![]() ![]() West African Pidgin: Simplification and Simplicity. The bane of Igbo: An appraisal of the consequences of Igbo union for Igbo language and literature. Conclusively, the Nigerian Pidgin in its stage in language development occupies the status of a promoted language (PL) and also a tolerated language (TL).Īchebe, C. By this, the paper emphasizes while corroborating that languages perform functional roles despite their limitations. Drawing from the basic principles of Role and Reference Grammar (RRG), this paper argues that language is employed solely for communicative purposes. As a result, this paper discusses it with the purpose of highlighting its position in the Nigerian linguistic situation by recourse to the stages of language development. It has gained wide currency having permeated the Nigerian linguistic ecology. ![]() Nigerian Pidgin is one of the pidgins spoken in the world. Being spoken in many countries of the world, it is recognized as a contingency language in the absence of a central communicative code. ![]() Pidgins are minimal and makeshift languages which are the results of language contact, developed for the purpose of communication, particularly in multilingual societies. ![]()
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