A comparative study of connected speech features in Nigerian English & Received Pronunciation

An analysis of the proximity of educated Nigerian English speakers to Received Pronunciation

Datos Bibliográficos

ID20357553
AutoresRotimi O Oladipupo (0000-0003-0414-5437, autor de correspondencia)
Año2015
Volumen31
Número4
Páginas21-29
Fecha de publicación2015-12-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaEnglish Today (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0266-0784 • E-ISSN: 1474-0567
EditorialCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s0266078415000358
OpenAlexW2938974583
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas6
Referencias citadas6

Spoken Nigerian English (hereafter NigE) is said to differ significantly from Received Pronunciation (hereafter RP). Several studies (e.g. Adetugbo, 1977; 2004; Atoye, 1991; Udofot, 2004) conducted particularly from segmental and suprasegmental perspectives have established this. However, not so much has been done to verify this at the level of connected speech. Yet the features of connected speech contribute significantly to the marked difference between the native and non-native English accents and are capable of impairing intelligibility between speakers of both varieties (Allen, 1961: xiv; Laver, 1968: 156). Therefore, this study investigates two connected speech features (assimilation and elision) at morpheme and word boundaries, in order to provide explanations for how spoken educated NigE approximates to and deviates from RP

Connected speech · First language · Linguistics · Morpheme · Pronunciation · History · Linguistic Variation and Morphology · Multilingual Education and Policy · Philosophy · Phonetics and Phonology Research · Psychology