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Direct linkBob, Prisca O.; Kwekowe , Priscilla U.; Obiukwu, Elizabeth Nkechi – Journal on English Language Teaching, 2023
Linguistic plurality is a situation in which a speech community speaks more than one language. It is a complex sociolinguistic phenomenon that helps explain the complexity of human nature. Human beings cannot exist in isolation and are therefore inclined towards interaction and transaction. The need and desire to interact leads to language…
Descriptors: Sustainability, Multilingualism, Diversity, Second Language Learning
God'sgift Ogban Uwen; Stella Ikhesor Ekpe – International Journal of Multilingualism, 2024
This paper examines the sociolinguistic configuration of the Nigerian Army as indexed in the workout songs they used during jogging exercises in Calabar, South-eastern Nigeria. Data for the study were generated by means of participant observation and semi-structured interviews. The findings, drawing insights from Discourse community theory and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Armed Forces, Singing, Exercise
Gonsum, Longji Christopher; Çavusoglu, Çise – SAGE Open, 2021
This article examined salutation as a valued and nuanced socio-cultural practice that serves the purpose of socially positioning interactants and impacting on face negotiations in interaction in Nigeria. This was done with the aim of demonstrating its significance in the shaping and ordering of naturally occurring interaction. The data for the…
Descriptors: Speech Acts, Teacher Student Relationship, Gender Differences, Sociolinguistics
Download full textDozie, Chinomso P.; Chinedu-Oko, Chioma N.; Anyanwu, Patricia N.; Egwim, Favour O.; Otagburuagu, Emeka J. – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2022
This article examined the Igbo native speakers' perception of request act as well as the linguistic politeness strategies used to achieve this communicative intention in their conversational English as bilinguals. The study participants were 2748 undergraduate Igbo native speakers purposively selected from different Federal and State Universities…
Descriptors: Speech Acts, Native Speakers, African Languages, Undergraduate Students
Igboanusi, Herbert; Bankale, Oyetayo – Reading Matrix: An International Online Journal, 2023
Although the Igbo are one of the most widely travelled people in Nigeria, little is known about the sociolinguistic impact of migration (international or internal) on their language. Based on interview data collected from 24 Igbo youth in Ibadan, this study explores the space available for young Igbo migrants and the role of language in accessing…
Descriptors: African Languages, Self Concept, Sociolinguistics, Diachronic Linguistics
Ezeh, Nnenna Gertrude; Umeh, Ifeoma Ann; Anyanwu, Esther Chikaodi – English Language Teaching, 2022
The primary goal of language teaching is to afford learners, proficiency in communicating in the target language, self-development as well as intercultural understanding of languages in the learning process. The teacher is therefore charged with the task of selecting appropriate strategies to effectively achieve his pedagogic goals, one of which…
Descriptors: Code Switching (Language), English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
