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ERIC ED358690: Dialogue and Discourse in a Nigerian English Fiction.

Although many studies have been undertaken by literary critics and stylisticians on African English literary texts generally and Nigerian English prose fiction specifically, there has been little or no analysis of dialogue and discourse in such texts. An examination of the phenomenon of speech as manifested in conversational pieces in Nigerian English prose fiction may not only enhance further interpretation of the text but may also point to the organization of social interaction among Nigerians; particularly as Nigerian English literary texts express indigenous culture and world views. In thi…