![]() Despite it’s fairly long existence and its communicative value, researchers have not reached a consensus on the most acceptable definition of pidgin. It is also no native to any of its speakers. This view is in consonance with Lerato’s definition of pidgin as A marginal language which arises to fulfill certain communication needs among people who have no common language. Hudson considers pidgin to be “varieties created for very practical and immediate purpose of communication between people who otherwise would have no common language whatsoever…. Usually, the absence of a common means of communication engenders such a contact. It is believed that pidgin, all over the world arises from contact situation. Pidgin is said to exist among people who do not share a common language but want to communicate with each other for trading or other purposes. In this chapter we will be looking at various related works in this study of pidgin as regards its various definition by different scholars, its origin, the evolution of Nigerian pidgin, status of Nigerian pidgin, the language composition of Nigerian pidgin. Also according to Oyewo Yinka, he describes language as the medium of vehicle for conveying ideas, as system of arbitrary vocal symbol based on social co-operations, the totality of meaningful utterance in any given society, is by far the most important means of human communicationĢ.0 LITERATURE OF REVIEW (ORIGIN OF PIDGIN) The distribution qualities of mind that are so far as we know are unique to man. ![]() It is through language that human beings grasp and understand reality and transmit it from one generation to another.Īccording to Noam Chomsky, he says when we study human language, we are approaching what some might call the human essence. This definition shows that language has been identified as the most unique attribute of man. Furthermore language is a human phenomenon that has form which can be described in terms of units of sound (phonemes) word, morphemes, phrases, sentences and paragraphs. Language does not come to life except when it is functioning in an environment. Language is only possible because within each society, people agree to understand a particular pattern of sound in a particular way, for example, all English speaking countries understand the meaning of the word ‘ food’. One of the most important difference between man and animal, it is the ability to speak and make others benefit and understand him. The scientific study of language is called linguistics. Language is a system that consist of the development acquisition, maintenance and the use of complex system of communication, particularly a human ability to do so and a language is any specific example of such a system. THE EFFECT OF NIGERIA PIDGIN ENGLISH ON STUDENT OF TERTIARY INSTITUTION
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