A Contrastive Study of Aspects of the Segmental Phonology of Nigerian Pidgin English and Standard English

Abstract

This study examines the segmental phonology of NPE and SE for the purpose of Contrastive Analysis.  The idea is to find out how the language habits of NPE, LI has affected the study of SE, L2.  It was found out that even though the language habits of  L1 impede the production of L2, L2 needs to be properly studied as other errors are out of ignorance.