The English Language and West Africa (with Special Reference to Nigeria)
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Published: 1986
Total Pages: 42
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Published: 1986
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Titilayo Ufomata
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Published: 1986
Total Pages: 42
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: John Spencer
Publisher: Longman Publishing Group
Published: 1971
Total Pages: 218
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Ayọ Bamgboṣe
Publisher: Africa Research and Publications
Published: 1997
Total Pages: 458
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Josef J. Schmied
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Published: 1990
Total Pages: 108
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: C. W. Wigwe
Publisher: Hyperion Books
Published: 1990
Total Pages: 104
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: David Jowitt
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Published: 2018-11-05
Total Pages: 252
ISBN-13: 1501504606
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAlthough the past few decades have witnessed growing interest in varieties of English around the world, no study of the Nigerian variety intended for the international market has yet been published. Making use of well-known paradigms, the book will relate Nigerian English, as a ‘Second Language’ variety, to other World Englishes. Its chief overall concern, however, is to provide a detailed descriptive account of the variety, seeking to show what is distinctive about it and also, in this perspective, distinguishing between more educated and less educated usage. After giving a sociolinguistic profile of Nigeria, where English today enjoys a more prominent role than ever before, it will examine in turn the phonology, morpho-syntax, and lexico-semantics of Nigerian English, with samples of written texts from the eighteenth century to the present. It will also give a comprehensive summary of academic research carried out in the field over the past fifty years. In this way the book will provide an introduction to the subject for the benefit of scholars and students in universities in many countries, and will serve as a useful companion to other books in De Gruyter Mouton's Dialects of English series.
Author: Ayọ Bamgboṣe
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Published: 1995
Total Pages: 431
ISBN-13: 9780865435926
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA West African Perspective A unique addition to the ongoing world-wide discussion of the status of English as a world language. Contributions from distinguished academics from West Africa and other parts of the world examine the ramifications of the English as a second or foreign language, including its position in various national language policies within the educational system and as a medium of literature.
Author: Farooq A. Kperogi
Publisher: Peter Lang
Published: 2015-06-22
Total Pages: 271
ISBN-13: 1433129264
DOWNLOAD EBOOKGlocal English compares the usage patterns and stylistic conventions of the world’s two dominant native varieties of English (British and American English) with Nigerian English, which ranks as the English world’s fastest-growing non-native variety courtesy of the unrelenting ubiquity of the Nigerian (English-language) movie industry in Africa and the Black Atlantic Diaspora. Using contemporary examples from the mass media and the author’s rich experiential data, the book isolates the peculiar structural, grammatical, and stylistic characteristics of Nigerian English and shows its similarities as well as its often humorous differences with British and American English. Although Nigerian English forms the backdrop of the book, it will benefit teachers of English as a second or foreign language across the world. Similarly, because it presents complex grammatical concepts in a lucid, personal narrative style, it is useful both to a general and a specialist audience, including people who study anthropology and globalization. The true-life experiential encounters that the book uses to instantiate the differences and similarities between Nigerian English and native varieties of English will make it valuable as an empirical data mine for disciplines that investigate the movement and diffusion of linguistic codes across the bounds of nations and states in the age of globalization.
Author: Josef J. Schmied
Publisher: Longman Publishing Group
Published: 1991
Total Pages: 288
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKIntroducing the subject of English in Africa, this book examines the usage of English in education and in African literature. The range of language forms and the attitudes towards English are discussed. The author considers the influence of English on African languages.