Characteristics of Nigerian English
Historia de la Lengua Inglesa – Año: 2011
Segundo parcial: domiciliario
NIGERIAN ENGLISH
Berardi, Lucía
Introduction
As Jennifer Jenkins states in her resource book World Englishes “... there are approximately seventy-five territories where English is spoken either as a first language (L1), or as an official (i.e institutionalised) second language (L2) in fields such as government, law and education.”[1] There were two dispersals or diasporas of English that contributed to this.
The first diaspora took place during the 17th century. It involved the migration of English people mainly to America and Australia, and resulted in new mother-tongue varieties if English.
The second dispersal took place during the 18th and 19th centuries. It is connected to the colonization of Asia and Africa and resulted in the development of L2 varieties of English called “New Englishes”.
The history of English in Colonial Africa is interesting since it has two different patterns depending on whether we refer to West or East Africa. English incursion into West Africa was caused by trading, slavery and missionary activities.[2]
Nigerian English- the variety I have chosen- belongs to the second group.
The purpose of this paper is to describe some features of Nigerian English (lexical, phonological and grammatical features) and its status in education and culture.
English in Nigeria
Nigeria is one of the six West African states that have English as an official language.
There are two main reasons for this: • Colonization in Nigeria Nigeria became an official British colony in 1914 and English was de colonial language. On 1st October 1960, this country gained its independence from United Kingdom but it did not dispense with the language of colonial powers since a large part of the population spoke English. The colonial administration differed between North and South Nigeria and this led to some differences in the Englishes in the country.
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Segundo parcial: domiciliario
NIGERIAN ENGLISH
Berardi, Lucía
Introduction
As Jennifer Jenkins states in her resource book World Englishes “... there are approximately seventy-five territories where English is spoken either as a first language (L1), or as an official (i.e institutionalised) second language (L2) in fields such as government, law and education.”[1] There were two dispersals or diasporas of English that contributed to this.
The first diaspora took place during the 17th century. It involved the migration of English people mainly to America and Australia, and resulted in new mother-tongue varieties if English.
The second dispersal took place during the 18th and 19th centuries. It is connected to the colonization of Asia and Africa and resulted in the development of L2 varieties of English called “New Englishes”.
The history of English in Colonial Africa is interesting since it has two different patterns depending on whether we refer to West or East Africa. English incursion into West Africa was caused by trading, slavery and missionary activities.[2]
Nigerian English- the variety I have chosen- belongs to the second group.
The purpose of this paper is to describe some features of Nigerian English (lexical, phonological and grammatical features) and its status in education and culture.
English in Nigeria
Nigeria is one of the six West African states that have English as an official language.
There are two main reasons for this: • Colonization in Nigeria Nigeria became an official British colony in 1914 and English was de colonial language. On 1st October 1960, this country gained its independence from United Kingdom but it did not dispense with the language of colonial powers since a large part of the population spoke English. The colonial administration differed between North and South Nigeria and this led to some differences in the Englishes in the country.
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