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Oyebola, Folajimi, and Ulrike Gut. "Nigerian newscasters’ English as a model of standard Nigerian English?" Poznan Studies in Contemporary Linguistics 56, no. 4 (2020): 651–80. http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/psicl-2020-0022.

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Abstract The aim of this study is to investigate whether the form of English spoken by Nigerian newscasters enjoys the status of a standard in Nigeria. The study employs a verbal guise test and a questionnaire to measure the attitudes of 137 Nigerian participants towards the variety of English used by Nigerian newscasters. The findings show that an exonormative orientation is still present in Nigeria: both British and American English accents are preferred over a Nigerian one for Nigerian newscasters, and a British accent is perceived to be more prevalent than a Nigerian one in Nigerian newsca

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Gabriel, B. Egbe. "Language Preference among Nigerian Undergraduates and the Future of English." International Journal of English Language and Translation Studies 02, no. 04 (2014): 52–65. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15943.

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What will be the future of English in Nigeria? Put more apprehensively, will the English language die in Nigeria in the near future? These questions are answered by reporting on the language preference at home of some Nigerian undergraduates in order to gauge the future of English in Nigeria. The investigation sought to determine the language(s) most preferred for communication at home among Nigerian undergraduates. From a sample drawn from students in a private Nigerian university, 66.7% identified English as the most frequently used language at home while 64.1% indicated fluency in English a

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Onwuemene, Michael C. "Limits of Transliteration: Nigerian Writers' Endeavors toward a National Literary Language." PMLA/Publications of the Modern Language Association of America 114, no. 5 (1999): 1055–66. http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/463464.

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The multiethnic and multilingual character of Nigeria compelled the country's writers to use some form of English, but standard imperial English was not long acceptable to patriotic Nigerians. So Nigeria must develop for its literature an English whose norms were created by Nigerians in response to the special circumstances in their country. Such an English (Nigerian Pidgin) existed at the time of independence, but because it was maligned, the first generation of Nigerian writers sought a more respectable English literary medium. Hence they devised the strategy of “transliteration”—introducing

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Odekunbi, Sunday Kehinde. "NIGERIAN ENGLISH: A VARIETY WITHOUT A STANDARD." Nigerian Educational Digest (NED) Volume 13, No. 1, June 2013 (2013): 88–103. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7771079.

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English is used as a second language in Nigeria and unarguably, it is expected to be influenced by the Nigerian indigenous languages. for Nigerians to adequately use it to express their socio-cultural and political experiences. Thus, its nativization and indigenization is inevitable. However, this is expected to be done within the ambit of the rules considered the world by identification standard. This paper, therefore, working on the data collected from grammatical 600 students of Emmanuel Alavande College of Education, Oyo, Lanlate Campus, reveals that Nigerian English is characterized by vi

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Olasheu, Muideen Anuoluwapo, and David Olorunsogo. "A Pedagogical Perspective to Semantic Features of Nigerian English." Lingual: Journal of Language and Culture 13, no. 1 (2022): 47. http://dx.doi.org/10.24843/ljlc.2022.v13.i01.p06.

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The study examined the semantic manifestations of English words in the Nigerian contexts and the implications for teaching in Nigerian secondary and primary education. The data for this study were obtained from Roger Blench’s (2005) Dictionary of Nigerian English (DNE) and Corpus of Global Web-Based English. While lexical items were culled from the dictionary, the contextual usages of the words which were drawn from the dictionary were gathered through the Corpus of Global Web-Based English. Using a lexical semantic approach, the study compared Standard English and Nigerian English by accounti

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Amodu, A. D., K. O. Ikeokwu, and A. C. Amaechi. "Beyond Language Barriers: Rethinking English Proficiency Requirements for Nigerian Graduates." Professional Discourse & Communication 6, no. 4 (2025): 86–102. https://doi.org/10.24833/2687-0126-2024-6-4-86-102.

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The debate surrounding whether Nigerians should be exempted from international English proficiency tests to study in English-speaking countries in the West has gained significant media attention. It is argued that English is already the official language, widely used in Nigeria for government, media, and education, making it the everyday language for many Nigerians. Consequently, they find it offensive and demeaning to mandate English proficiency tests, particularly for graduate students seeking to study abroad. As part of an academic inquiry into the issue, this paper aims to investigate the

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Owolabi, Dare. "Potential words in English: examples from morphological processes in Nigerian English." English Today 28, no. 2 (2012): 47–50. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0266078412000156.

