The study investigates language use and language attitudes among Nigerian immigrants in Germany, thus contributing to the study of World Englishes in mobility and migration. The data comprises ca. five hours of recorded interviews and is analysed both for the linguistic features it displays and the language attitudes expressed by interviewees. In the German environment, Nigerian Standard English has to be adapted to the needs of lingua-franca interaction, which leads to intensive borrowing and other contact influences from German. In its conclusion, the study takes issue with prevailing policies in Germany, which promote rapid acquisition of German and look on lingua-franca English as an obstacle in the way of achieving this goal. It argues that for a transitional period lingua-franca interaction should be seen as taking place within a multilingual repertoire that minimally requires English and German, but – depending on domain and context – may also include further components, such as Nigerian Pidgin.

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在德国的尼日利亚英语

该研究调查了在德国的尼日利亚移民的语言使用和语言态度，从而有助于研究世界英语在流动性和移民方面的情况。数据包括约。五个小时的采访录音，并分析其表现出的语言特征和受访者表达的语言态度。在德国环境中，尼日利亚标准英语必须适应通用语言交互的需求，这导致密集的借用和其他来自德语的接触影响。在其结论中，该研究对德国的现行政策提出了质疑，这些政策促进了德语的快速掌握，并将通用英语视为实现这一目标的障碍。