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World Englishes on the Web: The Nigerian diaspora in the USAMirka Honkanen
[Varieties of English Around the World G63] 2020
► pp. 229–276
Mirka Honkanen
[Varieties of English Around the World G63] 2020
► pp. 229–276
Chapter 7Nigerian linguistic resources in diasporic Nigerian repertoires
Article outline
- 7.1Nigerian Pidgin as a resource: “Pidgin English dey relieve stress well well”
- 7.2Ethnic Nigerian languages: “My yoruba has improved ke? i’m a yoruba girl now!”
- 7.3Nigerian English on the forum: “Critical parts of the Nigerian lexicon”
- 7.3.1Morphosyntactic features
- 7.3.2Lexical and stylistic features
- 7.3.3Orthographic features: “Nigerians will grin and say ‘Yes sah’”
- 7.4Abbreviations: “Thats the new lol o!”
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