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It is now common knowledge that the English language has become part of Nigeria's linguistic family, albeit as a second language that has been ‘home-grown…adapted and tamed to suit the Nigerian environment’ (Adegbija, 2004: 19). Summarizing Alamin A. Mazrui (2004), Akere (2006: 9) describes this domestication as ‘the transformation of English as an alien medium, to make it respond to local imagery, figures of speech, sound patterns and the general cultural milieu of the region’. This has been the practice of many writers where English is the colonial masters' language and is now adopted as a s

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E. I., Margaret, and Joseph I. O. "An Enquiry into the Nigerianism in Nigerian English." International Journal of Literature, Language and Linguistics 7, no. 1 (2024): 145–54. http://dx.doi.org/10.52589/ijlll-5ww1jex0.

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This study seeks to examine the Nigerianism in Nigerian English in order to gain a better understanding of the English language in Nigeria. Specifically, it will investigate how Nigerian English has developed and what aspects of Nigerian language and culture have influenced it. In doing so, it will provide insight on the role of Nigerian English in the larger Nigerian context, as well as the broader international context. It will also review the sociolinguistic features of the Nigerian varieties of English in the area of phonology. The findings of this research are expected to provide a deeper

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Tsokwa, Maggai, Martha Joda, and Joyce L. Laguma. "LINGUISTIC INVENTIVENESS AND LEXICOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS OF SELECTED ENGLISH CORPORA IN THE POLITICS OF GRAMMAR NEWSPAPER COLUMNS." Ahyu: A Journal of Language and Literature 2 (December 4, 2018): 113–19. http://dx.doi.org/10.56666/ahyu.v2i.85.

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From the first published English Dictionary till today, words formation and inclusion into the dictionary subsequently follows a pattern that new words has to be socially accepted within a system and its meaning cut across significant numbers of users. Apart from native English speakers, English words also emanate from second Language speaking countries like the America and Nigeria. This study examines to what extent are words invented from Nigeria get acceptable into the English lexicon and global English linguistic copra as it's happens to American invented words? Using The Politics of Gramm

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Obiorah, Kenneth Ekezie. "The Role of Nigerian Indigenous Languages in Covid-19 Discourse." Journal of Language and Health 2, no. 2 (2021): 43–52. http://dx.doi.org/10.37287/jlh.v2i2.514.

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Nigerian Indigenous languages are quintessential to the modus operandi of communication in Nigeria. The indigenous languages are dominated by English language which is a lingua franca in Nigeria. Since the broke out of COVID-19 disease; a 'highly transmittable and pathogenic viral infection’ there have been several measures to contain the disease. The need to spread adequate information that will enhance the personal safety of Nigerians has led to the use of the indigenous languages in facilitating information sharing among indigenous people in Nigeria. Consequently, this study investigates th

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Nimram, Mary Daniel, Obins Isaac Nuhu, Blessing Saina’an Lagan, Asheazi Diana Ponsak, and Daniel Nanlir Nimram. "Translation Equivalents in Nigerian English and Ghanaian English." European Journal of Theoretical and Applied Sciences 1, no. 6 (2023): 1170–80. http://dx.doi.org/10.59324/ejtas.2023.1(6).113.

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This research is an analysis of the translation equivalents in Nigerian and Ghanaian Englishes. Translation equivalents refer to manifestations of mother tongues interferences in which lexical items are substituted literally from other local languages to English language. This study discusses the data from ICE Nigeria and Ghana respectively that reflect mother tongue interferences. All the data were purposively drawn from International Corpus of English (ICE) Nigeria and (ICE) Ghana components. A total of thirty-nine expressions constitute the data for analysis in this study. An eclectic frame

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Gut, Ulrike. "Nigerian English prosody." English World-Wide 26, no. 2 (2005): 153–77. http://dx.doi.org/10.1075/eww.26.2.03gut.

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Nigerian English (NigE) prosody has often been described as strikingly different from Standard English varieties such as British English (BrE) and American English. One possible source for this is the influence of the indigenous tone languages of Nigeria on NigE. This paper investigates the effects of the language contact between the structurally diverse prosodic systems of English and the three major Nigerian languages. Reading passage style and semi-spontaneous speech by speakers of NigE, BrE, Hausa, Igbo and Yoruba were analysed acoustically in terms of speech rhythm, syllable structure and

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Mary, Daniel Nimram, Isaac Nuhu Obins, Saina'an Lagan Blessing, Diana Ponsak Asheazi, and Nanlir Nimram Daniel. "Translation Equivalents in Nigerian English and Ghanaian English." European Journal of Theoretical and Applied Sciences 1, no. 6 (2023): 1170–80. https://doi.org/10.59324/ejtas.2023.1(6).113.

