This paper examines language use in workplaces. It focuses on language use by workers for interpersonal communication to meet both official and personal needs. Within Nigerian …
E Senayon - Pedagogika Społeczna Nova, 2023 - ceeol.com
Ogu has been experiencing nominal language shift among its speakers, through the agency of Yorubaiza-tion, from the turn of the 19th century. Yorubaization is the conversion of …
T Onadipe-Shalom - NIU Journal of Humanities, 2024 - ijhumas.com
The social media provides a space for interaction of people and languages across the globe. Today, the English language is the main medium of interaction on the social media …
Language Shift Language Maintenance (LSLM) designates the investigation of movement patterns from one language to another and the efforts made by native speakers and …
Language accommodation, a phenomenon in urban sociolinguistics, is the conscious and conscientious use of other languages' repertoire in communication. Existing works on urban …
E Senayon - Journal of West African Languages, 2019 - researchgate.net
Abstract Existing literature on Language Shift Language Maintenance (LSLM) globally has been limited to certain strategies such as the use of the language in education, the media …
Ogu–Yoruba bilingualism is the norm in Badagry. Therefore, this study examined language ability, language choice in a number of domains, attitudes and inter-ethnic relations between …
T ONADIPE-SHALOM - Journal of The Linguistic Association of Nigeria, 2018 - jolan.com.ng
Obalende is one of the earliest settlement sites for the Hausa people in Lagos State, the former capital of Nigeria. Several works on language use by urban dwellers have focused …