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Effects Of Nigerian R&b Music On The Use Of English Language In Nigeria
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1.2 RHYTHM AND BLUES MUSIC
Rhythm and Blues music
or R&B is a variety of different, but related types popular music
produced and supported primarily by African American beginning in the
early 1940s. R&B was first coined in 1949 by Jerry Wexler, who
became prominent with Atlantic Records. The term R&B was used as a
synonym for black rock and roll in the early and mid-1950s. R&B
music embraces such genres as jump blues, club blues, black rock and
roll, doo wop, soul, Motown, funk, disco and rap.
Today’s
contemporary R&B music has a distinctly different sound than its
forebears, focusing on pop beats and culture rather than the blues,
gospel and jazz sounds of previous the generations. In the late 1940s
and into the 50s, R&B groups consisted brass instruments and
woodwinds, as well as drums, piano and vocals.
1.3 MUSIC IN NIGERIA
Nigerian music is extremely vibrant and lively. The popular music of
Nigeria are highlife, afrobeat, juju, apala, hip hop (which includes
R&B) and a lot more. As Nigeria culture is completely multi-ethnic,
the music in Nigeria is influenced by a lot of traditions of different
tribes. Hip hop which has gained worldwide popularity in the recent
years is the most popular music among Nigerians today especially the
Nigerian youths.
1.4 PURPOSE OF THE STUDY
This
research intends to show the relationship between language and the
society by investigating the lyrics of the Nigerian R&B music. With
the continues growth of the English language among the people of
Nigeria, and language learning being highly influenced by the
socio-environment, the music industry in Nigeria is one of the greatest
influence on language acquisition in the country.
Therefore, it
is the aim of this research work to review the social effects of
Nigerian R&B music on English language, so that at the end of this
research, readers of this work will be able to have a visible assessment
of the effect of the Nigerian R&B music on the standardization of
English language in the country.
1.5 JUSTIFICATION OF THE STUDY
This study is being embarked upon because no study of this nature to
the researcher has focused on the complexity of the effect of the
Nigerian R&B on the use of English language in Nigerian R&B on
the use of English language in Nigeria. A similar research work which
the researcher came across is Babalola and Taiwo (2009), which focuses
on code-switching in contemporary Nigerian hip hop songs. This research
work will not only look into code-switching but will examine the
ideological background of Nigerian R&B songs and relating it to the
linguistic constructions employed as the medium.
1.6 SCOPE OF THE RESEARCH
In the research work, the researcher intends to place more emphasis on
the analysis of pervasive lexico-grammatical properties of R&B music
on the use of English language. The study is limited to the Nigerian
environment alone. Because of space constraint and for explicit
discussion, a maximum of four Nigerian R&B tracks will be selected
and used as the data in this research work.
1.7 RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
The method intended will incorporate the following components of linguistics/language in layers:
(i) Sampling and listening to some randomly selected Nigerian R&B tracks.
(ii) Selection and analysis of some R&B musical lyrics.
(iii) Evaluation of common expressions, grammatical construction, and lexical items in Nigerian R&B music.
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ABSRACT - [ Total Page(s): 1 ]Due to the fact that English language is the official language of Nigeria, and Nigerian is a multilingual country, English language continues to grow popular every day. The Nigerian R&B with its high level of spread lately has contributed a great deal in influencing English usage. This research work has aimed to enlighten people on how Nigerian R&B music penetrates and affect their usage of English language. This research work has examined the various ways in which the Nigerian R&B music affects ... Continue reading---
