Language, Identity And Characterisation In Selected Nigerian Plays.

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dc.contributor.authorEghagha, H.
dc.date.accessioned2017-10-27T11:09:00Z
dc.date.available2017-10-27T11:09:00Z
dc.date.issued2006
dc.descriptionStaff Publicationen_US
dc.description.abstractThe multilingual or bilingual skills of the average African writer may be said to be one of the benefits of the colonial encounter. termed "ambiguous blessing" by Bjomson (19). This is evident in the ability of the continent's writers to communicate in more than one language. Apart from the language of the colonial exploiter, there are the indigenous languages of the nationalities that were brought into the ambit of colonial control. In Nigeria. which was colonised by the British. the official language was and is English. As citizens went through western education the English language was imposed and accepted as a mode of instruction in primary and secondary schools. It was also the language of the newly emergent civil service. the new elite.en_US
dc.identifier.citationEghagha, H. (2006) Language, Identity And Characterisation In Selected Nigerian Plays.Literature, Language And National Consciousness: A Festschrift In Honour Of Theo Vincent. P. 413 - 424.en_US
dc.identifier.isbn978-38235-5-8
dc.identifier.urihttps://ir.unilag.edu.ng/.../literature%2C%20laguage%20and%20national%20concious.
dc.identifier.urihttp://ir.unilag.edu.ng:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/2600
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherUniversity or Lagos Press, University of Lagos, Akoka - Yaba,Lagos.en_US
dc.relation.ispartofseriesStaff Publication;
dc.subjectLanguageen_US
dc.subjectNigerian Playsen_US
dc.titleLanguage, Identity And Characterisation In Selected Nigerian Plays.en_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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