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Background to the study

The employment of more than one language, variety, or style by a speaker within an utterance or discourse, or between various interlocutors or contexts, is referred to as code-switching (Romaine, 1992:110). In linguistics, code-s...

Background to the study

The employment of more than one language, variety, or style by a speaker within an utterance or discourse, or between various interlocutors or contexts, is referred to as code-switching (Romaine, 1992:110). In linguistics, code-s...

Background to the Study

A lot of similarities exist in the definitions of language. From another angle, there are highly technical usages of the word “language” reflecting the way the term has been...

Background of the Study

Code mixing /code switching is a sociolinguistic phenomenon which occurs as an outcome of linguistic contacts especially among bilinguals and multilingual. Code switching is a communicative strategy utilized by bilingual speakers...

Background Of The Study

According to Yusuf (2014:2), Kanywood is the name for the Hausa film industry based in Kano. Due to the cosmopolitan nature of Kano and the fact that most of the production is placed there, in 1999 a journalist working with a Hausa newspaper call...

Abstract

It is important to ascertain that the objective of this study was to investigate the effect of sociolinguistic study of code-mixing and code-switching in Nigerian institutions. The relevant data collected for this study were presented, critically analyzed...

ABSTRACT

This study is an examination of the language use in the northern Nigeria film industry called Kannywood. This work focuses on Hausa-English code-switching in contemporary Kanywood films. The nature of code-switching in the films, as well as reasons for code-swi...

ABSTRACT

While Nigerian scholars have examined code-switching in conversation and in literary language (Akere, 1980; Amuda, 1986, 1994; Goke-Pariola, 1983; O'Mole, 1987; Lamidi, 2004; Ayeomoni, 2006) this study presents a critical examination of code-switching in co...

 Statement of Research Problem

Having a good medical communication is important in the delivery of high-quality health care and has the potential to help regulate patients’ emotions, facilitate comprehension of medical information, and allow for better identi...

ABSTRACT

The practice of code-switching today has become a common act in a multilingual and bilingual societies. This research attempts to investigate the possible social factors and motivations that triggers Fulfulde speakers to change from their native to English language in a convers...

Background of the Study
Code‑switching, the practice of alternating between languages within a conversation, is a hallmark of Nigerian linguistic identity. In social media contexts such as WhatsApp and Facebook, code‑switching is a common phenomenon that reflects Nigeria&...

Background of the Study
Digital code‑switching—the alternating between languages in online communication—has become a defining feature of Nigerian social media. WhatsApp and Facebook provide distinct contexts for code‑switching due to their differing modes of...

Background of the Study
Code‑switching—the practice of alternating between languages within a conversation—is a ubiquitous feature of Nigerian social media communication. Platforms like Facebook and WhatsApp provide contrasting contexts for this phenomenon. On...

Background of the Study
Code‑switching—the alternating between languages within communication—is a common feature of Nigerian social media. On WhatsApp, conversations are typically informal and intimate, encouraging frequent shifts between indigenous languages...

Background of the Study
Digital code‑switching—alternating between languages in communication—is a well-documented phenomenon in Nigeria. On WhatsApp, the immediacy and intimacy of conversations foster frequent code‑switching among speakers, while Facebook&rsq...

Background of the Study
Code‑switching—the practice of alternating between languages—is a pervasive feature in Nigerian digital communication. On platforms like Facebook and Twitter, users blend indigenous languages with English to navigate diverse social cont...

Background of the study
The phenomenon of code‑switching, the practice of alternating between languages or dialects within a single discourse, has become increasingly prominent in Nigerian digital communication. WhatsApp and Twitter, as two widely used platforms, offer uni...

Background of the study

Code switching, the practice of alternating between languages or dialects in conversation, has become a defining feature of Nigerian digital communication. In the realm of Instagram, captions serve as a creative canvas where users blend indigenous languages with...

Background of the study
Code‑switching, the practice of alternating between languages or dialects, is a common phenomenon in Nigerian digital communication. WhatsApp and Facebook, as two major social media platforms, exhibit distinct patterns of code‑switching that reflect...

Background of the study
Code‑switching, the practice of alternating between languages within a conversation, is a ubiquitous feature of Nigerian social media. WhatsApp and Facebook are two primary platforms where code‑switching is prominently observed. On WhatsApp, intimat...

Background of the study
Digital code‑switching, the practice of alternating between languages in online interactions, is a prevalent phenomenon in Nigeria’s multilingual society. WhatsApp and Facebook serve as primary platforms where code‑switching occurs frequently,...

Background of the study
Digital communication in Nigeria is marked by its rich linguistic diversity, where code‑switching—the alternating between languages—is a common practice. WhatsApp group chats have emerged as vibrant spaces in which individuals effortless...

Background of the study
Code‑switching, or the alternating between languages, is a dynamic and integral aspect of Nigerian digital discourse. On platforms like Facebook and WhatsApp, users frequently blend indigenous languages with English to navigate different social cont...

Background of the study
Nigeria’s multilingual landscape is vividly reflected in its digital communication practices. On platforms such as Facebook and WhatsApp, users seamlessly alternate between indigenous languages and English—a practice known as code‑switch...

Background of the study
Code‑switching—the practice of alternating between languages within a conversation—is a central feature of Nigerian digital communication. WhatsApp group chats, in particular, serve as intimate spaces where users fluidly mix indigenous l...

Background of the study

Code switching, the alternation between languages within a conversation, is a prominent feature in Nigerian digital communication. Platforms like WhatsApp and Facebook provide fertile grounds for code switching as users navigate multilingual contexts to express i...

Background of the study

Code switching, the alternation between languages within communication, is a prominent feature of Nigerian digital discourse. In online environments, platforms such as WhatsApp and Facebook provide fertile ground for bilingual and multilingual interactions, where...

Background of the study

Digital platforms have revolutionized communication in Nigeria, fostering linguistic variation through diverse online communities. Facebook group discussions, in particular, serve as microcosms of language change, where users engage in extended dialogues that ble...

Background of the study

Digital code switching, the practice of alternating between languages or dialects within a single conversation, has become a defining feature of Nigerian online communities. On platforms like WhatsApp and Facebook, users engage in multilingual interactions that r...

Background of the study

Digital code switching, where speakers alternate between languages, is a common practice in Nigerian online communication. WhatsApp group chats, in particular, provide a fertile ground for such linguistic practices due to their informal and real time nature. Nige...

Background of the study

Morphosyntactic patterns—the interplay between word formation and sentence structure—are evolving rapidly in Nigerian digital discourse. WhatsApp, as a popular messaging platform, has become a critical site for observing these changes. In WhatsApp cha...

Background of the study

Code switching, the practice of alternating between languages in a single discourse, is a prominent feature in Nigerian digital communication. On platforms such as WhatsApp and Facebook, users fluidly shift between indigenous languages and English to express iden...

Background of the study

Digital code switching—the practice of alternating between languages in a single discourse—is a well-documented phenomenon in Nigerian social media. Platforms such as WhatsApp and Facebook offer distinct contexts for code switching. On WhatsApp, conve...

Background of the study

Code switching, the practice of alternating between languages, is a salient feature of Nigerian digital communication. On Instagram, users often combine indigenous languages with English in captions and comments to express identity and cultural nuance, while Twit...