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This research is an analysis of the translation equivalents in Nigerian and Ghanaian Englishes. Translation equivalents refer to manifestations of mother tongues interferences in which lexical items are substituted literally from other local languages to English language. This study discusses the data from ICE Nigeria and Ghana respectively that reflect mother tongue interferences. All the data were purposively drawn from International Corpus of English (ICE) Nigeria and (ICE) Ghana components. A total of thirty-nine expressions constitute the data for analysis in this study. An eclectic frame

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Okpeh, Peter Ochefu, and James Udaa. "The Emergence of an “Intersecting Circle” in Kachru’s Three Concentric Circles of World Englishes: A Case of Ethno-linguistic Neutrality in Central Nigeria." Lingual: Journal of Language and Culture 12, no. 2 (2021): 9. http://dx.doi.org/10.24843/ljlc.2021.v12.i02.p02.

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There is evidence that contemporary Nigeria is drifting towards a society of monolingual English users a component of which could be defined as lacking in ethno-linguistic identity. This trend is found among a generation of young Nigerian urban dwellers (between the age bracket of (12 and 25) who can neither communicate in their parents’ native language(s) nor indeed in any other Nigerian indigenous language; their only medium of communication is English. Although based on their childhood exposure to the English language and their relative competence in it, English can be described as their ‘‘

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Adedeji, Kofo. "Gender, age & language familiarity: the sociolinguistics of the use of Americanisms in a university campus." Kampala International University Interdisciplinary Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences 1, no. 2 (2020): 79–96. http://dx.doi.org/10.59568/kijhus-2020-1-2-06.

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The aim of this paper is to establish aspects of the sociolinguistic profile of Nigerians, specifically Nigerian undergraduates of the University of Lagos in Southwest Nigeria regarding the use of American and British English lexis and grammatical/structural forms. The impetus for this study is the observation of an increase in the use of American English in the face of the British norm-dependency official status of Nigeria. Data was collected from a hundred Nigerian university undergraduates of the University of Lagos aged 16-30 years old. Salient sociolinguistic information such as gender, a

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Adamo, Grace Ebunlola. "Nigerian English." English Today 23, no. 1 (2007): 42–47. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0266078407001083.

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The present form of the English language in Nigeria is the outcome of its contact with the indigenous languages of the region: a confirmation of the truism that languages in contact influence each other. When English was initially introduced through trade, then entrenched through colonialism, it was ‘derobed’ of its British flavour. Paradoxically, such a state of affairs brings to mind a statement by Enoch Powell, a professor of Classics and former Conservative member of the British Parliament, who noted, rather eccentrically: ‘Others may speak and read English – more or less – but it is our l

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Ogban, God’sgift, and Mercy Imoh Ugot. "Reverse Back the Car: Reduplication as Language Variation in Nigerian English Usage." International Journal of Applied Linguistics and English Literature 11, no. 4 (2022): 1–9. http://dx.doi.org/10.7575/aiac.ijalel.v.11n.4p.1.

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This paper investigates the use of reduplicated English elements as aspects of Nigerian English usage in the speech events among participants in Calabar, a multilingual city in Southern Nigeria. The study adopts Variationist Sociolinguistics and Sociopragmatic Competence as the theoretical foundations because both account for the occurrence of variation and semantic change resulting from interference from L1 and other factors. The data for the study were generated through a two-year field investigation by means of participant observation and audiotape recording of interactions among participan

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ADEJARE, Bolatito Olufunke. "Homophonic Errors in Nigerian ESL Speakers' WhatsApp Text Messages." Beyond Babel: A Publication of the Dept. of Languages and Literary Studies Babcock University, Ogun State, Nigeria 8, no. 2 (2024): 4–16. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14599617.

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Since the advent of the social media, Nigerians have been ‘compelled’ to ‘speak more’ and ‘type more’ in the public space. Nigerians who are users of English as a Second Language engage in verbal and written communication, mostly in English, on Tiktok, Instagram, X (formerly Twitter), Facebook, WhatsApp and so on. The inevitability of typing messages on social media has unveiled the spelling inaccuracies of some Nigerians which, many a time, are instigated by confusion arising from the sound convergence of certain English words.  With theoretical insigh

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Kperogi, Farooq A. "“Your English Is Suspect”: Language, Communication, and the Pathologization of Nigerian Cyber Identity Through the Stylistic Imprints of Nigerian E-Mail Scams." Journal of Communication Inquiry 42, no. 3 (2018): 218–40. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0196859918771351.

