Attitudes of Educated Nigerians towards Varieties of English

IF 0.5 3区文学 0 LANGUAGE & LINGUISTICS

Language Matters Pub Date : 2022-01-02 DOI:10.1080/10228195.2022.2067216

Temitayo Olatoye

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Abstract

Abstract This study examines the attitudes of 102 Nigerians towards six varieties of English in terms of status and solidarity: Southern British, Scottish, General American, Acrolectal Nigerian, Non-acrolectal Nigerian, and Ivorian. Using the verbal guise technique, attitudinal evaluations were obtained via an online questionnaire with a six-point semantic differential scale and eight traits. A speaker identification task was also included to examine dialectal awareness. Results indicate that the British, American, and Acrolectal Nigerian varieties received more positive evaluations in terms of status, while greater solidarity was expressed towards the American and both Nigerian varieties. An examination of participants’ responses reveals that accent familiarity and the speaker’s degree of accentedness enhance the listener’s ability to make fine-grained distinctions. These findings are discussed in relation to the acceptability of an endonormative variety in Nigeria.

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受过教育的尼日利亚人对各种英语的态度

本研究考察了102名尼日利亚人对6种英语的态度，包括地位和团结:南英国人、苏格兰人、普通美国人、尼日利亚语、非尼日利亚语和科特迪瓦语。采用语言伪装技术，通过一份带有6分语义差异量表和8个特征的在线问卷来获得态度评价。一个说话人识别任务也包括检查方言意识。结果表明，英国、美国和Acrolectal尼日利亚品种在地位方面得到了更多的正面评价，而对美国和两个尼日利亚品种则表达了更大的团结性。一项对参与者反应的调查显示，口音熟悉程度和说话者的口音程度增强了听者区分细微差别的能力。这些发现讨论了在尼日利亚的可接受性的一种装饰性品种。

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Language Matters Multiple-

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期刊介绍： The purpose of Language Matters is to provide a journal of international standing with a unique African flavour focusing on multilingualism in Africa. Although the journal contributes to the language debate on all African languages, sub-Saharan Africa and issues related to multilingualism in the southern African context are the journal’s specific domains. The journal seeks to promote the dissemination of ideas, points of view, teaching strategies and research on different aspects of African languages, providing a forum for discussion on the whole spectrum of language usage and debate in Africa. The journal endorses a multidisciplinary approach to the study of language and welcomes contributions not only from sociolinguists, psycholinguists and the like, but also from educationalists, language practitioners, computer analysts, engineers or scholars with a genuine interest in and contribution to the study of language. All contributions are critically reviewed by at least two referees. Although the general focus remains on multilingualism and related issues, one of the three issues of Language Matters published each year is a special thematic edition on Language Politics in Africa. These special issues embrace a wide spectrum of language matters of current relevance in Southern Africa.