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From British-Tradition English to American English. Lektos: Interdisciplinary Working Papers in Language Sciences, Vol. 3, No. 2.
Obilade, Anthony O. – 1978
A rejoinder is presented to Betty Lou Dubois' article entitled, "British-Tradition English in the American University," which considers English West African English. Objection is made to the characterization of West African English in terms of errors. It is argued that there should be recognition of a "standard" West African…
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