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Identity is embedded not just in language but in the communicative and interactional singularities of language and in the linguistic habitus that speakers bring to bear in their relational and discursive encounters. This study explores how Nigerian English speakers, through the ubiquitous 419 e-mail scams, bring with them distinctive stylistic and sociolinguistic imprints in their quotidian dialogic encounters with other English users in the world, which at once construct, constrict, and constrain not only them but also other Nigerian English speakers. I also show links between demotic articul

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Voloshina, Tatiana, Natalia Nerubenko, and Julia Blazhevich. "LINGUISTIC AND CULTURAL PECULIARITIES OF NIGERIAN SCREENPLAYS." Bulletin of Chelyabinsk State University 476, no. 6 (2023): 94–102. http://dx.doi.org/10.47475/1994-2796-2023-476-6-94-102.

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The article deals with the features of linguistic and cultural picture of the world representation on the example of Nigerian screenplays. The authors of the research analyze the features of the Nigerian cinematographic art which is the reflection of the Nigeria national picture of the world, that is subject to the dominant influence of the British English language influence. In the course of the work, the key characteristics of the screenplays of Nigeria are revealed, viz. the influence of the phenomenon called creolization which is the forced adaptation process of the British English languag

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Unuabonah, Foluke Olayinka, and Ulrike Gut. "Commentary pragmatic markers in Nigerian English." English World-Wide 39, no. 2 (2018): 190–213. http://dx.doi.org/10.1075/eww.00010.unu.

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Abstract This article investigates the use of commentary pragmatic markers in Nigerian English. The frequency and stylistic variability of five types of commentary markers – assessment, manner of speaking, evidential, hearsay and emphasis markers – were examined in ICE-Nigeria and compared with ICE-Great Britain. The results reveal that Nigerian English has patterns of use of pragmatic markers that differ systematically from British English: speakers of Nigerian English use an overall lower frequency and a reduced inventory of commentary pragmatic markers compared to British English, show dist

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Borisova, Anna A., and Yulia N. Ebzeeva. "Gastronomic Vocabulary as a Feature of Nigerian English." Russian Journal of Linguistics 23, no. 3 (2019): 820–36. http://dx.doi.org/10.22363/2312-9182-2019-23-3-820-836.

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The World Englishes Paradigm studies various aspects of the English language characterized by specific peculiarities and changing as a result of contacts with indigenous languages and cultures. The history of English in Nigeria embraces 500 years of an interaction between highly different cultural systems and civilizations. Language contacts between English and the indigenous languages of Nigeria have led to its linguistic, cultural and intrastructural diversity. The aim of this article is to analyse the gastronomic vocabulary of Nigerian English influenced by the Nigerian worldview and cultur

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Ushuple, Lucy Mishina. "The Role of English Language in Nigerian Development." GNOSI: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Human Theory and Praxis 2, no. 2 (2020): 59–64. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3712642.

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The language policy in Nigeria granted the English language the status of being the sole official language, and the language of instruction in the country. This approach influenced the educated people's competence, and subsequently, attitudes towards others within their locality and global arena. The study aims to investigate the role of the English Language in Nigerian Development. This paper argues that English as the Nigerian official language is well accepted due to the multi-lingual state of Nigeria. The study observes that English language is a political and social element in the pro

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Ngor, Cornelius Iko-Awaji. "Tone Nature of Nigerian English." African Journal of Humanities and Contemporary Education Research 15, no. 1 (2024): 399–415. http://dx.doi.org/10.62154/e2bnwx92.

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Many research on tone in Nigerian English dwelt around Hausa, Igbo and Yoruba languages. This work acoustically analyzed tone in Nigerian English (NE) focusing on some other Nigerian indigenous languages. The intention is to investigate spoken English of other speakers of Nigerian Indigenous languages and to add to the existing data on tone in Nigerian English. The study is based on the corpus gathered from twenty (20) respondents made up of final year undergraduates, Masters of Arts and Doctor of Philosophy students taken from two Universities in Nigeria. The respondents major in English lang

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Ezejideaku, Emmanuel, and Esther Nkiru Ugwu. "Igbo English in the Nigerian video film." English World-Wide 30, no. 1 (2009): 52–67. http://dx.doi.org/10.1075/eww.30.1.04eze.

