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Peer reviewedAdegbija, Efurosibina – World Englishes, 1989
Describes aspects of lexico-semantic variation in Nigerian English. The causes and types of variation are discussed within the a sociolinguistic framework, and implications of such variations, with reference to international intelligibility and communication strategies, are examined. (20 references) (Author/OD)
Descriptors: Cultural Context, Diachronic Linguistics, Discourse Analysis, English (Second Language)
