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Peer reviewedBamiro, Edmund O. – World Englishes, 1991
Examination of examples of "Nigerian English" in novels by two prominent Nigerian authors reveals such linguistic behavior as translating directly from Nigerian languages, stressing least effort and economy of expression, incorporating sociocultural logic and imperatives of the Nigerian environment, and displaying "hypercorrected…
Descriptors: African Languages, African Literature, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries
