Pidgin English is therefore defined as a language variety used for inter-ethic context. He stressed that Nigeria Pidgin English is a variety which is very strong among the less educated and educated people too. He stressed that when two people come in contact, the necessity for communication would necessitate the evolvement of a language of communication, a kind of inter-language, which will be a mixture of the two languages in contact. He sees it as a first variety of the Nigerian English. 40) is of the opinion that Pidgin English is developed from a contact English (ce). As a result, the English language started having varieties, among which is, Pidgin English also known as Nigerian English. The fact that most Nigerians are illiterate and semi-illiterate made the using of English language as the language of official communication a big problem. Nigeria, being a multilingual nation, I suppose is one of the reason why English is accepted as the language of official communication. In other words, English which is also Nigeria’s official language was brought to Africa by her former colonial masters. The advent of the colonial master in African presumably marked the beginning of the use of the English language in the west Africa sub-regions. There is a need to note that there are different languages in the world with their attendant dialect and variety problems. Effective communication, is spoken of when there has been a large language well-conceived and articulated but of course fathomable by the receiver who in turn decoded and send a feedback.
Language origin is inconsequential though, it is one of the major distinguishing factors of man from animal because it forms the basis for communication which essentially is a human characteristic. This focuses mainly on the biological basis on the formation and development of human language. A quite different level of speculation on the origins of human speech comes under the general heading of gloss genetics. It does seem reasonable that physical gesture, involving the whole body, could have been a means of indicating a wide range of emotional states and intentions. Also, one suggestion regarding the origin of the sounds of language involves a link between physical gesture and orally produced sounds. When an object flew by, making a CAWCAW sound, the early humans imitated the sound and used it to refer to the object associated with the sound. The suggestion is that primitive words could have been imitations of the natural sound which early men and women heard around them. The natural sound was also seen as the concept of “natural sounds”. In an attempt to rediscover this original divine language, a few experiments have been carried out, with rather conflicting results. Alternatively, following a Hindu tradition, language came from the goddess Sarasvati, wife of Brahma, creator of the universe. However, Yule (1985 1-4) argued that the origin of language could be divine, according to one view, God created Adam and whatsoever Adam called every living creature, that was the name thereof – (Genesis 2:9). We simple do not know how language originated. Jespersen (1921) proposed that human language originated while humans were enjoying themselves in one of the more enduring speculations concerning the origin of language. There have been many speculations about the origin of language over the years. THE EFFECT OF THE NIGERIAN PIDGEN ENGLISH ON THE ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF UNIVERSITY STUDENTS IN NIGERIA
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