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A sociolinguistic analysis of slangy expressions in Nigerian pidgin
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paper undertakes a sociolinguistic analysis of slangy expressions in Nigerian
Pidgin. The corpus for this study was gotten systematically through participant
observation of conversational discourses in everyday contexts amongst Nigerians
living in the Warri-Ughelli-Sapele axes of Delta State. These linguistic data
were then recorded and transcribed to aid analysis. The study adopted the
Referential theory of Richards and Ogden (1923) in the analysis of data using
the descriptive research methodology. These set of data were from conversations
in football viewing centres, bukas (roadside food vendors), motor-parks,
university campuses, and the market. Slangy expressions as used by presenters
on private radio stations and lyrics of popular Nigerian songs were also
analysed descriptively. A total of thirty-three (33) slangy expressions were
analysed contextually and referentially. The paper ended on the note that every
speaker poses a variety of slangy expressions and tends to choose among them in
accordance with the social situation that calls for their use and that these
expressions are fully intelligible to the speakers. Nigerian pidgin slangy
expressions are a product of social force and the creative use of language by
Nigerians in order to satisfy their communication needs.
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