Linguistic Variation and Change in Nawfija Speech Community
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.17507/jltr.1205.13Keywords:
language, linguistic variation, standard variety of Igbo and Nawfija variety of Igbo languageAbstract
The focus of this study is on linguistic change and variation in the Nawfija speech community. It distinguished dialect from other similar words and contrasted the traditional Igbo dialect with the Nawfija dialect of the Igbo language on an equal footing. The types of dialectal variations found in the Igbo Nawfija dialect were investigated in this study, as well as the question of dialect supremacy. For the creation of standard Igbo, some suggestions have been made.
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