Journal of Linguistics and Education Research

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• Stress Assignments of Loanwords among Nigerian Speakers of English

  Oluwasegun Matthew Amoniyan, Abiola Oladipo, Odilia Ifeanyichukwu OGUNKA

  
  Article ID: 5059
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  Nigerian English like a variety of world Englishes has received scholarly investigations at the segmental and suprasegmental levels. At the suprasegmental level, studies on the major varieties of Nigerian English have identified the characteristic nature of stress assignment and interactions, but little or no research has explored stress assignment on loanwords in Nigerian English. The...

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