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page numbers: 160, Department: Arts and Social Sciences Education
ABSTRACT
This study investigated the variant and deviant Nigerian
English expressions in the written composition of University
Undergraduates. The relative proportion of variant and deviant forms
and the influences of the variables of gender, ethnicity, course of
study, (faculty) 0’level English grade and personal multilingualism on
the respondents’ use of variant and deviant forms were specifically
investigated.
The population for the study was drawn from three Federal
Universities in the three major linguistic zones of Nigeria viz;
Ahmadu Bello from the North, University of Ibadan from the West
and University of Nigeria, Nsukka from the East. The target
population was 300 level students from the faculties of Arts, Sciences
and Education, from which 600 (200 per institution) were randomly
selected. A researcher-designed instrument, which comprised a
section on bio-data, and another on a structured 200 – 300 word essay
test was used after being validated by experts. An intra-rater reliability
assessment of a two-week interval was used to ascertain the reliability
of the instrument. For Variant Forms, (VF) r was 0.87, while for
Deviant Forms, (DF) r was 0.88. The percentage was used to analyse
data on Research Question 3, while the Chi-square (χ
2
) was used to
test the five (5) hypotheses postulated, at 0.05 confidence level. The findings indicated the dominance of deviant forms in the
written English of the respondents. The study specifically showed that
the variables of gender, ethnicity, and 0’level English grade had
significant influences on respondents’ use of variant and deviant
Nigerian English expressions, while those of course of study (faculty)
and personal multilingualism had none.
On the basis of the findings, recommendations were made to
relevant interest groups and stakeholders especially on the
codification of variant forms, the remediation of deviant forms, and
the need to provide appropriate language improvement strategies to
enhance the proficiency of the respondents, especially in the area of
the English vocabulary and expressions.
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