Sociolinguistic configuration of a regimented workforce: A study of the Nigerian Army's workout songs

GO Uwen, SI Ekpe - International Journal of Multilingualism, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
This paper examines the sociolinguistic configuration of the Nigerian Army as indexed in the
workout songs they used during jogging exercises in Calabar, South-eastern Nigeria. Data …

Objection overruled: Language dynamics and power relations in courtroom interactions

G Uwen - Language Matters, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
This article adopts a qualitative approach to examine language dynamics and power
relations in interactions among participants in High Court proceedings in Calabar, southern …

Language choice in a multilingual setting: the preference for English language among school children in Nigeria

GO Uwen, AY Okafor - International Journal of Multilingualism, 2025 - Taylor & Francis
This paper investigates the increasing preference for the English language among school
children in Calabar and Owerri in the South–South and South–East geopolitical regions of …

Multilingualism and language endangerment flame via COVID-19-crisis communication

MB Tsakuwa, X Wen, A Adamu - International Journal of …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Drawing from health-crisis communication literature and anchoring the study on what we
have coined as Dressler-Schmidt's endangered language model, we aim to explore the …

The Principal's Efforts to Overcome the Problem of Teaching and Learning in the Field of Science

RP Allolangi, A Kurniati - Jurnal Penelitian Pendidikan IPA, 2023 - jppipa.unram.ac.id
The focus of this research problem is to determine how the principal's efforts to overcome the
problem of teaching and learning activities at SMAN 9 Tana Toraja. The purpose of the study …

Reverse back the car: Reduplication as language variation in Nigerian English usage

MI Ugot - International Journal of Applied Linguistics and …, 2022 - journals.aiac.org.au
This paper investigates the use of reduplicated English elements as aspects of Nigerian
English usage in the speech events among participants in Calabar, a multilingual city in …

The status of English as a medium of instruction in Sub-Saharan Africa: A systematic review of Nigeria and Tanzania (2002-2023)

O Tom-Lawyer, M Thomas - European Journal of English Language …, 2024 - oapub.org
While research has considered the effectiveness of language policies on English as a
Medium of Instruction (EMI) in Nigeria and Tanzania, no comparative studies of both …

The Changing Status of the Nigerian Native Speaker: Implications and Recommendations

O Tom-Lawyer, M Thomas - European Journal of Applied …, 2022 - researchonline.ljmu.ac.uk
Globalisation has taken its toll on different aspects of human life, having both positive and
negative effects on the languages spoken around the world in particular. As a consequence …

CROSS-CULTURAL COMMUNICATION PRACTICES IN ENGLISH: AN ETHNOGRAPHIC INQUIRY

RN Sharma - 2022 - elibrary.ku.edu.np
This research study explored how English language teachers' cross-cultural communication
practices facilitate meaningful learning and effective communication in English language …

“Plandemic” and “Hunger Virus”: A Morpho-pragmatic Study of Coronavirus Related Neologisms

SM Ellah - International Journal of Arts, Languages, Linguistics …, 2022 - jolls.com.ng
This study analyses some neologisms that were created by some Nigerian users of English
language as a result of the global coronavirus pandemic. The theoretical framework …