English usage in Nigeria since 1842
Subtitle: patterns and changes : a festschrift for Prof. David Eka
By: edited by Inyang Udofot and Juliet Udoudom
Contributors: Eka, David
Publisher: Devconsort Services
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Ikot Ekpene, Nigeria
Language: eng
Number of pages: 437
ISBN-13: 9789784898072
Subjects: English language
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Phonological features of English usage in Aba  -- Judith Mgbemena; title: Nigerian spoken English : a phonosociolinguistic study  -- Olaniyi, Oladimeji Kaseem; title: Linguistic rhythm and elasticity  -- Imelda Icheji Lawrence Udoh; title: The rhythm of Standard Nigerian English  -- Inyang Udofot; title: Aspiration in Nigerian English : controversies and challenges  -- Ubong E. Josiah; title: Towards the standardization of Nigerian English : a phonological perspective  -- Sheila I. Njemanze; title: Deviation as development : a study of the production of English voiced plosives and affricates by Ibibio speakers of English  -- Nkereke M. Essien; title: The dwindling standard of the English language : a challenge to the English language teacher  -- Macpherson Nkem Azuike; title: Errors in the written composition of students in colleges of education : a study of the Federal College of Education, Abeokuta  -- Ezenandu, P.E. and Adesida, A.A.; title: Critical literacy : relevance and engagement in reading the ESL situation  -- Stella Ikhesor Ekpe; title: Patterns of prepositional complement selection in Nigerian English syntax  -- Juliet Udoudom; title: Second language acquisition in a multilingual society  -- Ashipu, K.B.C. and Okon, Nsa Asuquo; title: Effective teaching and learning of English in Nigeria in the 21st century : problems and prospects  -- Richard C. Ihejirika; title: Codeswitching and identity  -- Akinmade T. Akande; title: The influence of English on the use of Ibibio language in Iiyo Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State  -- Alice E. Udosen and Maria Afangide; title: Redefining deviations in Nigerian English  -- Abolaji S. Mustapha; title: The language of text messaging in Nigeria : towards a codification  -- Eno-Abasi Urua; title: Contextual variation in Nigerian English : a study of the usage of Nigerian adolescents  -- 'Dili Ofuokwu; title: Semantic contrasts in educated Nigerian English  -- Charles Okon Effiong; title: The cultural impact of English in Nigeria  -- Maria-Helen E. Ekah; title: Grammatical and culture-related innovations in Nigerian English usage  -- Maurice Udom; title: Code-mixing in Ibibio children's oral play songs : an assessment of a century and a half of the English language in Nigeria  -- Friday Okon and Ndifreke Obot; title: War, violence, and rotten English in Ken Saro-Wiwa's Sozaboy  -- Chijioke Uwasomba; title: Registers and code switching as stylistic devices in Chukwuemeka Ike's Conspiracy of silence  -- Uchenna Oyali; title: Writing in English : trauma and discourse stratagems in Chimamanda Adichie's Purple hibiscus  -- Chris C. Onyema; title: Towards establishing Uyo School of Nigerian English Studies  -- David Eka; title: Revisiting David Eka's concept of elasticity -- David Eka.