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Introduction to the special issue on Nigerian English

World Englishes, Volume 45, Issue 1, Page 2-6, March 2026.
Abstract This article introduces this special issue of World Englishes devoted to Nigerian English. It outlines the significance of this special issue (and of Nigerian English) within global Englishes scholarship. It situates Nigerian English as one of the most demographically, functionally and intellectually important postcolonial varieties of English,
Kingsley O. Ugwuanyi
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Fi in Gulf Pidgin Arabic

Kansas Working Papers in Linguistics, 2014
Gulf Pidgin Arabic (GPA) is a simplified communication system established by the non-Arabic immigrants to Gulf countries in the Middle East. In the past decades, millions of people with no Arabic skills have come from countries such as Bangladesh, India,
Potsdam, Eric, Alanazi, Mohammad
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Cultural conceptualisations and the cultural model of fertility and infertility in Nigerian English

World Englishes, Volume 45, Issue 1, Page 163-181, March 2026.
Abstract The article scrutinises the concepts of fertility and infertility as reflected in Nigerian English. For this, a mixed‐methods approach is suggested that uses the Corpus of Global Web‐based English as a resource to shed light on lexical frequency and collocations, as well as a newspaper corpus of online articles from The Guardian and Vanguard ...
Anna Finzel
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Iconicity as the motivation for morphophonological metathesis and truncation in Nigerian Pidgin

Open Linguistics
We present evidence for iconicity as the motivation for two patterns of morphophonological alternation in Nigerian Pidgin, also known as Naijá. To express an ‘unconventional positive’ in all varieties of Naijá, some nouns with the tone melodies H-L and L-
Akinbo Samuel Kayode, Ekiugbo Philip Oghenesuowho   +1 more
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Culture, Community, and Development: Unpacking the ‘Socio‐Cultural Milieu Dynamics’ of Solomon Islands and Their Influence on Australia's Aid Localisation

Public Administration and Development, Volume 46, Issue 1, Page 77-92, February 2026.
ABSTRACT Using public ethnography anchored in the post‐development theory and interpretivist epistemological paradigm, this study examines what we term the ‘socio‐cultural milieus dynamics’ (SCMD) of the Solomon Islands (SI) and how these shape meaning, discourse, and practice in ways that influence Australia's aid localisation efforts and aid outcomes.
Mark Opoku Amankwa, Gladys Nangira Murruka, Kwadwo Adusei‐Asante, Vicki Frances Banham, Clement Amponsah, Emmanuel Enyinful   +5 more
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On Selected Origins of Contact Languages. A Socio-Historical Perspective

Styles of Communication, 2012
The external socio-historical factors that determine the rise of contact languages define the new varieties and decide on their form and structures. Pidgin languages arise as a consequence of many social and historical processes which involve political ...
Aleksandra Knapik
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Yokohama Pidgin Japanese Revisited

Acta Linguistica Asiatica, 2014
The paper is an overview of the structural features of the phonology, morphology, syntax and vocabulary of Yokohama Pidgin Japanese, an under researched contact language.
Andrei A. AVRAM
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Simplifying knowledge creation and access for end-users on the SW

, 2008
In this position paper, we argue that improved mechanisms for knowledge acquisition and access on the semantic web (SW) will be necessary before it will be adopted widely by end-users.
André, Paul, Bernstein, Michael, Karger, David, Perttunen, Mikko, schraefel, mc, Van Kleek, Max   +5 more
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Visualising the Colonised Other: Representations of Identity and Power in Finnish Textbook Images

Journal of Community &Applied Social Psychology, Volume 36, Issue 1, January/February 2026.
ABSTRACT Colonialism persists as a cultural, economic, political and psychological process. Colonial legacies embedded in Europe's landscapes of colonial memory continue to shape how individuals and groups are perceived and positioned in present‐day intergroup relations. Schools and textbooks reproduce these legacies, making it essential to examine how
Inari Sakki, Aino Santavuori
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THE REGISTER USED BY IMMIGRATION OFFICER OFIMMIGRATION \ud OFFICE IN MALANG [PDF]

, 2009
Language, as a tool of communication is needed to connect people in a community. That is why it is important to study language and things related with it.
YULIA.W, ROSALINA
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