Phonological Variation in Owerri Dialect of Igbo

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dc.contributor.authorCorlet, Eweama
dc.date.accessioned2022-01-28T11:29:26Z
dc.date.available2022-01-28T11:29:26Z
dc.date.issued2020
dc.description.abstractThis paper conducts an inquest into the phonological variation in Owerri dialect of Igbo. The aim is to identify the salient dialectal nuance between Standard igbo and Owerri dialect. The family " tree model was adopted as the theoretical framework for this paper. To guarantee reliability on the information generated from the data. the triangulation technique was used to garner data for the study. The igbo 400 wordlist was equally consulted in addition to reviewing related literatures which sought the views and opinions of other scholars and researchers in related studies. Using . qualitative analysis. the data were analyzed to d~ermine the variation at the phonological level. It also affirmed that distinctions exist between Standard Igbo and Owerri dialect. It is the considered view of this paper that despite the identified phonological variations between Standard igbo and Owerri dialect. comprehension of spoken or written Igbo is by no means impaired or distorteden_US
dc.identifier.issn2141-5420
dc.identifier.urihttps://uilspace.unilorin.edu.ng/handle/20.500.12484/7442
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherDepartment of Linguistics and Languages, Faculty of Arts, Adekunle Ajasin Universityen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseries11;
dc.subjectOwerri dialecten_US
dc.subjectStandard Igboen_US
dc.subjectVariationen_US
dc.subjectPhonologyen_US
dc.subjectTriangulationen_US
dc.titlePhonological Variation in Owerri Dialect of Igboen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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