Assessing the Nigerianness of SMS Text-Messages in English
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In the history of the English language certain
developments have left significant linguistic
marks on the language. As new developments
and cultural forms occur, new words and styles
of expression evolve with them and spread.
This is true of the new linguistic style that is
associated with the Global System for Mobile
Communications (GSM) revolution in Nigeria
since 2001. GSM has brought with it a variety
of English that is situationally distinctive and
context sensitive (Awonusi, 2004:45).
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P Philology. Linguistics