LEXICAL INNOVATION STRATEGIES FOR BODY STRUCTURE IN NIGERIA YOUTH LANGUAGE
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This research work scrutinized the Lexical Innovation Strategies in Nigeria Youth Language. This work intends to fill the gap of the Nigerian Youth language and the lexical innovations in the language. The theoretical framework used to carry out this work is ‘Linguistic relativity theory of Sapir”. The source of this project is gotten from the texts, books, dictionary and the internet. The findings of the study are the lexical strategies in Nigeria youth language which involves compounding, borrowing and coinage. In conclusion, new words are constantly coined and borrowed to make communication easier and shorter.
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