Introduction

Kapitel in diesem Buch

1. Frontmatter I
2. Foreword V
3. Contents VII
4. List of abbreviations IX
5. Notes on contributors XI
6. Introduction 1
7. Chapter 1 Naija: A language of the future 9
8. Chapter 2 Nigerian Pidgin: Changes in prestige and function in non-Anglophone diasporic contexts 39
9. Chapter 3 The accidental lingua franca: The paradox of the ascendancy of Nigerian Pidgin in Nigeria 67
10. Chapter 4 Nigerian Pidgin, identity and national re-invention in Naija stand-up comedy 115
11. Chapter 5 Nigerian Pidgin in authenticating immigrant identities 147
12. Chapter 6 Towards a working orthography of Nigerian Pidgin 177
13. Chapter 7 Morpho-syntactic features of Nigerian Pidgin on Radio programmes rendered in Naija 201
14. Chapter 8 Emphasis, focalization and topicalization in Nigerian Pidgin 221
15. Chapter 9 Metalanguage of football commentary in Nigerian Pidgin 249
16. Chapter 10 A social semiotic investigation of Nigerian Pidgin in select Nigerian church posters 275
17. Chapter 11 Nigerian Pidgin as national language: Prospects and challenges 299
18. Chapter 12 Non-state actors, language practices, language policy and Nigerian Pidgin promotion 321
19. Index 341