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Coming of age: English in Nigeria

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 October 2008

Victor O. Awonusi
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Abstract

A report on the past and present of the major variety in West Africa

Type
Research Article
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English Today , Volume 6 , Issue 2 , April 1990 , pp. 31 - 35
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1990

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