Language and the Nation

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Publisher : Edinburgh University Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 182 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Book Synopsis Language and the Nation by : Ayọ Bamgboṣe

Download or read book Language and the Nation written by Ayọ Bamgboṣe and published by Edinburgh University Press. This book was released on 1991 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Focusing on the problem of multilingualism in relation to national integration, communication, development and education in Eastern Africa, this study examines the processes of policy formulation. It discusses different types of language policies and practices in the context of the role of national and international agencies of language planning. Although the focus of the book is sub-Saharan Africa, comparisons with other parts of the world are made whenever necessary.

Nigerian English

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Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN 13 : 1501504509
Total Pages : 235 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (15 download)

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Book Synopsis Nigerian English by : David Jowitt

Download or read book Nigerian English written by David Jowitt and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2018-11-05 with total page 235 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Although 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.

Glocal English

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Publisher : Peter Lang
ISBN 13 : 1433129264
Total Pages : 271 pages
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Book Synopsis Glocal English by : Farooq A. Kperogi

Download or read book Glocal English written by Farooq A. Kperogi and published by Peter Lang. This book was released on 2015-06-22 with total page 271 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Glocal 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.

The English Language in West Africa

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Publisher : Longman Publishing Group
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 214 pages
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Book Synopsis The English Language in West Africa by : John Spencer

Download or read book The English Language in West Africa written by John Spencer and published by Longman Publishing Group. This book was released on 1971 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Convergence: English and Nigerian Languages

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Publisher : M & J Grand Orbit Communications
ISBN 13 : 9785412709
Total Pages : 922 pages
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Book Synopsis Convergence: English and Nigerian Languages by : Ndimele, Ozo-mekuri

Download or read book Convergence: English and Nigerian Languages written by Ndimele, Ozo-mekuri and published by M & J Grand Orbit Communications. This book was released on 2016-02-22 with total page 922 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The present volume, which is the 5th in the Nigerian Linguists Festschrift Series, is devoted to Professor Munzali A. Jibril, a celebrated icon in university administration, and an erudite Professor of English Linguistics. The title of this special edition was specifically chosen to crown Professor Jibril’s academic prowess in both English and indigenous Nigerian languages, and to mark and laud his official departure from active university lectureship. 72 assessed papers are included from the many submitted. Papers cover the main theme of the volume, i.e. the interaction between English and indigenous Nigerian languages, and there are a number of papers on other secular areas of linguistics such as: language and history, language planning and policy, language documentation, language engineering, lexicography, translation, gender studies, language acquisition, language teaching and learning, pragmatics, discourse and conversational analysis, and literature in English and African languages. There is also a rich section devoted to the major ‘traditional’ fields of linguistics - phonology, morphology, syntax and semantics.

New Englishes

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Publisher : Africa Research and Publications
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 458 pages
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Book Synopsis New Englishes by : Ayọ Bamgboṣe

Download or read book New Englishes written by Ayọ Bamgboṣe and published by Africa Research and Publications. This book was released on 1997 with total page 458 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The English Language in the Nigerian Experience

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 40 pages
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Book Synopsis The English Language in the Nigerian Experience by : Abiodun Adetugbo

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Migration, Human Smuggling, and Trafficking from Nigeria to Europe

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Publisher : UN
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 84 pages
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Download or read book Migration, Human Smuggling, and Trafficking from Nigeria to Europe written by Jørgen Carling and published by UN. This book was released on 2006 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Migration from Nigeria to Europe has attracted considerable attention from both governments and the media. This is partly because some elements of this migration flow are related to trafficking in persons and other criminal activities, and also because Nigerians have become prominent among sub-Saharan African asylum seekers in Europe."--Publisher's description.

Nigerian Languages, Literatures, Culture and Reforms

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Publisher : M & J Grand Orbit Communications
ISBN 13 : 9785416410
Total Pages : 728 pages
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Book Synopsis Nigerian Languages, Literatures, Culture and Reforms by : Ndimele, Ozo-mekuri

