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ABSTRACT: This study describes some aspects of lexico‐semantic variation in Nigerian English. The causes and types of variation are discussed within a sociolinguistic framework. Typical Nigerian English innovations are related to the local socio‐cultural and linguistic context of Nigerian culture and society. Five major classes of lexico‐semantic variation are identified: transfer, analogy, acronyms, semantic shift or extension, and coinage or neologisms. The paper also discusses the implications of such variation with reference to international intelligibility and communicative strategies.
Efurosibina Adegbija (Sat,) studied this question.