What is it about?
I investigate how Nigerians in the United States use African-American English, Nigerian English, and Nigerian Pidgin on a web forum to construct their identities.
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Why is it important?
The book contributes to understanding -the spread of linguistic features in times of globalization -identity work of immigrants -authentication of ethnic identities -relationship between Black Africans and African-American -communicative situations characteristic of our current globalized world, featuring non-native, computer-mediated, stylized, immigrant interactions -the spread of Nigerian Pidgin to online and diasporic contexts
Perspectives
I particularly enjoyed working on these data, as they offer glimpses to the Nigerian culture and these people's personal lives, and demonstrate great linguistic creativity and vitality. I hope that dissecting prejudice and non-standard language usage can ultimately help to alleviate ethnic and racial discrimination and marginalization.
Mirka Honkanen
Albert-Ludwigs-Universitat Freiburg
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This page is a summary of: World Englishes on the Web, July 2020, John Benjamins,
DOI: 10.1075/veaw.g63.
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