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The Prospects of Decreolising Nigerian Creole
Author(s) -
Emmanuel Chukwudi Ugwu
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
addaiyan journal of arts humanaties and social sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2581-8783
DOI - 10.36099/ajahss.3.5.6
Subject(s) - creole language , context (archaeology) , pidgin , salient , sociology , meaning (existential) , linguistics , epistemology , geography , philosophy , archaeology
This paper seeks to address the issues on creole among theNigerian context with salient issues: its stigma among the elites and benefitsamong the basilects users; it delved into the benefits of the pidgin/creoleexistence, its origin, and historical evolution. The data collected wereanalysed with the concept of descriptive method analysis with minormodification and additional translations to understand the actual meaningof those words. Various theoretical frameworks were explored and thecommon socio-context theory was used as the main bedrock of this workwhich is concerned with the language situation in the society andappropriate variables especially in the Nigerian context. The work alsoserved and focused on prospects of decreolising the creole in varioussectors in Nigeria, their various usages, such as in these areas:entertainment, religion, regions and others areas where creole hasdominated.

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