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  1. The paper found that English language is a foreign and an imposed one, it has so far been the most expedient language for Nigeria"s politics, administration and lingua franca, has on one ways...

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  2. Feb 26, 2024 · This paper explores the ascent of English as a global lingua franca within the context of linguistic hegemony, following Phillipson’s 1992 framework. It scrutinizes English’s role in the ...

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  4. jobs and English became the official language of Nigeria. The contact between the European languages spoken at the coastlines and Nigerian indigenous languages gave rise to the pidgin language which is spoken as a lingua franca in some parts of Nigeria. Multiplicity of Languages in Nigeria

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  5. For a free quote or to learn more about our services visit www.languageconnections.com. Language Connections LLC, 2001 Beacon Street, Suite 105, Boston, MA 02135 Phone: +1-617-731-3510 Email: service@languageconnections.com. Let’s explore the historical steps that led to the adoption of the English language as the current international language.

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    • Nigerian Pidgin English
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    "The spectrum of English in Nigeria ranges from Standard English through a more general English whose structures are influenced by the mother tongues, by the Indian English of many traders and teac...
    "[M.A.] Adekunle (1974) attributes all of standard Nigerian English's Nigerian usages in lexis and syntax to interference from the mother tongue. It is quite easy to show that while some usages can...

    "[Pidgin English], it can be argued, has had a much more important function than English in Nigeria, at least in the southern provinces, since about 1860. The number of its speakers, the frequency of its uses and the range of its functions have been expanding ever since its first formation from local jargons of Antera Duke's type when the need for ...

    "[E.O.] Bamiro (1994: 51-64) gives the following examples of words that have developed special meanings in Nigerian English...The presence of Citroën and Volkswagen cars has led to the creative and witty coining of the words 'footroën' and 'footwagen.' 'They had to do parts of the journey by footroën' simply means they had to walk some of the way. ...

    "Many scholars of Nigerian English have identified the tendency to omit the preposition 'to' in the collocation 'enable someone/something to do something' as one of the key features of our dialect of the English language. 'Enable' and 'to' are indissolubly 'married' in American English and British English; one cannot appear without the other. So wh...

  6. history a single language has become the global lingua franca. Explaining how English became the first global language is an exercise in world history, not just because it includes most parts of the world but even more because the story of the English lan-guage’s spread intersects with so many other themes of world his-tory.

  7. Jan 18, 2022 · The justifications for English — or any language — as a global lingua franca are based primarily in economic efficiency.