Innovation in Nigerian English.

Bamiro, Edmund O.

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ERIC Number: EJ514884

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 1994

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Innovation in Nigerian English.

Bamiro, Edmund O.

English Today, v10 n3 p13-15 Jul 1994

Examines recent lexical innovations in Nigerian English, focusing on loanshifts, ellipses, conversions, translation equivalents, analogical creations, and coinages. Various examples of each phenomenon are presented. (Contains three references.) (MDM)

Descriptors: English (Second Language), Language Usage, Language Variation, Linguistic Borrowing, Sociolinguistics, Translation

Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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