A LINGUISTIC STUDY OF THE NIGERIAN-NESS OF NIGERIAN PIDGIN IN SELECTED LITERARY WORKS
ABSTRACT This thesis titled “A Linguistic study of the „Nigerian-ness‟ of Nigerian Pidgin in Selected Literary Works” was embarked upon because of the resistance many Nigerians have to the use of Nigerian Pidgin (NP); they see it as foreign and a corruption of the English Language. Besides, many people, especially non-linguists feel that pidgin Englishes in West Africa are all the same no matter which country the Pidgin exists in. ...
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