A Sociolinguistic Study of Deviant Orthographic Representation of Graduating Students' Names in a Nigerian University

It is habitual for graduating students of the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria, to roll out the drums the very day they finish writing their final examination. Characteristic of such a ritualistic exercise, among other things, are the brand names the students coin for themselves from the...

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Main Authors: Oladunjoye J. Faleye, Adeyemi Adegoju
Format: Article
Language:deu
Published: Bern Open Publishing 2012-01-01
Series:Linguistik Online
Online Access:http://www.linguistik-online.ch/53_12/faleye.html