Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ445920
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1991
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The Social and Functional Power of Nigerian English.
Bamiro, Edmund O.
World Englishes, v10 n3 p275-86 Win 1991
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)
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Literature, Novels, Pidgins, Social Psychology, Social Structure, Sociolinguistics
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Nigeria
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