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This paper examines the use of Igbo English, one of the ethnic varieties of Nigerian English, in the Nigerian video film. By Nigerian video film, we mean video films produced in, and/or about Nigeria in English as opposed to those produced in Nigerian indigenous languages which are variously known as Igbo video films, Yoruba video films, or Edo video films, among others. The data for this study come from a random selection from video films produced in Nigeria between 2003 and 2006. In all the films studied, it is observed that Igbo English is essentially the medium of communication. Igbo Engli

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Bankole, Mercy Adenike. "Allophonic Variations in Educated Yoruba-English Bilinguals’ Pronunciation." European Journal of Language and Culture Studies 1, no. 5 (2022): 62–67. http://dx.doi.org/10.24018/ejlang.2022.1.5.34.

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The study of Nigerian English phonology had been taken to the regional levels such as Hausa-English, Igbo-English and Yoruba-English by different scholars. This study is a response to the clarion call of Jowitt (2020:28) that the concentration of the scholars should be on the task of identifying, describing, and analyzing the forms of English usage in Nigeria for the purpose of working towards the codification of the variety called Nigerian English and, most importantly, the reception of the international recognition it deserves. While Standard English remains a model and a reference point aga

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Unuabonah, Foluke Olayinka, Folajimi Oyebola, and Ulrike Gut. "“Abeg na! we write so our comments can be posted!”." Pragmatics. Quarterly Publication of the International Pragmatics Association (IPrA) 31, no. 3 (2021): 455–81. http://dx.doi.org/10.1075/prag.19038.unu.

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Abstract This paper examines three borrowed pragmatic markers from Nigerian Pidgin into Nigerian English, abeg, sef and na, with a view to exploring their meanings, frequencies, spelling adaptability, syntactic positions, collocational patterns and discourse-pragmatic functions in Nigerian English. The data which were extracted from the International Corpus of English-Nigeria and the Nigerian component of the corpus of Global Web-based English were analysed quantitatively and qualitatively, using the theory of pragmatic borrowing. The results indicate that the three pragmatic markers differ di

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Igboanusi, Herbert. "Varieties of Nigerian English: Igbo English in Nigerian literature." Multilingua - Journal of Cross-Cultural and Interlanguage Communication 20, no. 4 (2001): 361–78. http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/mult.2001.007.

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Bunmwakat Kate Sambo and Philip I. Ogo. "Sociolinguistic Analysis of Nigerian English As A Product of Language Contact." Creative Saplings 4, no. 5 (2025): 56–70. https://doi.org/10.56062//gtrs.2025.4.05.965.

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The worldwide spread of English language as one of the most prominent linguistic reality of our time is attracting international interest and scholarly attention. Designations such as World Englishes, New Englishes, Modern English, West African English, Australian English and Indian English have gained prominence in linguistic domains. The phrase ‘Nigerian English’ has also surfaced in the last five decades or so. The purpose of this paper is to investigate language contact and how it has led to the emergence of Nigerian English as a product of language contact and the main characteristics of

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Nwokoji, Chukwuemeka. "Features of Nigerian English in the Spoken and Written English of Undergraduates at Nigerian Universities." NIU Journal of Social Sciences 10, no. 1 (2024): 323–33. http://dx.doi.org/10.58709/niujss.v10i1.1817.

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This study examined the features of Nigerian English in the spoken and written English of undergraduates in Nigeria Universities. The objectives of this study are to identify the features of Nigerian English that characterize the spoken and written language of students in the university and to investigate the sociolinguistic factors that influence the use of Nigerian English features among the students. The theoretical framework of this study is based on Labov’s Sociolinguistic theory which focuses on the idea that the way a language is spoken and written differs across individuals as well as

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Onyenweaku, Okechukwu. "Acquisition of the English Language as Catalyst for National Development in Nigeria: Issues, Challenges and Prospects." Indiana Journal of Arts & Literature 5, no. 7 (2024): 9–17. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15144987.

