Abstract
Morphophonemic alternation is the length relationship between the vowels in the root morphemeof cognate words. However, in spoken English of some Nigerian speakers of English, a number ofwords undergo vowel changes(phonological) as a result of a change in the grammatical(morphological) function of the word. Hence, this study intends to phonologically analyse amorphophonemic alternation of a back open rounded vowel in the spoken English ofselected secondary school teachers of English in Wukari. The primary objective is to describe therespondents' performance in articulation of the test item. The data for the study is drawn fromadministered questionnaire and read-aloud task. 100 teachers of English are the randomlyselectedfrom public and private secondary schools. The Giles and Coupland's CommunicativeAccommodation
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