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Publication details [#65368]
Obiegbu, Ifeyinwa. 2018. Errors in Educated Nigerian English Usage. Language Matters: Studies in the Languages of Africa 49 (2) : 107–127. 
Publication type
Article in journal
Publication language
English
Keywords
Language as a subject
Place, Publisher
Routledge
Annotation
This inquiry explores errors of English practice amid 60 younger and older users of educated Nigerian English, using an electronic written language corpus including four different text types. Error events are impacted by speakers’ age and education level.