USE OF PIDGIN IN NIGERIAN LITERATURE: A CASE STUDY OF MAMMAN VATSA'S TORI FOR GETI BOW LEG AND OTHER PIDGIN POEMS

Bisong, M. Tabang (2007) USE OF PIDGIN IN NIGERIAN LITERATURE: A CASE STUDY OF MAMMAN VATSA'S TORI FOR GETI BOW LEG AND OTHER PIDGIN POEMS. Bilingual Journal Series of CODESRIA Dakar Senegal, XXVIII (VIII). pp. 183-191. ISSN 0850-3907

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Abstract

This paper focus on the textual and artistic content of Nigerian literature in English-based Pidgin using Mamman vatsa's toti for geti bow leg and other pidgin poems as a case study. The approach was linguistic and we find out among others hat the vocabulary of the pidgin is simplified reduplicated and confounded.

Item Type: Article
Subjects: P Language and Literature > PE English
P Language and Literature > PR English literature
Divisions: Faculty of Law, Arts and Social Sciences > School of Education
Depositing User: mrs chioma hannah
Date Deposited: 20 Sep 2022 12:21
Last Modified: 25 Sep 2022 23:26
URI: http://eprints.gouni.edu.ng/id/eprint/3720

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