LANGUAGE, NATION, AND COMMUNICATION Making a Virtue of Necessity: an overview of the English language in Nigeria by Ayo Banjo. Ibadan University Press, 1996, distributed by African Books Collective, Oxford. Pp. xi+167. $16.00/£8.95 paperback

LANGUAGE, NATION, AND COMMUNICATION Making a Virtue of Necessity: an overview of the English language in Nigeria by Ayo Banjo. Ibadan University Press, 1996, distributed by African Books Collective, Oxford. Pp. xi+167. $16.00/£8.95 paperback

This is the eloquent story of an arranged marriage, in the experience and judgement of an eminent Nigerian scholar of English, recording his life-long participation in the struggle over the status, standard, and stability of the language in his own nation.

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Veröffentlicht in:The Journal of Modern African Studies 1997-12, Vol.35 (4), p.779-782
1. Verfasser: BRANN, CONRAD MAX BENEDICT
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:This is the eloquent story of an arranged marriage, in the experience and judgement of an eminent Nigerian scholar of English, recording his life-long participation in the struggle over the status, standard, and stability of the language in his own nation.
ISSN:0022-278X
1469-7777
DOI:10.1017/S0022278X97002620