Student Slang from Benin, Nigeria

V.U. Longe

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Linguistic and Sociocultural Studies Linguistic Variation and Morphology Linguistics, Language Diversity, and Identity

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The paper discusses some general properties of slang and presents a selection of slang expressions as used by students from the University of Benin, Nigeria. The terms collected are interpreted in the light of word formation patterns, semantic changes, and other categories.

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