David Jowitt
Biographic Data
| ID | 904998 |
|---|---|
| NAME | David Jowitt |
| GIVEN NAMES | David |
| FAMILY NAME | Jowitt |
| SIGNATURE | JOWITT D |
| AFFILIATIONS | Bayero University Kano |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-8931-6380 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 9 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 7 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1994 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Nigerian English research
This article describes the progress made by scholars over a period of more than five decades in the field of Nigerian English studies. It will thus serve as a useful tool for those researching in this field; and apparently there has been no such attempt to date to review the research landscape of Nigerian English in order to show its key concerns. The article makes the case that, despite the claim that Nigerian English is under-researched, Nigeri…
Further explorations of connected speech in Nigerian English
The article begins with the assertion that much research has now been done on the once‐neglected suprasegmental phonology of Nigerian English. A principal area of interest in this field is connected speech, and several Nigerian scholars have addressed many of the issues involved, not least the patterns of intonation structure. Building on these studies, and taking the British descriptive tradition developed notably by A. C. Gimson and Alan Crutte…
Aspects of Equiano's travels , the autobiography of a Nigerian in late eighteenth‐century England
This paper is a study of the English of Olaudah Equiano. His autobiography, published in 1789, was the first book written in English by a Nigerian. It tells how, sold when a boy into slavery and transported to the Caribbean, he later purchased his freedom, settled in England, and became a prominent abolitionist. Literary English of the late eighteenth century adhered to neo‐classical models, with complex sentences and a Latinate vocabulary, and t…
In defence of triphthongs
The vowel phonemes of English conventionally subdivide into ‘pure’ vowels and diphthongs, and diphthongs are a well recognised component of the system. Triphthongs are a different story. The very word ‘triphthong’ sounds faintly preposterous, as if somebody has dared a coinage with ‘diphthong’ and wants to have some further fun. Without wishing to prejudge the question of the actual existence of triphthongs, I shall use the word to refer to a seq…
Patterns of Nigerian English intonation
This paper presents some of the findings of a new experimental study based on Cruttenden’s model of intonation and using O’Connor and Arnold’s pedagogical materials. The study was designed to examine chiefly the form and frequency of intonation patterns among educated Nigerian speakers of English, not the communicative value of these patterns. The general conclusion is that certain patterns having a high frequency constitute a system in Nigerian …
Queen Elizabeth's English
I may not be alone among readers of ET in finding Katie Wales' article ‘Royalese: the rise and fall of “The Queen's English’” (July 1994) frequently muddled, misleading, and inaccurate
The English of Nigerian newspapers
A description of the ‘vigorous and variegated’ English-language press in Africa's largest anglophone country
Patterns of Nigerian English intonation
This paper presents some of the findings of a new experimental study based on Cruttenden’s model of intonation and using O’Connor and Arnold’s pedagogical materials. The study was designed to examine chiefly the form and frequency of intonation patterns among educated Nigerian speakers of English, not the communicative value of these patterns. The general conclusion is that certain patterns having a high frequency constitute a system in Nigerian …
The English of Nigerian newspapers
A description of the ‘vigorous and variegated’ English-language press in Africa's largest anglophone country
Queen Elizabeth's English
I may not be alone among readers of ET in finding Katie Wales' article ‘Royalese: the rise and fall of “The Queen's English’” (July 1994) frequently muddled, misleading, and inaccurate
Patterns of Nigerian English intonation
This paper presents some of the findings of a new experimental study based on Cruttenden’s model of intonation and using O’Connor and Arnold’s pedagogical materials. The study was designed to examine chiefly the form and frequency of intonation patterns among educated Nigerian speakers of English, not the communicative value of these patterns. The general conclusion is that certain patterns having a high frequency constitute a system in Nigerian …
In defence of triphthongs
The vowel phonemes of English conventionally subdivide into ‘pure’ vowels and diphthongs, and diphthongs are a well recognised component of the system. Triphthongs are a different story. The very word ‘triphthong’ sounds faintly preposterous, as if somebody has dared a coinage with ‘diphthong’ and wants to have some further fun. Without wishing to prejudge the question of the actual existence of triphthongs, I shall use the word to refer to a seq…
Aspects of Equiano's travels , the autobiography of a Nigerian in late eighteenth‐century England
This paper is a study of the English of Olaudah Equiano. His autobiography, published in 1789, was the first book written in English by a Nigerian. It tells how, sold when a boy into slavery and transported to the Caribbean, he later purchased his freedom, settled in England, and became a prominent abolitionist. Literary English of the late eighteenth century adhered to neo‐classical models, with complex sentences and a Latinate vocabulary, and t…
Further explorations of connected speech in Nigerian English
The article begins with the assertion that much research has now been done on the once‐neglected suprasegmental phonology of Nigerian English. A principal area of interest in this field is connected speech, and several Nigerian scholars have addressed many of the issues involved, not least the patterns of intonation structure. Building on these studies, and taking the British descriptive tradition developed notably by A. C. Gimson and Alan Crutte…
Nigerian English research
This article describes the progress made by scholars over a period of more than five decades in the field of Nigerian English studies. It will thus serve as a useful tool for those researching in this field; and apparently there has been no such attempt to date to review the research landscape of Nigerian English in order to show its key concerns. The article makes the case that, despite the claim that Nigerian English is under-researched, Nigeri…
Linguistics (6 works) · Philosophy (6 works) · History (4 works) · Linguistic Variation and Morphology (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Computer Science (3 works) · EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning (3 works) · Multilingual Education and Policy (3 works) · Art (2 works) · Philosophy (2 works)