Variation and language engineering in Yoruba-English code-switching
Year: 2011
Type: article
Abstract: This study deals with the identification and characterization of the variable features of code-switching as used by Yoruba-English bilinguals in Lagos, Nigeria. Against the background of the domestication of English in Nigeria and the reality of language variation across individual, social and generational perspectives, we explore the unique linguistic strategies with which the Yoruba-English speaker reinvents urban speech to meet the challenges of contemporary dynamics of communication in a fast changing world.
DOI: 10.35360/njes.244
Authors: Emmanuel Adedayo Adedun, Mojisola Shodipe
Institution: University of Lagos
Language: English
Subfield: Linguistics and Language
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W1533338892