#Nigerian pidgin english pdf pdf
Our findings are that government policy thrust, growing mother tongue consciousness occasioned by the need to avoid language death or extinction, language endangerment, promotion of English language and other foreignlanguages such as French and Arabic as well as other sociolinguistic realities in the Nigerian speech communities may stifle if not stop completely the growth and influence of Nigerianpidgin in the 21st century. Nigerian Pidgin English: learn To Speak Pidgin English Fast - Free download as PDF File (.pdf), Text File (.txt) or read online for free.
This paper set out to x-ray the developmental strides of the Nigerian pidgin in the late 20 thCenturyto the first decade of the 21st century, research interest in some aspects of Nigerian pidgin, efforts by organizations for the promotion of Nigerian pidgin as well as factors that tendto work against further growth of the Nigerian pidgin. Government Area of Rivers State, Nigeria where Pidgin English is mostly used in communication and serves as the L1. However, several growing opposing forces tend to make the realization of such dream in the 21st century a fantasy rather than reality. shown that the Nigeria Pidgin began as an English-based Pidgin and later metamorphosed into various forms and patterns in its usage, (Obiechina, 85 Elugbe, 285 and Egbokhare, 21-40).
Nigeria’s multilingual background provides a veritable ground for the emergence of pidgin–(abridge language for inter-ethnic communication and interaction), as a formidable National language. Nigerian English, also known as Nigerian Standard English, is a dialect of English spoken in Nigeria. The most comprehensive sources for Nigerian English prior to this are Jowitt (1991) and Igboanusi (2002).
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