomington SP 2023 ShareFair, Bloomington, IN.