Language Policy and Planning in Nigeria
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12678124 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Efurosibina Adegbija (Covenant University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2004 |
| Volume | 5 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 181-246 |
| Publication date | 2004-08-15 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Current Issues in Language Planning (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1466-4208 • E-ISSN: 1747-7506 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/14664200408668258 |
| OpenAlex | W2110530373 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 12 |
| References cited | 27 |
This monograph describes the language planning situation in Nigeria, one of the most multilingual countries in Africa. It is divided into four sections. The first section presents the language profile of Nigeria and provides a background of the general language situation in the country. The second section discusses language spread and use. It focuses particularly on language in education and the media. The core section of the monograph investigates language policy and planning, with an emphasis on the mother tongue medium (or first language) policy and the multilingual policy. The fourth discusses language maintenance and language shift in Nigeria with respect to the indigenous languages and English, the exoglossic language. It shows that in spite of the first-language and multilingual policies, English is still dominant in virtually every aspect of life and that concrete policy actions need to be taken not only to begin to break the hegemony of English but also to ensure that indigenous languages have a secure future. The final section also provides some practical insight on ways to begin to resolve some of the problems posed by Nigeria’s language policies
Comprehension approach · First language · Hegemony · Indigenous · Indigenous language · Language assessment · Language education · Language industry · Language planning · Language policy · Language transfer · Languages of Africa · Linguistics · Medium of instruction · Multilingualism · Political science · Section (typography · Sociology · Sociology of language · Computer Science · Law · Linguistic Variation and Morphology · Multilingual Education and Policy
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Code-switching as a pragmatic strategy in multilingual classrooms
Language surveillance as coloniality
The language-in-education politics in Nigeria
Identity Construction and Its Influence on Language Shift among Ghanaian and Nigerian Bi/Multilinguals
An appraisal of the mother tongue for early child education in Nigeria
A Sociolinguistic Study of Deviant Orthographic Representation of Graduating Students' Names in a Nigerian University
The ideological debate on Naijá and its use in education
Language, culture, development and politics
The only language we speak really well
Towards a sociolinguistics of deglobalization
A Guide to the World’s Languages
Language Planning
The Colonial Legacy and Language Planning in Sub-Saharan Africa
Toward the Development of a Multilingual Language policy in Nigeria
Survival Strategies of Minority Languages
The Implications of the Language of Instruction for Nationhood
Language Spread
The Language Planning Situation in South Africa
Language Planning and Language Ecology
Language Planning and Language Ecology
West African Journal of Modern Languages
The Language of Igbo Ethnic Nationalism
Multilingualism and Education Policy in Post-Apartheid South Africa
The National Language Question in Nigeria
A Three-Language Formula for Nigeria
English and indigenous languages in Kwara State (Nigeria)
Mother-Tongue Literacy in Nigeria
Multi-Lingualism and Mother-Tongue Education
The identity, survival, and promotion of minority languages in Nigeria
Language attitudes in West Africa
Minor languages in the Nigerian context
Language Spread and Language Policy
| Unique citing works | 12 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0.75 |
| Citation span | 2010 - 2026 (17) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 11 |