The social stratification of language in Igboland

A discrimination exists in Igbo land with regard to the use of the language of male and female speakers, and people from different occupations. This discrimination results in language shift, interference, code-switching and lexical diffusion. This work will serve as a useful tool in the hands of linguists, language teachers, students, and people from all walks of life. The results from the research will constitute solutions to gender studies analysts, language policy makers and the society at large.

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Onuoha Joy Adaeze (Ph.D) studied Linguistics and Nigerian languages, in the Department of Linguistics, Igbo and other Nigerian languages, University of Nigeria, Nsukka. She is a Lecturer with the Humanities Unit (Igbo Studies) School of General Studies in the same University.She is a member of ASUU and Teachers Registration Council.