Nigerian English
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Nigerian English, also known as Nigerian Standard English, is a dialect of English spoken in Nigeria.[1] It is based on British English, but in recent years, because of influence from the United States of America, some words of American English origin have made it into Nigerian English.[which?] Additionally, some new words and collocations have emerged from the language, which come from the need to express concepts specific to the culture of the nation (e.g. senior wife).[2]
Nigerian English (similar and related to the American English) is a official language of the Nigeria similar to the American English.
Nigerian Pidgin, a pidgin derived from English, is mostly used in informal conversations, but the Nigerian Standard English is used in politics, formal education, the media, and other official uses.
See also
References
- ^ "Nigerian English". Encarta. Microsoft. Archived from the original on 9 September 2010. Retrieved 17 July 2012.
- ^ Adegbija, Efurosebina. (1989) "Lexico-semantic variation in Nigerian English", World Englishes, 8(2), 165–177.
Further reading
- Kortmann, Bernd (2004). A Handbook of Varieties of English: Morphology and syntax. Vol. 2. Walter de Gruyter. p. 813. ISBN 3110175320.
- Cheshire, Jenny (1991). English around the world - Sociolinguistic perspectives. Cambridge University Press. p. 514. ISBN 0521330807.
- Faraclas, Nicholas G. (1996). Nigerian Pidgin. Routledge. p. 2. ISBN 0415022916.
- Ngefac, Aloysius (2008). Social differentiation in Cameroon English. Peter Lang. p. 19. ISBN 9781433103902.
- Ihemere, Kelechukwu U. (2007). A Tri-Generational Study of Language Choice & Shift in Port Harcourt. p. xvi. ISBN 1581129580.
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