Download or read book Nigerian Languages, Literatures, Culture and Reforms written by Ndimele, Ozo-mekuri and published by M & J Grand Orbit Communications. This book was released on 2016-04-30 with total page 728 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The papers in this volume were selected from the Silver Jubilee edition of the Annual Conference of the Linguistic Association of Nigerian (LAN) which was held at the Nigerian Educational Research and Development Council (NERDC), Abuja, Nigeria. The Silver Jubilee edition is dedicated to the father of Nigerian Linguistics, Professor Emeritus Ayo Bamgbose. Professor Emeritus Bamgbose was the first indigenous Professor of Linguistics in Nigeria, and the first black African to teach linguistics in any known university south of the Sahara. He was there from the very beginning, and together with co-operation of people such as the late Professor Kay Williamson, he nurtured Nigerian linguistics. He is not just a foremost Nigerian linguist, but also a most famous, respected, celebrated, distinguished, and cherished African linguist of all times. To be candid, Nigerian linguistics is synonymous with Professor Emeritus Bamgbose. In 58 well-written chapters by experts in their fields, the book covers aspects of Nigerian languages, linguistics, literatures and culture. The papers have not been categorized into sections; rather they flow, hence there is some overlapping in the arrangement. The book is an essential resource for all who are interested to learn about current trends in the study of languages, linguistics and related subject-matters in Nigeria.

Twelve Nigerian Languages

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Publisher : New York : Africana Publishing Corporation
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 210 pages
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Book Synopsis Twelve Nigerian Languages by : Elizabeth Dunstan

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Learner English

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Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 0521779391
Total Pages : 363 pages
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Book Synopsis Learner English by : Michael Swan

Download or read book Learner English written by Michael Swan and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2001-04-26 with total page 363 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A practical reference guide to help teachers to predict and understand the problems their students have.

The English Language

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Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521785709
Total Pages : 324 pages
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Book Synopsis The English Language by : Charles Laurence Barber

Download or read book The English Language written by Charles Laurence Barber and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2000-05-04 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The English Language: A Historical Introduction covers the history of the English language from its prehistoric Indo-European origins to the present day. Assuming no previous knowledge of the subject, Charles Barber describes the nature of language and language change, and presents a history of the English language at different periods, dealing with key topics such as grammar, pronunciation and semantics. Where necessary, he introduces and explains the main theoretical and technical concepts of historical linguistics. There are also chapters on English in the scientific age, English as a world language and the future of the language. Charles Barber uses dozens of familiar texts, including the English of King Alfred, Chaucer, Shakespeare, and Addison, to illustrate the state of the English language through time in a range of contexts. This is a fascinating book for anyone with an interest in language.

Making a Virtue of Necessity

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 192 pages
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Book Synopsis Making a Virtue of Necessity by : L. Ayo Banjo

Download or read book Making a Virtue of Necessity written by L. Ayo Banjo and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author is a prominent linguistics scholar. The study of sociolinguistics of the English language in Nigeria has assumed great importance in Nigerian universities. Against the background of key works from 1971 to 1991, and the growing debate over an optimal language policy for Nigeria, he looks at the perspectives of an individual writer, to provide an overview of the language since its earliest contacts with what is now known as Nigeria. One important gap which he identifies is the paucity of illustrative data even from the three main Nigerian languages.

The English Language in Nigeria

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Total Pages : 40 pages
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Book Synopsis The English Language in Nigeria by : Wale Osisanwo

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Varieties of English

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ISBN 13 : 9783110196382
Total Pages : 618 pages
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Book Synopsis Varieties of English by : Bernd Kortmann

Download or read book Varieties of English written by Bernd Kortmann and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 618 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Vol. 3: Covers the phonology, morphology and syntax of varieties of English in Pacific and Australasia. This work includes exercises and study questions that can be used for classroom assignments as well as for self study. It includes an interactive CD-ROM which contains sound samples, speech recordings, interactive and synchronized maps.

Divided by a Common Language

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Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN 13 : 9780547350288
Total Pages : 260 pages
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Book Synopsis Divided by a Common Language by : Christopher Davies

Download or read book Divided by a Common Language written by Christopher Davies and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 2007-09-26 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This guide to the language differences between the United States and United Kingdom is “a fascinating collection full of all kinds of surprises” (Minneapolis Star Tribune). Taxi rank . . . toad in the hole . . . dustman . . . fancy dress . . . American visitors to London (or viewers of British TV shows) might be confused by these terms. But most Britons would be equally puzzled by words like caboose, bleachers, and busboy. In Divided by a Common Language, Christopher Davies explains these expressions and discusses the many differences in pronunciation, spelling, and vocabulary between British and American English. He compares the customs, manners, and practical details of daily life in the United Kingdom and the United States, and American readers will enjoy his account of American culture as seen through an Englishman’s eyes. Davies tops it off with an amusing list of expressions that sound innocent enough in one country but make quite the opposite impression in the other. Two large glossaries help travelers translate from one variety of English to the other, and additional lists explain the distinctive words of Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa. This delightful book is the ideal companion for travelers—or anyone who enjoys the many nuances of language.

The Phonetics of Nigerian Languages

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 78 pages
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Download or read book The Phonetics of Nigerian Languages written by Clara Ikekeonwu and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 78 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: