The article begins with the assertion that much research has now been done on the once-neglected suprasegmental phonology of Nigerian English. A principal area of interest in this field is connected speech, and several Nigerian scholars have addressed many of the issues involved, not least the patterns of intonation structure. Building on these studies, and taking the British descriptive tradition developed notably by A. C. Gimson and Alan Cruttenden as its theoretical base, the article seeks to offer fresh perspectives on certain issues that have hitherto not received attention. With the aid of the interlinear method of transcription, it shows the differences between two contrasting systems, on the one hand that of native speakers, and on the other Popular Nigerian English (PNE), a concept first developed by Jowitt (1991) and denoting features characteristic of relatively younger and less educated Nigerians.

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尼日利亚英语连接语音的进一步探索

文章首先断言，现在已经对曾经被忽视的尼日利亚英语超音段音韵学进行了大量研究。该领域的一个主要兴趣领域是连接语音，几位尼日利亚学者已经解决了所涉及的许多问题，尤其是语调结构的模式。在这些研究的基础上，本文以 AC Gimson 和 Alan Cruttenden 著名的英国描述性传统为理论基础，力求对某些迄今尚未受到关注的问题提供新的视角。借助行间转录方法，它显示了两种对比系统之间的差异，一方面是母语者的系统，另一方面是流行尼日利亚英语 (PNE)，这是 Jowitt (1991) 首先提出的概念，表示具有相对年轻且受教育程度较低的尼日利亚人的特征。