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Peer reviewedBamiro, Edmund O. – English Today, 1994
Examines recent lexical innovations in Nigerian English, focusing on loanshifts, ellipses, conversions, translation equivalents, analogical creations, and coinages. Various examples of each phenomenon are presented. (Contains three references.) (MDM)
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Language Usage, Language Variation, Linguistic Borrowing
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An analysis of lexical innovation in Ghanaian English uses ten linguistic categories identified in earlier research on Nigerian English, offering an explanation of each category and a number of examples. The categories include: loanshifts (English words manipulated to produce and transmit meanings beyond purely denotative reference and conveying a…
Descriptors: Classification, Discourse Analysis, English, Fiction