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<strong>Abstract:</strong> The English language not only occupies a fundamental position in Nigeria but also enjoys unprecedented ascendancy ever since the entrenchment of the unsolicited amalgamation of the various heterogeneous sociolinguistic groups that populate the geopolitical entity called Nigeria. The capacity of the language to break the ethno-linguistic barriers among the multilingual, multicultural and multi-religious inhabitants of Nigeria incontrovertibly makes it highly instrumental to the national development of the country. However, notwithstanding the fact that acquisition of

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Christiana, A. Okoloegbo, F. Eze Udoka, A. Chukwudebe Gloria, and C. Nwokonkwo Obi. "Empirical Perspective on Significant Technological Barriers in Detecting Multilingual Cyberbullying in Nigerian Languages." International Journal of Novel Research in Computer Science and Software Engineering 10, no. 3 (2023): 7–15. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10008531.

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<strong>Abstract:</strong> In recent years, the potential for cyberbullying has grown in lockstep with the growth of social media. Cyberbullying has increased in Nigeria, where 49.6% (104.4 million) of Nigerians have online access and 26.14 percent of African internet users, predominantly Nigerians, have internet access. Cyberbullying occurs in many languages, not just English. Nigeria, on the other hand, has over 525 native languages, making it one of the world's most linguistically varied countries. Cyberbullying thrives in Nigeria due to the large audience, hence it is vital to identify cyb

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BAMIRO, EDMUND O. "Nigerian Englishes in Nigerian English literature." World Englishes 10, no. 1 (1991): 7–17. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-971x.1991.tb00133.x.

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Pandey, Anita, and Anjali Pandey. "NIGERIAN ENGLISH TODAY." World Englishes 12, no. 3 (1993): 401–14. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-971x.1993.tb00038.x.

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P, Phineas T., Yusuf L. I, Ahmed F. F, and Dauda G. "The Role of English Language in Fostering Human Development in Nigeria." EDUMALSYS Journal of Research in Education Management 3, no. 1 (2025): 55–68. https://doi.org/10.58578/edumalsys.v3i1.4949.

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The language policy in Nigeria granted the English language as the status of being the sole official language, and the language of instruction in the country. This approach influenced the educated people's competence, and subsequently, attitudes towards others within their locality and global arena. The study aims to investigate the Role of English language in fostering human development in Nigeria. This paper argues that English as the Nigerian official language is well accepted due to the multi-lingual state of Nigeria. The study observes that English language is a political and social eleme

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Unuabonah, Foluke Olayinka. "“Oya let’s go to Nigeria”." International Journal of Corpus Linguistics 26, no. 3 (2021): 370–95. http://dx.doi.org/10.1075/ijcl.20026.unu.

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Abstract This paper examines five bilingual pragmatic markers: oya, ke, ni, walahi, and ba, loaned from indigenous Nigerian languages into Nigerian English, with a view to investigating their sources, meanings, frequencies, spelling stability, positions, collocational patterns and discourse-pragmatic functions. The data for the study were obtained from the International Corpus of English-Nigeria and the Nigerian component of the Global Web-based English corpus. These were analysed quantitatively and qualitatively, using the theory of pragmatic borrowing. The results show that oya, ke, and ni a

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Ibhawaegbele, Faith O., and J. N. Edokpayi. "Situational Variables in Chimamanda Adichie's and Chinua Achebe's." Matatu 40, no. 1 (2012): 191–208. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/18757421-040001012.

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The use of the English language for literary creation has been the bane of Nigerian literature. Nigeria has a very complex linguistic system; as a result, its citizens communicate either in their indigenous languages or in English, depending on the situation in which they find themselves. The use of English in Nigerian literature in general and prose fiction in particular is influenced by both linguistic and extralinguistic factors. In their attempt to offer solutions to the problems of language in literary expression, Nigerian novelists adapt English to varying linguistic and socio-cultural c

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Kaoje, Hussaini Ibrahim, Mukhtar Mohammed, and Hassan Ibrahim Kaoje. "Features of Nigerian English in “Everything Good Will Come” by Sefi Atta." Global Academic Journal of Linguistics and Literature 6, no. 02 (2024): 47–52. http://dx.doi.org/10.36348/gajll.2024.v06i02.001.

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This article is directed to study "Features of Nigerian English" in Everything Will Come by Sefi Atta. The English known as Nigerian English (NE) is a variety of English that stands between Pidgin (a grammatically simplified form of a language with elements taken from local languages, used for communication between people not sharing a common language) and the world's standard English. The English used in West Africa reveals varying degrees of vernacular influences at the morphological, syntactic and semantic levels; as well as at the phonological level of spoken and written English. And that

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Baghana, Jerome, Tatiana G. Voloshina, Yana A. Glebova, Emilia A. Bocharova, and Minara A. Radovich. "Globalization influence on linguistic and cultural state due to the language contacts’ interaction." Laplage em Revista 6, Extra-A (2020): 190–97. http://dx.doi.org/10.24115/s2446-622020206extra-a579p.190-197.

