Nigerian english prosody

English World-Wide

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 153-177

  Gut, Ulrike ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Hausa; Igbo; Nigerian English; Phrasal stress; Prosody; Rhythm; Syllabification; Tone; Yoruba

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750113925     PISSN: 01728865     EISSN: 15699730     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1075/eww.26.2.03gut     Document Type: Article

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