A Study Of The Phonological Usage Of The English Language By L2 Speakers In Selected Nigerian Schools

CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1    BRIEF HISTORY OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE As indicated in the introductory part, this chapter of the study is going to examine the work of other linguists or scholars that are applicable to the subject under investigation. We are also going to examine different phonological theories and their relevance to the subject. We need to know about the historical invention of English language. The family of languages to which English belongs to is called Indo-European, a name which derives from the geographical range over which these languages were spoken before some of them sp…