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Autor/in | Bamiro, Edmund O. |
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Titel | The Social and Functional Power of Nigerian English. |
Quelle | In: World Englishes, 10 (1991) 3, S.275-86 |
Sprache | englisch |
Dokumenttyp | gedruckt; Zeitschriftenaufsatz |
ISSN | 0883-2919 |
Schlagwörter | Foreign Countries; Literature; Novels; Pidgins; Social Psychology; Social Structure; Sociolinguistics; Nigeria |
Abstract | Employs the frameworks of sociolinguistics and social psychology to explore the social and functional power of Nigerian Pidgin English (NPE) as it is featured in the novels of two prominent Nigerian authors. It is demonstrated how NPE has elevated its social and functional power as an interpreter of the Nigerian social structure. (24 references) (GLR) |
Erfasst von | ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC |