FINDINGS, CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS
FINDINGS,
CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS
4.0 Introduction
This
chapter deals with the possible findings based on our research and conclusion
drawn from the study of Nigerian Pidgin.
4.1 Findings
On
the basis of our analysis, we found out that the type of reduplication that
exist in the language is mainly full reduplication. Reduplicated words can
occur in any environment in a sentence. This could be sentence initial,
sentence media and sentence final position.
Secondly
reduplication words in Nigerian Pidgin belong to the open class. And they
function as nouns, verbs, adjective and adverbs. Only a few reduplicated words
are found in the closed class and they function as prepositions and
interjections. They are no pronouns, conjunctions and determiner except for
numerals.
4.2 Conclusion
The
Nigerian Pidgin is a versatile language that meets the demands of Nigerians who
needs to communicate. The morphological process of reduplication has been found
to be one of full reduplication which has been very useful in this endeavour as
it enlarges and enriches the vocabulary and verbal categories of language. The
Nigerian Pidgin is a language of necessity in a multilingual and pluralistic
society such as Nigeria.
This
work covers the reduplication of Nigerian Pidgin in chapter one, we present a brief background to the study, purpose,
significance, scope and limitations of the study as well as the methodology
used. In the following literature review of chapter two, we discussed the
theories of Nigerian Pidgin, definitions, origin of Pidgin in Nigeria,
development, spread and maturity status and role, the internal structure of
Nigerian Pidgin, definition of reduplication and types of reduplication in
Nigeria pidgin, and as well as doing a syntactic analysis of reduplication of
form in Nigerian Pidgin.
4.3 Recommendations
The
researcher recommends that further research should be done on other levels of
Nigerian pidgin such as phonology and semantics as it will contribute to the
codification of the language and eventually give it status.
The
Nigerian government should consider making the Nigerian Pidgin a national
language as it will go a long way to enhance effective communication in the
country and also boost the economy of the nation. Also for a multilingual
nation like Nigeria it will result in solidarity as people from different
groups will be able to communicate effectively.
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