Abstract
This study has set out to find the influence of Yoruba Language on the sound system of spoken English Language among the indigenous Ilorin Yoruba undergraduate students. It was to find out the features that distinguish Ilorin Yoruba accent from the Received Pronunciation. The Recorded speech of fifty selected undergraduate students from three universities within Ilorin was used. Students who were native of Ilorin and who have spent at least two academic years in higher institution were sampled. Phonological approach was used using snowball sampling technique. It was discovered that phonological features of Nigerian English such as substitution, under-differentiation, spelling pronunciation, epenthesis and simplification, of consonant cluster were the common features found in the oral English of the samples. The English of the samples has been affected by their L1.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
CHAPTER ONE: GENERAL INTRODUCTION
1.0 Introduction
1.1 Statement of the Research Problem
1.2 Purpose of the Study
1.3 Justification
1.4 Scope of the Study
1.5 Methodology
1.6 Data Description
1.7 Conclusion
CHAPTER TWO: LITERATURE REVIEW
2.0 Introduction
2.1 Phonetics
2.2 Phonology
2.2.1 Levels of Phonology
2.3 Phonological Theories
2.3.1 Phonemic Theory
2.3.2 Generative Phonology
2.3.3 Metrical Phonology
2.3.4 Dependency Phonology
2.3.5 Autosegmental
2.3.6 Optimality Theory
2.4 English Phonemes
2.4.4 Pure Vowel Sounds
2.4 Diphthong Sounds
2.4 Consonant Sounds
2.5 Yoruba Pohonemes
2.5.1 Vowel Sounds
2.5.2 Consonant Sounds
2.6 Diffrences Between English And Yoruba Phonenes
2.6.1 Consonant Sounds
2.6.2 Vowel Sounds
2.7 Status of the Language Under Study
2.7.1 English Language
2.7.2 Yoruba Language
2.8 Nigerian English
2.9 Features of the Phonology of Nigerian English