@article{MAKHILLTSS20072321829,
title = {Errors of Segemental Phonemes in the Spoken English of Nigerian Television Newscasters},
journal = {The Social Sciences},
volume = {2},
number = {3},
pages = {302-306},
year = {2007},
issn = {1818-5800},
doi = {sscience.2007.302.306},
url = {https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?issn=1818-5800&doi=sscience.2007.302.306},
author = {S.A. Aladeyomi and},
keywords = {Errors,segemental phonemes,spoken english,television newscasters},
abstract = {This study studies the errors related to segmental phonemes in the spoken English of television newscasters in Nigeria. It analyses the errors in terms of the newscasters` inadequate exposure to the rules of the English language. Sixty Nigerian television newscasters were selected from both the state and federal owned television stations and their newscasts were tape-recorded. The fact that oral English is now being examined in the senior secondary school, without the attendant necessity to find a local model to emulate, informs, the present study. The study submits that the newscasters commit errors such as substituting /s/ for /z/, /d/ for /t/, /ed/ for /id/, /e/ for / 
/, /
/ for / 
/, /
/for /
/, //for //, // for//. These errors expose the inadequacies of the newscasters as they show a wide gap between Standard English and Nigerian English, a situation that makes it difficult to accept their performance as models.}
}