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Publication details [#56790]

Ogoanah, Felix. 2012. The evolution of national vocabulary in Nigeria: Implications for national cultural integration. Language Matters: Studies in the Languages of Africa 43 (2) : 146–165.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

cultural anthropology | language status | language use | multilingualism | national language

Place, Publisher

Routledge

Annotation

When the perceptible evolution of a national vocabulary, shared by various Nigerian ethnic groups and pointing to both language growth and attrition, fully expands, the process of national cultural integration may considerably increase.