• THE COMMUNICATIVE IMPLICATIONS OF NIGERIAN ENGLISH USAGE


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    • ABSRACT - [ Total Page(s): 1 ]AbstractThis study was aimed at investigating the communicative implications of NigerianEnglish usage. It explored, extensively, the peculiarities of this variety. Thestudy employed normative research approach where in addition to theresearchers’ participant discussions with various categories of Nigerian users ofEnglish, made an extensive impressionistic study of copious literature. Fourresearch questions guided the study with a view to discovering the degree towhich Nigerian English is a variant or a deviation. The inherent peculiaritiesdiscovered were sorted and classified according ... Continue Reading

         

      TABLE OF CONTENTS - [ Total Page(s): 1 ]Table of ContentsTitle Page - - - - - - - - - iiApproval Page - - -- - - -- - - iiiDedication - - --- - - - - - - ivAcknowledgement - - - - - - - vAbstract - - - - - - - - - viiTable of Content - - - - - - - - viiiCHAPTER ONEIntroduction - - - - - - - - 1Background to the Study - - - - - - 1Statement of the problem - - - - - - 8Objectives of the Study - - - - - - - 9Relevance of the Study - - - - -- -- 10Scope of the Study - - - - - - - 11Research Questions - - - - - - - 11Methodology - - - - - - - - 12Analysis of Findings - - - - - - - 13CHAPTER TWOReview of Related Literature - - - - - - 14N ... Continue Reading

         

      CHAPTER ONE - [ Total Page(s): 4 ]CHAPTER ONE1.0 INTRODUCTION1.1 Background to the StudyCurrent thinking on the global role or status of the English Language reveals that English is no longer the exclusive property of Britain, America, Canada etc.(Oluikpe 15), Barber 235). The profuse diffusion of the language to the various corners or regions of the world today raises the status of the English language as a world language or an international language. Akwanya affirms that “English is probably the language with the greatest rate of spread worldwide” (25).Nigeria is one of the countries affected by this diffusion of ... Continue Reading

         

      CHAPTER TWO - [ Total Page(s): 6 ]Uzoezie’s “Probable Nigerian Englishes” adds more confusion to the situation. He quotes Ikara who gives the vivid picture of English at a crossroad in Nigeria thus it may even be safer to say that there is no such specific super – ordinate variety of standard Nigerian English; but a range and variety of Nigerian Englishes, each reflecting the cultural experiences of particular users and linguistic influences of their first language (173) .Furthermore, Ker (125) makes some startling observations. He observes that 1. Language is not a genetic possession but belongs to i ... Continue Reading

         

      CHAPTER THREE - [ Total Page(s): 4 ]Listed below are some of the Nigerian English lexical variants commonly used by a majority of users of English in Nigeria ... Continue Reading

         

      CHAPTER FOUR - [ Total Page(s): 2 ]Loan translation or loan creation is a clear evidence of interference factor which in turn is the aftermath of language in contact. (Anyadiegwu - 61 - (89), Akindele and Adegbite (146) semantic contrast, outright word invention, loan creation etc, no doubt, constitute gross linguistic barriers. A native speaker or other users of English outside Nigerian environment are bound to be cut off from communication whenever these lexical items are used in the above senses. Nevertheless concerted efforts should be made by Nigerian users of English so as to avoid what Spencer, cited in Baldeh (18) calls ... Continue Reading

         

      CHAPTER FIVE - [ Total Page(s): 1 ]CHAPTER FIVE 5.0 Summary, Conclusion And Recommendation This chapter concluded the research report and made some suggestion and recommendations based on the discoveries. 5.1 Summary of the Study The major concern of this research was to evaluate the communicative implications of Nigerian English usage. The status of the English language as a world language, its relevance and role as an official language in Nigeria informed the need for a critical evaluation of the implications of the Nigerian English variant, hence the motivation behind the research. A comprehensive literature review was done ... Continue Reading

         

      REFRENCES - [ Total Page(s): 1 ]WORKS CITEDAdedeji, E. O. “Communicative Competence in English Language: Itsrelevance to technology / Vocational Education in Nigeria” in AdegbiteW. and Olaide, B. (eds) English and Challenges of Literacy in the 21stCentury Lagos: Olivetree Publishing Ventures, 2008 pp. 74 - 84Akindele, F. and W. Adegbite. The Sociology and Politics of English inNigeria: An Introduction. Ile-Ife: Obafemi Awolowo University pressLimited 1999 pp. 58Akindele, F. and W. Adegbite. The Sociology and Politics of English inNigeria: An Introduction Ile-Ife: Obafemi Awolowo Universitypress Limited 1999Akwany ... Continue Reading