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Publication details [#29366]

Fakuade, Gbenga. 1994. Lingua franca from African sources in Nigeria: The journey so far. Language Problems and Language Planning 18 (1) : 38–46.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

language choice | language variation | lingua franca | national language | political discussion

Language as a subject

Languages, Nigerian

Place, Publisher

John Benjamins

ISBN

0272-2690

Journal DOI

10.1075/lplp

Annotation

This paper traces the history of attempts to promote the evolution of a Nigerian national language from African sources since the nation's independence in 1960 and explores the factors that prevented consensus.