Educated Nollywood artistes’ accent as a Normative Standard of English pronunciation in Nigeria

Analysis of the phonemic realisation of educated Nollywood artistes

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ID20356983
AuthorsRotimi O Oladipupo (0000-0003-0414-5437, Redeemer's University, corresponding author), Elizabeth Akinfenwa (Redeemer's University)
Year2023
Volume39
Issue3
Pages207-217
Publication date2023-09-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueEnglish Today (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0266-0784 • E-ISSN: 1474-0567
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s0266078422000207
OpenAlexW4288084384
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited9

The English language, although a second language, plays a prominent role in Nigeria. As the official language in the media, governmental administration, education, law courts, commerce, entertainment and politics, it has assumed a hegemonic position over indigenous Nigerian languages (Oladipupo, 2021). In view of its long years of interaction with these languages, the absence of native models, and the influence of Nigerian teachers who lack Standard English pronunciation competence (Awonusi, 2015; Akinjobi, 2020), it has been nativised and acculturated (Adegbija, 2004). This has, therefore, resulted in a Nigerian English (NigE) variety that is markedly different from Standard British English, its precursor and target model, at the syntactic (e.g., Akinlotan, 2021), pragmatic (e.g., Fuchs, Gut & Soneye, 2013) and phonological (e.g., Awonusi, 2015; Akinola & Oladipupo, 2021) levels

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