Languages in Competition

Lothar Peter

ISBN 10: 3631527209 / ISBN 13: 9783631527207

Verlag: Peter Lang Ltd. International Academic Publishers Dez 2004, 2004

Beschreibung

This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Using both qualitative and quantitative research methods, the authors investigate the issue of language conflict situations in Nigeria resulting from the contact of Nigeria's indigenous languages with one another as well as with English and Pidgin English. The study captures patterns of language preference with the help of a survey of language attitudes and loyalties covering five Nigerian states. This book provides essential material for researchers and students in Sociolinguistics and Applied Linguistics as well as for educationists and language policy specialists. 184 pp. Englisch.

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Bibliografische Details

• Titel: Languages in Competition
• Verlag: Peter Lang Ltd. International Academic Publishers Dez 2004
• Erscheinungsjahr: 2004
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN-10: 3631527209
• ISBN-13: 9783631527207
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Zustand: Neu
• Abmessungen: 210B x 148 H x 10 T Millimeter Breite: 210 mm, Höhe: 148 mm, Tiefe: 10 mm
• Gewicht: 260 Gramm

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Inhaltsangabe

Using both qualitative and quantitative research methods, the authors investigate the issue of language conflict situations in Nigeria resulting from the contact of Nigeria's indigenous languages with one another as well as with English and Pidgin English. The study captures patterns of language preference with the help of a survey of language attitudes and loyalties covering five Nigerian states. This book provides essential material for researchers and students in Sociolinguistics and Applied Linguistics as well as for educationists and language policy specialists.

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

The Authors: Herbert Igboanusi teaches sociolinguistics at the University of Ibadan. He has worked on Nigerian English usage and Igbo English in Nigerian novels.
Lothar Peter teaches linguistics (English, sociolinguistics, LSP) at Humboldt University Berlin. His recent publications deal with varieties of English in Africa and West African English-related pidgins/creoles.