Discussing the Igbo language on the Igbo Internet radio

Explicating ethnolinguistic vitality

Bibliographic Data

ID15554308
AuthorsUchenna Onuzulike (James Madison University, corresponding author)
Year2014
Volume6
Issue3
Pages285-298
Publication date2014-09-01
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of African Media Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1751-7974 • E-ISSN: 2040-199X
PublisherIntellect (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1386/jams.6.3.285_1
OpenAlexW2333187597
LanguageEN
Citations received5

There is a growing concern about the decline and possible extinction of the Igbo language. The Igbo are primarily located in the south-eastern part of Nigeria. This study analysed four interviews on Igbo Radio, an Igbo Internet radio station, to ascertain how Internet radio is being utilized in discussing the decline of the Igbo language. Drawing on ethnolinguistic vitality theory, this qualitative study triangulates four selected interviews on Igbo Radio, the website, and personal observations for the analysis. Three salient themes emerged: (1) decline and challenges of the Igbo language, (2) second-generation immigrants and the Igbo language, and (3) sustaining the Igbo language. The findings suggest that Igbo parents appear to have less vitality; as a result, they tend not to teach their children Igbo

Igbo · Linguistics · Sociology · The Internet · Theology · Vitality · World Wide Web · Computer Science · Gender Studies · Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies · Multilingual Education and Policy · Psychology

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