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The Sociolinguistic Status of Anglo-Nigerian Pidgin: An Overview.
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Mann, Charles C. – International Journal of Sociology of Language, 1993
An analysis of the status of Anglo-Nigerian Pidgin (ANP) looks at its origins and evolution in Nigerian history, its location in the Nigerian language situation, and its current sociolinguistic status. It is concluded that ANP possesses linguistic structures that have stabilized enough to give the speaker an impression of good and bad grammar.…
Descriptors: African Languages, Foreign Countries, Intercultural Communication, Language Patterns