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Peer reviewedAtoye, Raphael O. – World Englishes, 1991
Examination of the pattern of word stress in Nigerian Standard English suggests that progressive stress shift is the primary cause of the difference in stress assignment between Nigerian Standard English and British Standard English. (13 references) (Author/CB)
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Foreign Countries, Language Patterns, Language Variation
Peer reviewedUfomata, Titilayo – World Englishes, 1991
Analysis of the phonological influence of English on Yoruba found such influences as violation of phonotactic constraints, assimilation of English sounds with those of Yoruba sounds, irregular phoneme correspondences, and resistance to new syllable types. (19 references) (Author/CB)
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Foreign Countries, Interlanguage, Language Variation
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
