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Nigerian Pidgin

Nigerian Pidgin

Background and Prospects

B.O. Elugbe, A.P. Omamor

The origins and development of Pidgin in Nigeria are exhaustively examined. The study's perspectives are historical, theoretical, ontological and sociological. Nigerian Pidgin is identified as a language in its own right, with all the characteristics and potentialities of a natural language, its comparatively recent origins nothwithstanding. The authors treat the structure of the language as such; and make the distinctions between Nigerian Pidgine and a range of pidgin-like forms in Nigeria.

ISBN 9789781291739 | 188 pages | 229 x 152 mm | 2007 | Heinemann Educational Books, Nigeria | Paperback

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About the Authors

B.O. Elugbe

Professor Ben Elugbe teaches in the Department of Linguistics and African Languages at the University of Ibadan.

A.P. Omamor

Dr. Augusts Omamor teaches in the Department of Linguistics and African Languages at the University of Ibadan.

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