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Phonological Interference In Television Newscast In Nigeria
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CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
1.1 Background of the Study
If the question “what is language? Is asked, it has many senses and can
be variously defined. It can be language of a particular field like
science, humanity just to mention few. It can also be the animal
language, sign language and many other types of languages.
Humanity language especially spoken dominates them all. Human language
is natural. According to Adeboye Chis experiences and thoughtsâ€
In Adeboyo’s words above, human language is one out of many by which a
person’s experiences and thought can be organized. This supports the
many senses that language has. And also, without language, (spoken)
thoughts will never be born and experiences of life will be wasted
because no one will be able to learn from them. Communication is the
major bridge that links the whole world.
Communication is a
crucial factor in the society at large and there is pieces of evidence
that prove this. The global village and the internet prove this among
others.
Language whether written, spoken, sign or through
any means is a tools for communication and English language, out of many
languages of the world has emerged the most used language all over the
world.
The global village use this language (English) and it stands to be the language of the net.
English language accords respect and pride to its speakers but some
have been left with the effective use of this language especially in the
countries where the language (English) is not the mother tongue or the
first language one comes in contact with, for instance in countries
like Nigeria, Ghana and many others.
The language
teachers, the broadcasters and few others have been left with the duty
of speaking the correct version of English language in Nigeria.
And if this proof is true, these categories of people should speak
error free English. However, it is unfortunate that some of our
broadcasters still goof on air and this distorts communication. In the
light of the above, this research is out to work on the use of language
in English newscast under the little “mother tongue interference in
English newscast in Nigeriaâ€: A case of recorded NTA News.
1.2 The Research Problem
This work knows that some issues that have become problems in our media
houses have been handled by some scholars. For instance, Medubi (2007)
and Okoye (2007). Both of them dwelt more on the problem confronting the
press in Nigeria but not directly as this work will handle it. No one
has really worked on how mother tongue interference distorts
communication in our media house in Nigeria. This will look into this
problem and will try to proffer solutions.
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ABSRACT - [ Total Page(s): 1 ]This research work focused on the phonological interference in television newscast in Nigeria. Phonological interference as one of the problems encountered by television newscasters in Nigeria, more especially some Yoruba and Hausa newscasters in NTA since it is our area concentration the work has been treated using six major interference phenomena. This project has helped to identify some of the challenges facing the newscasters in the media houses on the phonological level. This research work ... Continue reading---
