Towards a Delimitation of the Status and Functions of English in Nigeria

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dc.contributor.authorAdegbite, Wale
dc.coverage.geographicalNigeriaen_US
dc.date.accessioned2014-11-14T09:56:57Z
dc.date.accessioned2018-10-27T14:58:36Z
dc.date.available2014-11-14T09:56:57Z
dc.date.available2018-10-27T14:58:36Z
dc.date.issued2004
dc.departmentEnglishen_US
dc.description.abstractThis paper addressed four main questions: (i) How has Nigerian English been characterized? (ii) What status does English have and what functions does it serve in an English-dominant multilingual society, Nigeria: (iii) What status and functions of English are relevant in a complementary=English plus indigenous mother tongues bilingual Nigerian context? (iv) What effects can a change from an English-dominant multilingual perspective to complementary English - mother tongues bilingual perspective have on the character and characterization of English in Nigeria? While the first question prepares the ground for a review of the perception of scholars about the numerous varieties of English in Nigeria, as recorded in the existing literature on the subject, the second and third questions prompt a discussion of the need to reassess the status and functions of both English and other Nigerian languages, within a restricted macro-social context. The last question then invites a discussion of the effect of changes in status and functions of English on the characterization of the language.en_US
dc.facultiesArtsen_US
dc.format.filetypePDFen_US
dc.identifier.citationAdegbite, Wale (2004). Towards a Delimitation of the Status and Functions of English in Nigeria. In Owolabi, Kola and Dasylva, Ademola (eds.) Forms and Functions of English and Indigenous Languages in Nigeria: A Festschrift in Honour of Ayo Banjo. Ibadan: Group Publishers.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://localhost:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/2640
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.pages.totalpages12en_US
dc.publisherGroup Publishersen_US
dc.subjectSocietal Bilingualismen_US
dc.subjectEnglish in the context of societal bilingualismen_US
dc.subjectCharacterization of English in Nigeriaen_US
dc.subjectDelimitation of the status of Nigeria Englishen_US
dc.subjectFunctions of Nigerian Englishen_US
dc.titleTowards a Delimitation of the Status and Functions of English in Nigeriaen_US
dc.typeBook chapteren_US
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