This study explores the influences that the Izon language manifests in the syntax of the English of Izon (Nigerian) speakers and makes a clear distinction between the influences that result in errors and those that result in permissible local variations, which indicates that the idea of treating all variations in the syntax of Nigerian English as…

In this paper we shall first try to define the term "China English" (with our own definition of this term deliberated in the "Discussion" section) as a performance variety in the larger conceptualization of World Englishes. Following that, we will adduce some linguistic features of "China English" from the relevant…

The main assumption in this article is that the pragmatics of the variety of South African English commonly referred to as black South African English (BSAE) have been shaped, over time, by educated bilinguals, through a transfer of features from African languages. Transfer of syntactic forms, now firmly established in the variety, is evidenced…