THE EFFECT OF THE LANGUAGE OF FOREIGN MUSIC

ON THE ENGLISH OF NIGERIAN STUDENTS

BY

AWODEJI DAMMY RAPHAEL

MATRIC NO: 14223085

A FINAL YEAR PROJECT WORK SUBMITTED TO THE DEPARTMENT

OF LINGUISTICS AND AFRICAN LANGUAGES, FACULTY OF ARTS,
UNIVERSITY OF ABUJA IN PARTIAL FULFILMENT OF THE
REQUIREMENTS FOR THE AWARD OF BACHELOR OF ARTS(B.A.
HONS) DEGREE IN LINGUISTICS.

NOVEMBER, 2018.

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 CERTIFICATION

This Final Year Project Titled ‘The Effect of the Language of Foreign Music on the
English of Nigerian Students, the original work of Awodeji Dammy Raphael,

matric No 14223085. meet the requirement for the award of Bachelor of Art
(B.A. Hons.) in Linguistics from the Department of Linguistics & African
Languages, Faculty
of Arts, University of Abuja, Nigeria.

____________________ ___________________
Dr. (Mrs.) Ifunanya .C. Daniels Date
(Project Supervisor)

_______________________ _____________________
Dr. Suleiman Alabi Yusuf Date
(Head of Department)

______________________ ______________________
External Examiner Date

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 DEDICATION

I dedicate this project to my loving parents Mr. and Mrs. Awodeji, for
their financial support and prayers over my life. I pray that my loving mother
gentle soul Mrs. Paulina Awodeji rest in peace.

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 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

My appreciation and gratitude goes to Almighty God who made it

possible for me to complete this research work in good health.

I want to express my profound gratitude to my supervisor, Dr. (Mrs)

Ifunanya C. Daniels for her guidance, thorough criticism and valuable
advice during this research. I also want to express my profound gratitude
to my lecturers in the department of linguistics and African languages for their
unwavering support towards my academic pursuit.

I will forever be grateful to all my family members, Daddy Emmanuel,

Daddy Hosanna, Mummy Samuel, Mummy Malik, Mrs. Osho Christiana and
my younger brother Sunday Awodeji for their love lavished on me through
financial support, moral advice, their endless prayers and above all, for their
earnest desires to move the family to an enviable place of God's glory, May God
bless you to see the glory of the lord in our life in Jesus name (Amen).

My heart goes out to thank Prophet Raphael Alaje and my Evangelist and
his wife, Evangelist David Thankxs and Mummy Thankxs for being there for
me throughout my stay in school. Thank you for your support, encouragement
and endless prayer towards my success.

And also my heart goes to my school big brothers Oluyori Seyi Samuel,
Muhammed Ibrahim and Dr. Chinedu Philip, I thank you for the moral and
financial support.

Finally, my gratitude goes to my best friends in the whole world Aleka

Patience Adeshewa and Anthony Friday may God bless you guys through
Christ our Lord (Amen).

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 TABLE OF CONTENTS

Title Page - - - - - - - - - -

Certification - - - - - - - - - -

Dedication - - - - - - - - - -

Acknowledgement - - - - - - - - -

Table of Contents - - - - - - - - -

Abstract - - - - - - - - - -

Chapter one:

1.0 Introduction - - - - - - - -

1.1 Background to the Study - - - - - - -

1.2 Statement of the Problem - - - - - -

1.3 Purpose of the Study - - - - - - -

1.4 Research Methodology - - - - - - -

1.5 Significance of the Study - - - - - -

1.6 Scope and Limitation of the Study - - - - -

1.6.1 Sources of Data Collection - - - - - -

1.6.2 Instrument for Data Collection - - - - - -

CHAPTER TWO

2.0 REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE

2.1 Language - - - - - - - - -

2.2 English Language in Nigeria - - - - - -

2.3 Foreign Music - - - - - - - -

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2.4 Music in Nigeria - - - - - - - - -

2.5 Influence of the American English - - - - - -

CHAPTER THREE

3.0 DATA ANALYSIS AND PRESENTATION

3.1 Slangs - - - - - - - - -

3.2 Idiomatic - - - - - - - - -

3.3 Neologism - - - - - - - - -

3.4 Contraction - - - - - - - - -

CHAPTER FOUR

4.0 SUMMARY AND FINDINGS

41. Introduction - - - - - - - - -

4.2 Summary - - - - - - - - - -

4.3 Conclusion - - - - - - - - - -

References - - - - - - - - - -

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 ABSTRACT

Due to the fact that English Language is the official language of Nigeria, and
Nigerian is a multilingual country. English Language continues to grow
popular every day. Foreign music such as R & B, hip-hop, reggae etc, with its
high level of spread lately has contributed a great deal in influencing English
usage of Nigeria students. This research work has aimed to enlighten people on
how foreign R & B, hip-hop, reggae music penetrates and affect their usage of
English Language. This research work has examined the various ways in which
the foreign R & B, foreign music affects the usage of English Language using
some selected foreign R & B tracts. The result of the analysis shows that foreign
R & B music introduces and changes a lot in English vocabulary of Nigeria
students.

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