This cannot be said of Nigerian Pidgin – even though it is a language – because various attempts have been made by different faction to eradicate the use of Nigerian Pidgin English. In linguistic, every language is considered adequate to represent the communicative needs of its people and as such should not be made to suffer any biases.
These cultures, ideas and habits can only be transmitted from generation to generation through language. Linton he states that “the culture of a society is the way of life of its members, the collection of ideas and habits which they learn, share and transmit from generation to generation” (12).
Having said this, we can therefore agree that pidgin is a language of its own and not just a supplementary tongue as some people see it, since it serves as an unlimited instrument of social communication especially in a multilingual community as Madona University.Īccording to R. Language is the most creative and unlimited instrument for social communication and it helps us to understand the deep seated social relevance, culture involvement and the human relatedness of language. Once a pidgin has emerged, it is generally learned as a second language and used for communication among people who speak differently. The term pidgin is used to refer to a language which develops in a situation where speakers of different languages have a need to communicate but do not share a common language.
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