![]() However, empirical studies of pronunciation variants, with the goal of revising existing Nigerian English (NigE, henceforth) dictionaries, are very scarce in spite of the rigorous efforts geared towards codifying and standardising the variety. This phenomenon, referred to as free variation in the phonological circle, has been examined by a few scholars (e.g., Gimson, Citation1969 Shitara, Citation1993 Wells, Citation1999, Citation2003) with the purpose of improving on British and American English pronouncing dictionaries. For example, data may be realised as /deɪtə/, /dætə/ or /dɑːtə/ and dispute may be stressed as /ˈdɪspju:t/ or /dɪˈspju:t/. Many English lexical items are replete with variable pronunciations (Wells, Citation2008), which speakers often use without altering an intended meaning. ![]()
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