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The article deals with the peculiarities of linguistic and cultural changes of language structure influenced by globalization process within the language contacts’ interaction. The analysis of various aspects in the modern society proves the dominance of the English language in the formation of the world collaboration. According to the research, English hybrid languages or new Englishes, based on the Standard English norms, are forced to adapt to the local linguistic and cultural needs. These hybrid languages perform the mixture of indigenous languages’ structure and Standard English rules, th

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Akindele, Julianah A., and Ebuzoeme Franklin. "Bilingualism and Biculturalism as Elements of Indigenisation in Selected Nigerian Artists Pop Music." Traduction et Langues 15, no. 1 (2016): 144–53. http://dx.doi.org/10.52919/translang.v15i1.740.

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The peculiar linguistic history of Nigeria has rubbed off on language use at the micro level. In the Nigerian music industry today, one can hardly find a single song that feature without using English, Nigerian pidgin or any of the Nigerian indigenous languages. The English language has been viewed as not having enough expressive resources that can match any of the native languages. English is seen as being too formal, complex and foreign to Nigerians and as a result of this complexity, speakers often result to the use of indigenous languages because it tends to make the speakers feel at home

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Shittu, F., and J. E. Acheoah. "Nigerian Languages in the Tangled Web of Language Attitudes." Global Journal of Research in Education & Literature 3, no. 4 (2023): 53–60. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8219333.

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The position of English as the language of instruction in Nigeria is informed by the Education Ordinance of 1882. In multilingual Nigeria, English remains a dominant language as indigenous languages in the country suffer from the threats of negative language attitudes. This paper is immersed in the sociolinguistics of multilingual Nigeria in terms of the co-existence of English and indigenous languages in the country. Nigeria is a mega speech community, where there is need for English and Nigerian languages to co-exist in nationbuilding. However, negative language attitudes do not facilitate a

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Markova, Elena A. "Precious resources of Dark Continent: a New Status of African Literature or Regional Augment to World National Literatures?" Philological Sciences. Scientific Essays of Higher Education 2, no. 6 (2020): 307–15. http://dx.doi.org/10.20339/phs.6-20.307.

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This article examines literary works of bilingual authors in Nigeria, who create their own national cultural worldviews through the language in which they write, thereby explaining why English in Nigeria is influenced by Nigerian culture. Nigeria is a country that has witnessed a cross-flow of linguistic change due to its inherent multilingualism combined with colonial experiences under British rule, a country where ethnic minorities were referred to as “oil minorities”. Although only two languages are recognized as official languages in Nigeria — Yoruba and English –the problem of multilingua

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Voloshina, T. G., and Ya A. Glebova. "Language Creolization in Contemporary English-Language Nigerian Media Discourse." Nauchnyi dialog 14, no. 4 (2025): 211–30. https://doi.org/10.24224/2227-1295-2025-14-4-211-230.

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This study analyzes the current state of the Nigerian variety of English within the English-language media landscape of Nigeria. The primary objective of the article is to assess the degree of creolization of the English language at the phonetic, morphological, lexical, and syntactic levels in the Nigerian online newspaper “Punch.” Unique characteristics of English-language Nigerian media discourse are identified, including a limited range of topics and publication volume, a predominance of analytical and informational article genres, and the creolization of English. It is demonstrated that ph

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Omoko, Peter E., Emmanuel A. Mede, and Monday O. Akpojisheri. "The socio-political aesthetics of Nigerian Pidgin in stand-up comedy and popular music." Tropical Journal of Arts and Humanities 3, no. 2 (2021): 42–51. http://dx.doi.org/10.47524/tjah.v3i2.43.

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This paper examines the place of the Nigerian Pidgin in Stand-up comedy and popular music in Nigeria and foregrounds the socio-political tempers inherent in them. It explores the peculiar language features that have not only made stand-up comedy and popular music in Nigeria a national artistic brand but an international phenomenon that has endeared the Nigerian artists to global audiences. The paper adumbrates the fact that one of the most significant features of Nigerian stand-up comedy and popular music is the use of the English-lexifier of the Nigerian pidgin. The Nigerian pidgin is a domes

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Florence Agbo, Ogechi, and Ingo Plag. "The Relationship of Nigerian English and Nigerian Pidgin in Nigeria: Evidence from Copula Constructions in Ice-Nigeria." Journal of Language Contact 13, no. 2 (2020): 351–88. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/19552629-bja10023.

