ENGLISH LANGUAGE SERIES The English Language in West Africa Edited by JOHN SPENCER Property oi U. P. E. 1 ENGLISH LANGUAGE SERIES The English Language in West Africa ENGLISH LANGUAGE SERIES General Editor: Randolph Quirk THE MOVEMENT OF ENGLISH PROSE Ian A. Gordon ENGLISH IN ADVERTISING - A LINGUISTIC STUDY OF ADVERTISING IN GREAT BRITAIN Geoffrey N. Leech THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE IN AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND G. W. Turner WORD AND SYMBOL - STUDIES IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE C. L. Wrenn A LINGUISTIC GUIDE TO ENGLISH POETRY Geoffrey N. Leech INVESTIGATING ENGLISH STYLE David Crystal and Derek Davy THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE IN WEST AFRICA Editor: John Spencer The English Language in West Africa EDITED BY JOHN SPENCER r > The School of English, University of Leeds £ >P> PPP PPP LONGMAN 034672 LONGMAN GROUP LIMITED LONDON Associated companies, branches and representatives throughout the world © Longman Group Ltd 1971 All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior permission of the copyright owner First published 1971 ISBN 0 582 52215 3 Made and printed in Great Britain by William Clowes and Sons, Limited, London, Beccles and Colchester