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Compound stress in Nigerian English

An empirical study of stress placement in compounds in educated Nigerian English

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 August 2011

Adesina B. Sunday
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Of all the levels of linguistic analysis, it is at the phonological level that differences in the dialects of a language are more easily noticed (Ogu, 1992: 82). The phonology of a language can be investigated at two sub-levels: segmental and suprasegmental. Investigating the segmental micro-level entails looking at phonemes – the vowels and the consonants. Suprasegmentals are linguistically significant elements that go beyond individual segments, and include syllable, tone, stress, rhythm and intonation.

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English Today , Volume 27 , Issue 3 , September 2011 , pp. 43 - 51
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