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Nigerian English: History, functions and features (2025)
Journal Article
Ugwuanyi, K., & Aboh, S. C. (online). Nigerian English: History, functions and features. World Englishes, https://doi.org/10.1111/weng.12732

This article offers a comprehensive overview of Nigerian English, a rapidly expanding variety of world Englishes, recognised as one of the fastest‐growing varieties of English globally in numerical terms. This article has four aims. First, it discuss... Read More about Nigerian English: History, functions and features.

National identity and the ownership of English in Nigeria (2025)
Journal Article
Ugwuanyi, K., & Mckenzie, R. M. (online). National identity and the ownership of English in Nigeria. World Englishes, https://doi.org/10.1111/weng.12723

It has been argued that, especially in non‐Inner Circles of English, whether or not speakers consider language to be a harbinger of national identity affects their positioning as owners of that language. A plethora of prior studies have also demonstr... Read More about National identity and the ownership of English in Nigeria.

Nigerian English research: Developments and directions (2025)
Journal Article
Jowitt, D., & Ugwuanyi, K. (online). Nigerian English research: Developments and directions. World Englishes, https://doi.org/10.1111/weng.12722

This article describes the progress made by scholars over a period of more than five decades in the field of Nigerian English studies. It will thus serve as a useful tool for those researching in this field; and apparently there has been no such atte... Read More about Nigerian English research: Developments and directions.

Evaluating the status of the Ndau language in education ten years after its official recognition (2024)
Journal Article
Mudenda, T., & Ugwuanyi, K. (2024). Evaluating the status of the Ndau language in education ten years after its official recognition. SOAS working papers in linguistics, 22, 30-43

The 2013 constitutional changes in Zimbabwe recognised Ndau as a distinct language, alongside other minority languages, to promote linguistic diversity. Before this, only Ndebele and Shona were national languages, and English was the sole official la... Read More about Evaluating the status of the Ndau language in education ten years after its official recognition.

Directions in Language and Identity Research (2022)
Journal Article
Ugwuanyi, K. (2022). Directions in Language and Identity Research. Nsukka Journal of the Humanities, 30(2), 89-114. https://doi.org/10.62250/nsuk.2022.30.2.89-114

The recent explosion of interest in language identity research (LIR) is traceable to a major shift in linguistic thought in the second half of the twentieth century, which emphasised the social dimensions of language. Language became conceived primar... Read More about Directions in Language and Identity Research.