Official NUC CCMAS syllabus

EFK 304 — Dialects of Efik Language

EFK department course · Nigerian universities

What you'll be able to do (official learning outcomes)

• distinguish between dialect and language
• appreciate the concept of mutual intelligibility
• appreciate mechanisms of language variations
• analyse language change
• relate language continuum
• appreciate dialect and social strata, and

Course contents

Dialect and language. Mutual intelligibility. Tones/accent. Geographical dialect continua. Social dialect continua. Urban dialects, social differentiation and language. Language and ethnic groups. Youth variety. Variability and mechanisms of variation. Dialect contact and new dialect formation. Dialect change. Dialect maps.

Source: the Nigerian Universities Commission (NUC) Core Curriculum and Minimum Academic Standards (CCMAS). StudyOps loads this syllabus automatically when you study EFK 304.

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