The English language, although a second language, plays a prominent role in Nigeria. As the official language in the media, governmental administration, education, law courts, commerce, entertainment and politics, it has assumed a hegemonic position over indigenous Nigerian languages (Oladipupo, 2021). In view of its long years of interaction with these languages, the absence of native models, and the influence of Nigerian teachers who lack Standard English pronunciation competence (Awonusi, 2015; Akinjobi, 2020), it has been nativised and acculturated (Adegbija, 2004). This has, therefore, resulted in a Nigerian English (NigE) variety that is markedly different from Standard British English, its precursor and target model, at the syntactic (e.g., Akinlotan, 2021), pragmatic (e.g., Fuchs, Gut & Soneye, 2013) and phonological (e.g., Awonusi, 2015; Akinola & Oladipupo, 2021) levels.

英语虽然是第二语言，但在尼日利亚发挥着重要作用。作为媒体、政府行政、教育、法院、商业、娱乐和政治的官方语言，它对尼日利亚本土语言占据了霸权地位（Oladipupo，2021）。鉴于其与这些语言的长期互动、本土模式的缺乏以及缺乏标准英语发音能力的尼日利亚教师的影响（Awonusi，2015；Akinjobi，2020），它已经被本土化和文化化（Adegbija，2004） ）。因此，这导致尼日利亚英语 (NigE) 变体在句法（例如，Akinlotan，2021）、实用性（例如，Fuchs、Gut & Soneye、 2013）和语音（例如，Awonusi，2015年；Akinola 和 Oladipupo，2021）水平。