• Mother Tongue Interference In English News Cast
    [A CASE STUDY OF A KWARA TELEVISION NEWS]

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    • ABSTRACT
      Language and man are inseparable and since the languages of the world come in contact, there is bound to be a problem like mother tongue interference which is a sociolinguistic phenomenon. This work takes for granted that grammatical competence is totally different from phonological competence and it has worked on this premise using phonological conventions in analysing the sampled data. The findings proved that interference at the phonological level is a major problem confronting our media houses in Nigeria with respect to spoken English. Suggestions have been proffered to effect the envisaged repair in the aspects identified.

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    • CHAPTER ONE - [ Total Page(s): 3 ]1.7 Definition of Some TermsMother Tongue/First language (L1).Mother tongue also called the first language (L1) is the first language a child comes in contact with in his/her environment.      Mother tongue is slightly different from the first language. Mother tongue is the language of the parents especially the father while the first language is the language of the environment.The child’s mother tongue can be his/her first language and it may not also be. In the case whe ... Continue reading---