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Igbo English in the Nigerian novel / Herbert Igboanusi.
Van Pelt Library PM7891.Z9 N645 2002
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Igboanusi, Herbert.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Pidgin English--Nigeria.
- Pidgin English.
- English language--Dialects--Nigeria.
- English language.
- English language--Nigeria.
- English language--Nigeria--Foreign elements--Igbo.
- Nigerian fiction (English)--History and criticism.
- Nigerian fiction (English).
- Languages in contact--Nigeria.
- Languages in contact.
- English language--Dialects.
- Nigeria.
- Physical Description:
- ix, 136 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Ibadan [Nigeria] : Enicrownfit Publishers, 2002.
- Summary:
- This study establishes the ethnic variety of English, Igbo English (IE), in the Nigerian novel. It demonstrates that IE is a deliberate and stylistic device arising from the influence of the Igbo language - oral and written forms, and culture on English, resulting in the clear identity of this variety. The author illustrates the distinctiveness of IE with reference to the novels of Chinua Achebe, Cyprian Ekwensi, Buchi Emecheta, Chuwuemeka Ike, Nkem Nwankwo and several other writers. He goes on to explore the role of these literary writers first in the development of IE, and then more generally, in the development of Nigerian English. He comments on the implications of their work for the modern African novel as a whole, and for an approach of study to African literature from the perspective of ethnic literary tradition.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [119]-128).
- ISBN:
- 9783422561
- OCLC:
- 51268740
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