Some lexical features of territorial English version of Nigeria

  • Authors

    • Jerome Baghana
    • Olga N. Prokhorova
    • Tatiana G. Voloshina
    • Elena N. Taranova
    • Yana A. Glebova
    https://doi.org/10.14419/ijet.v7i4.28.28498
  • territorial version, Nigeria, English, globalization, lexical series “food”, “drinks”, “clothes”, “means of transport”.

  • Abstract

    The article is devoted to the study of lexical features of the territorial version of the English language in Nigeria in different periods of its historical development. The authors analyze the linguistic and cultural peculiarities of the territorial version of the English language in Nigeria and depict some of its individual lexical units. The main aspect of the research stresses the importance of historical, cultural and linguistic interconnection as the single entity of language functioning in the era of globalization.

     

  • References

    1. [1] V.T. Klockov, Ahgliiiskie zaimstvovania v aphrikanskom i amerikanskom variantackh phrantsuzskova jazika. Romano-germanskaia philologia [English borrowings in the African and American variants of the French language. Romano-Germanic Philology], Izdatelstvo Saratovskogo Universiteta, Saratov, 2002.

      [2] J. Baghana, E.V. Chapilina, Kontaktnaia linguistika: monographia, Izdatelstvo Bel GU, Belgorod, 2017.

      [3] J. Baghana, Y.V. Khapilina, Y.S. Blazhevich, Angliyskiye zaimstvovaniya v territorialnykh variantakh frantsuzskogo yazyka Afriki: monografia, INFRA-М, Мoscow, 2014.

      [4] K. Jarett, A dictionary of Manga, a Kanuri language of Eastern Niger and NE Nigeria. Kay Williamson Educational Foundation & Mallam Dendo Ltd, Cambridge, CB1 2AL, 2007.

      [5] B. Katchru, Y. Katchru, C. Nelson,The handbook of World Englishes, Blackwell Publishing Ltd, Malden, 2006.

      [6] H.A. Melzian, Concise Dictionary of the Bini Language of Southern Nigeria, Kegal Paul, London, 2001.

      [7] C. Mair, The Politics of English as a world language, University of Cologne, Cologne, 2003.

      [8] V. Merrifield, C. Naish, C. Rench, Laboratory Manual for Morphology and Syntax, SIL International, Dallas, 2003.

      [9] G.F. Simons, C.D. Fennig, Ethnologue: Languages of the World, SIL International, Dallas, 2017.

      [10] R. Smith, The Noun class system of Ut-main, a West Kainji Language of Nigeria, Grand Forks, North Dakota, 2007.

      [11] T. Langlo, Dictionary of Nigerian English, DE, Middletown, 2018.

      [12] A. Daskum, Duwai-English Hausa Dictionary, Yobe Languages Research Project, Yobe State, 2009.

      [13] T. Falola, A. Genova, Historical Dictionary of Nigeria, The Scarecrow Press Inc, Lanham, 2009.

      [14] R. Blench, M. Dendo, A dictionary of Nigerian English, CB1 2AL, Cambridge, 2005.

      [15] R. Blench, A dictionary of Mada – a Plateau language of central, CB1 2 AL, Cambridge, 2010.

      [16] G. Schneider, Preliminary Glossary: English – Pidgin English, Center for International studies Ohio University, Ohio, 2001.

      [17] L. Winer, M. Rimmer, Language varieties in English World-Wide, 2000.

      [18] D. Walcott, The Spoiler’s Return. The Penguin Book of Caribbean Verse, Penguin, Harmondsworth, 2001.

      [19] L. Winer, Penny Cuts: Differentiation of creole varieties in Trinidad. Pidgin and Creole Languages, 2001.

      [20] H.A. Wolf, Lamang language and dictionary. Endangered central Chadic language in Northeastern Nigeria, Rüdiger Köppe Verlag, Köln, 2015.

      T.G. Voloshina, Nekotorie aspekti terminologicheskogo riada “Lingvophoniaâ€, “Anglophonia†v rabotach otechestvennich i zarubeschnich issledovatelei [Some aspects of the terminology "Lingvophony", "Anglophonia" in the works of domestic and foreign researchers], Belgorod “Politerraâ€, 12 (2017) 128-133.

  • Downloads

  • How to Cite

    Baghana, J., N. Prokhorova, O., G. Voloshina, T., N. Taranova, E., & A. Glebova, Y. (2018). Some lexical features of territorial English version of Nigeria. International Journal of Engineering & Technology, 7(4.28), 1584-1586. https://doi.org/10.14419/ijet.v7i4.28.28498

    Received date: 2019-03-18

    Accepted date: 2019-03-18