TY  - JOUR
T1  - Reduplication in Nigerian Pidgin: A Versatile Communication Tool?
AU - Ugot, Mercy AU - Ogundipe, Afolabi 
JO  - Pakistan Journal of Social Sciences
VL  - 8
IS  - 4
SP  - 227
EP  - 233
PY  - 2011
DA  - 2001/08/19
SN  - 1683-8831
DO  - pjssci.2011.227.233
UR  - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=pjssci.2011.227.233
KW  - multilingual
KW  -lexical items
KW  -verbal categories
KW  -Nigerian pidgin
KW  -Reduplication
KW  -Nigeria
AB  - This study focuses on the various reduplication strategies employed to enrich the vocabulary of the Nigerian Pidgin (NP) given the limited internal resourcefulness of the language which cannot precisely and adequately capture certain terms, concepts, ideas and notions. The focus of this paper therefore is on the various reduplicative techniques that have been used to form verbal categories and lexical items in the language. The basic assumption is that in a multilingual/multi pluralistic society such as Nigeria with diverse languages, there is need to have a deliberate interventionist policy to encourage the growth of a language that serves as a common denominator in a multilingual Nigeria.
ER  -