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Abstract Deuber (2006) investigated variation in spoken Nigerian Pidgin data by educated speakers and found no evidence for a continuum of lects between Nigerian Pidgin and English. Many speakers, however, speak both languages, and both are in close contact with each other, which keeps the question of the nature of their relationship on the agenda. This paper investigates 67 conversations in Nigerian English by educated speakers as they occur in the International Corpus of English, Nigeria (ice-Nigeria, Wunder et al., 2010), using the variability in copula usage as a test bed. Implicational sc

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Ibrahim, Usman, and Yusuf Fadairo. "Academic English Adaptation." Półrocznik Językoznawczy Tertium 8, no. 2 (2024): 99–116. http://dx.doi.org/10.7592/tertium.2023.8.2.262.

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The number of Nigerian students studying in the UK has increased significantly in recent years. However, research has shown that these students face various challenges in integrating into their new academic environment. This study seeks to examine the challenges related to language use, specifically academic English, at the University of Coventry. Despite their previous education in English, these students encounter difficulties with the accent, speed, and intonation of lecturers from diverse linguistic backgrounds. To better understand the challenges international students, specifically Niger

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Eziaku, Chukwuezi Emmanuela, Ndubuaku Rosita Amam, and Eneremadu Queen Easther Chioma. "Nigerian English Varieties; The Sociolinguistic Perspective." Indonesian Journal of Applied and Industrial Sciences (ESA) 2, no. 6 (2023): 589–610. http://dx.doi.org/10.55927/esa.v2i6.6949.

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Nigeria, which is a multi-ethnic society with different languages and cultures, has none of these indigenous languages accepted as the national languages among other reasons: one of which is The fear of domination of one ethnic group over the other. As a result of this, English language was accepted as the official language and given the pride of place over all other indigenous languages consequently, each of these ethnic groups uses the English language in a way to depict their culture and world- view, hence, English language tends to go through notarization, indigenization, etc, leadin

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Fajobi, Eunice, and Adenike Onadipe. "Exploring the Articulation of Sentence-Stress among Teachers of English in Selected Nigerian Secondary Schools." Studies in English Language Teaching 8, no. 3 (2020): p166. http://dx.doi.org/10.22158/selt.v8n3p166.

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A number of studies on Nigerian English intonation, of which sentence stress is a part, reveal that Nigerian English is devoid of accentuation; it is generally spoken with tone. Even at that, none of these studies has analyzed how teachers of English in Nigeria articulate or utilize sentence stress in speech, whether consciously or unconsciously. This present study focuses, therefore, on the performance of secondary school English teachers in the use of sentence stress for effective communication. Analysis of 24 (12 short and 12 long) elicited English sentences uttered by 32 secondary school E

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Aboh, Romanus, and Happiness Uduk. "The Pragmatics of Nigerian English in Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s Novels." Journal of Language and Education 2, no. 3 (2016): 6–13. http://dx.doi.org/10.17323/2411-7390-2016-2-3-6-13.

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There are relatively few studies that have examined the pragmatization of Nigerian English in Adichie’s novelistic oeuvre. This study seeks to fill that gap by undertaking a pragmatic analysis of Nigerian English in Adichie’s Purple Hibiscus, Half of a Yellow Sun and Americanah in order to account for the pragmatic relation between utterances and meaning explication. The theory adopted for this study is pragmatic context. The analysis indicates that the use of English as reflected in the novels is pragmatically oriented which, by and large, helps elucidate the particular use of English in the

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Voloshina, T. G. "Nigerian English: Language and Cultural Adaptation Process." Key Issues of Contemporary Linguistics, no. 1 (November 2, 2023): 15–24. https://doi.org/10.18384/2949-5075-2024-1-15-24.

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Aim. Identification of the linguistic and cultural specific features of the English language functioning on the territory of Nigeria.Methodology. The research is based on the application of general scientific methods (analysis, generalization) and special methods (descriptive method, component analysis method, quantitative method).Results. The most productive transformation processes of the English language of Nigeria due to the influence of creolization are revealed: monophthongization of diphthongs for the phonetic system; simplification of specific verb forms for the morphological system; u

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