Joseph Babasola Osoba
Biographic Data
| ID | 8996284 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Joseph Babasola Osoba |
| GIVEN NAMES | Joseph Babasola |
| FAMILY NAME | Osoba |
| SIGNATURE | OSOBA J B |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Lagos |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 4 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Power in Nigerian Pidgin (NP) Discourse
Power may often be considered very significant when people of different classes, genders, races, ethnicities or religions interact especially in bilingual or multilingual milieus. This is very often expressed in the discourse of interlocutors with similar or different backgrounds or ethnic languages. Generally, especially in the public, Nigerian Pidgin (NP) is often denounced as an inappropriate, low class language by institutional authorities wh…
Language Preference as a Precursor to Displacement and Extinction in Nigeria
The fact that language is primarily oral makes it naturally susceptible to extinction or death. This is because there is the tendency for its speakers to abandon it as a result of their preference for a more prestigious language such as an official second language or as result of a deliberate policy of the colonial masters to discourage the development and the use of indigenous languages for their selfish reasons as well as the unwholesome adopti…
Analysis of Discourse in Nigerian Pidgin
Nigerian Pidgin (NP) can be described as the widest spoken indigenous language in Nigeria today. From east to west, from north to south, it is the language of choice. Thus it is prevalent in the metropolitan cities such as Lagos, Kano, and Port-Harcourt, especially in the military, police and air-force barracks, stranger-communities, and slum areas like Ajegunle and Mushin. In recent times, NP has been used extensively in the broadcast media for …
The Use of Nigerian Pidgin in Political Jingles
The evolution of Nigerian Pidgin (NP) may be linked to the contact between the English language and Nigerian languages during the pre-colonial and post-independence periods. At its incipient stage, NP was rightly dubbed Pidgin English and sometimes also referred to as Broken English. Both references simply point to the fact that NP was regarded as a variety of the English language, more or less, especially since English appears as its superstrate…
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The Use of Nigerian Pidgin in Political Jingles
The evolution of Nigerian Pidgin (NP) may be linked to the contact between the English language and Nigerian languages during the pre-colonial and post-independence periods. At its incipient stage, NP was rightly dubbed Pidgin English and sometimes also referred to as Broken English. Both references simply point to the fact that NP was regarded as a variety of the English language, more or less, especially since English appears as its superstrate…
Analysis of Discourse in Nigerian Pidgin
Nigerian Pidgin (NP) can be described as the widest spoken indigenous language in Nigeria today. From east to west, from north to south, it is the language of choice. Thus it is prevalent in the metropolitan cities such as Lagos, Kano, and Port-Harcourt, especially in the military, police and air-force barracks, stranger-communities, and slum areas like Ajegunle and Mushin. In recent times, NP has been used extensively in the broadcast media for …
Language Preference as a Precursor to Displacement and Extinction in Nigeria
The fact that language is primarily oral makes it naturally susceptible to extinction or death. This is because there is the tendency for its speakers to abandon it as a result of their preference for a more prestigious language such as an official second language or as result of a deliberate policy of the colonial masters to discourage the development and the use of indigenous languages for their selfish reasons as well as the unwholesome adopti…
Power in Nigerian Pidgin (NP) Discourse
Power may often be considered very significant when people of different classes, genders, races, ethnicities or religions interact especially in bilingual or multilingual milieus. This is very often expressed in the discourse of interlocutors with similar or different backgrounds or ethnic languages. Generally, especially in the public, Nigerian Pidgin (NP) is often denounced as an inappropriate, low class language by institutional authorities wh…
Linguistics (4 works) · Pidgin (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Ethnic group (3 works) · Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Multilingual Education and Policy (3 works) · Nigerians (3 works) · Yoruba (3 works)