A Sociological Perspective on Pidgin's Viability and Usefulness for Development in West Africa
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This essay examines the viability and usefulness of pidgin for development in West Africa. Pidgin Africa has endured as a unifying medium communication among people who do not share common language. It been lauded neutral language that facilitates trade, commerce, everyday dealings all walks life. Some have proposed supplanting English, which is official most African countries where use prevalent, with either or some other indigenous Contrarians, however, consider to be limiting factor, that, it barrier speaking, reading, writing standard thus impedes upward mobility. They argue projecting may create political backlash, strife people. Using qualitative analysis, we examine this debate from sociological perspective.
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Contemporary journal of African studies
سال: 2021
ISSN: ['2343-6530']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4314/contjas.v8i2.1