Abstract. A questionnaire − and interview − based survey of attitudes toward Anglo-
Nigerian Pidgin (ANP) (or ‘Nigerian Pidgin English’) was undertaken on a stratified
random sample of 1,200 respondents in six urban centres in southern Nigeria, in
relation to perceptions of its language status, its possible use as a subject and medium
of instruction, and its possible adoption as an official language in the future, given its
ever-increasing sociolinguistic vitality and preponderance.
An analysis of the generational variable of the survey findings indicate that, contrary to
expectations, the middle age generation (40-49 years) were consistently the most
favourable in their attitudes toward ANP, with regard to: 1) teaching ANP as a subject;
2) using ANP as a medium of instruction in schools; and, 3) adopting ANP as Nigeria’s
official language, whereas the young generation (15-19 years) - currently considered
ANP’s main users and vectors - were the least favourable. The paper discusses and
attempts to explain this apparent paradox.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:tut/oai:encore.tut.ac.za:d1001176 |
| Date | 13 April 2010 |
| Creators | Mann, CC |
| Publisher | Romanian Review of Linguistics |
| Source Sets | South African National ETD Portal |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text |
| Format | |
| Rights | Romanian Review of Linguistics |
| Relation | ISI Science Citation Index, Applied Languages |
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