Syntactic Innovation Processes in Nigerian English

Abstract of Syntactic Innovation Processes in Nigerian English

This study investigates the syntactic features of Nigerian English which have been created

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through the following processes – the use of subjectless sentences, reduplication, double subjects,

Pidgin-influenced structures, discourse particles, verbless sentences, and substitution. It observes

that the fact that some features of Nigerian English syntax are shared by other new Englishes is a

healthy development for the identity of non-native varieties around the world. It finally recommends

the codification of the new norms into variety-specific grammars and a common grammar

of new Englishes.