Nigerian English pronunciation preferences: A corpus-based survey of pronunciation variants

Autor:	Rotimi Oladipupo, Aderonke Akinola
Jazyk:	angličtina
Rok vydání:	2022
Předmět:	free variation Nigerian English English as a second language ICE-Nig. Corpus pronunciation preferences Fine Arts Arts in general NX1-820 General Works History of scholarship and learning. The humanities AZ20-999
Zdroj:	Cogent Arts & Humanities, Vol 9, Iss 1 (2022)
Druh dokumentu:	article
ISSN:	23311983 2331-1983
DOI:	10.1080/23311983.2022.2061104
Popis:	This paper examines 48 lemmas that typically exhibit variable pronunciations in English in order to establish the variants preferred by Nigerian English (NigE) speakers. The data for the study were extracted from the spoken part of International Corpus of English (ICE)—Nigeria and analysed using descriptive statistics (frequency counts and percentage distribution presented on tables). The findings establish phonemic variability as a widespread phenomenon in NigE, which is conditioned by a combination of exonormative and endonormative factors. The study concludes that, although NigE is largely influenced by the exoglossic Standard varieties, it is undergoing critical norm development which deserves to be codified in order to achieve endonormative stability. The present findings are, therefore, recommended as valuable resources for a future edition of a NigE dictionary as an important step towards standardisation.
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