S.A. Aladeyomi  , A.K. Adetunde  , 
    Errors of Segemental Phonemes in the Spoken English of Nigerian  Television Newscasters,
    The Social Sciences,
    Volume 2,Issue 3,
    2007,
    Pages 302-306,
    ISSN 1818-5800,
    sscience.2007.302.306,
    (https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=sscience.2007.302.306)
    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 / <IMG SRC="http://www.medwelljournals.com/fulltext/TSS/Image1.gif">/, /<IMG SRC="http://www.medwelljournals.com/fulltext/TSS/Image2.gif">/ for / <IMG SRC="http://www.medwelljournals.com/fulltext/TSS/Image3.gif">/, /<IMG SRC="http://www.medwelljournals.com/fulltext/TSS/Image4.gif">/for /<IMG SRC="http://www.medwelljournals.com/fulltext/TSS/Image5.gif">/, /<IMG SRC="http://www.medwelljournals.com/fulltext/TSS/Image4.gif">/for /<IMG SRC="http://www.medwelljournals.com/fulltext/TSS/Image2.gif">/, /<IMG SRC="http://www.medwelljournals.com/fulltext/TSS/Image5.gif">/ for/<IMG SRC="http://www.medwelljournals.com/fulltext/TSS/Image3.gif">/. 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.
    Keywords: Errors;segemental phonemes;spoken english;television newscasters