LANGUAGE IN INDIA

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Volume 12 : 7 July 2012
ISSN 1930-2940

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Nigerian English Usage: Its Lexico-semantic Features in The Joys of Motherhood by Buchi Emecheta

Adebola Adebileje and Oluwanisola Araba

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The varieties of English across the globe are as a result of the adaptation of English language to fit the cultures of different countries around the world. Among these varieties of English language are American English, Canadian English, South African English, Australian English, New Zealand English, and Nigerian English, which is the focus of this study.

The Nigerian variety of English is an acceptable variety that is now the model of English in West Africa. The use of English language in Nigeria has gone beyond a mere matter of linguistic communication. English language has been nativized and adopted to fit the culture of Nigerians. It is an undisputable fact that in a language contact situation, the second language is bound to get influenced by the social environment of the first language. Bamgbose (1987) rightly observes that when two languages come in contact, and one is performing an official role, such language will be influenced both culturally and linguistically in accordance with the reciprocal influence of language variation. This is the case of the existence of English language in Nigeria. There are several varieties of Nigerian English because there are several languages and cultures in Nigeria. These varieties include the Yoruba variety of English, the Igbo variety of English, the Hausa variety of English, the Tiv variety of English among others. Odumuh (1987) states that the three major Nigerian languages which are Yoruba, Hausa and Igbo, contribute to the enrichment of the super-ordinate Nigerian English. He recognizes the efforts of writers of creative literature in the standardization of Nigerian English.

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Adebola Adebileje
Redeemer’s University
College of Humanities
Department of English
KM 46, Lagos-Ibadan Express Way, Redemption Camp
Mowe
P.M.B. 3005, Redemption Post Office
Ogun State
Nigeria
bolaomolara@yahoo.co.uk

Oluwanisola Araba
Department of English
College of Humanities
Redeemer's University
Ogun State
Nigeria
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