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Date: 08-Aug-2026
From: Andrew Ikpomwosa Egbah [ikpomwosa.egbah at uniben.edu]
Subject: Language and Social Class: An Analysis of Language Variation in the Nigerian Air Force Base, Kaduna


Institution: Ahmadu Bello University
Program: English Language
Degree Date: 2010
Level: Masters

Author: Egbah, Andrew Ikpomwosa

Dissertation Title: Language and Social Class: An Analysis of Language
Variation in the Nigerian Air Force Base, Kaduna

Dissertation URL:
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/379445648_LANGUAGE_AND_SOCIAL_CLASS_AN_ANALYSIS_OF_LANGUAGE_VARIATION_IN_THE_NIGERIAN_AIR_FORCE_BASE_KADUNA

Linguistic Field(s): Anthropological Linguistics
                     Applied Linguistics
                     Discourse Analysis
                     Language Acquisition
                     Sociolinguistics

Dissertation Director(s): Andrew Ikpomwosa Egbah

Dissertation Abstract:

Language is a vital tool for communal interaction and social mobility.
The levels of its application in any given society usually provide an
insight into the social structure of the group. Consequently, modern
linguistic studies have focused their attention on the relationship
between a linguistic code and the society in which it is being
employed. It is in this perspective that this research, ‘Language and
Social Class: An Analysis of Language Variation in the Nigerian Air
Force Base, Kaduna.’ was carried out. In a form of synoptic summary,
this work is presented in five chapters. Chapter One took a brief
overview of the Nigerian Air Force Base Kaduna. It considered the
statement of the research problem, hypotheses, basic assumptions,
purpose, justification, scope and delimitation of the study. In the
second chapter, related literature to the study was reviewed. The
chapter also considered the Social Network theory, which forms the
theoretical framework for the study. Chapter Three discussed the
methodology used in this research. Included in this section were the
sampled population, sampling procedure, description of data,
instruments of data collection, administration of instruments,
validation of research data and instruments, procedures for the
analyses and presentation of data, and a brief pilot survey undertaken
to test the instruments. Chapter Four presented and examined the data
used for this research along two sectors. While the first part handled
the topical issues raised in the questionnaire using the ANOVA
statistical technique, the second segment investigated the lexical
variation in the language of the military along selected contexts
using the interview method. Chapter Five summarised and discussed the
findings with insights drawn from the results of the questionnaire
responses and the interview sessions. The findings revealed that there
is a statistically significant relationship between the levels of
linguistic variation and class structure in the Kaduna NAF Base. The
findings also implied that the selected variables, such as group
membership, educational attainment and gender distinctions, could have
an overt effect on the choice and distribution of linguistic variation
in a given speech community. The chapter also highlighted the
contributions of the study which includes the insights provided into
the relationship between language and social class, as well as the
value of the statistical and interview techniques of data collection
in any sociolinguistic study. One of the recommendations of the study
included a call for applied linguists, dialectologists, sociologists
and other scholars in related fields to embark on an interdisciplinary
study in bringing out the relationship between language and social
structure in related areas.  The suggestions for further research and
the limitations of the study were briefly highlighted.



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