LANGUAGE AND CULTURE AS A TOOL FOR IDENTIFYING PEOPLES TRIBE AND ETHNIC GROUPS IN NIGERIA
TABLE OF CONTENT
TITLE PAGE
TABLE OF CONTENT
ABSTRACT
CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION
Background to Study
Statement of problem
Objective of study
Significance of study
Scope of study
CHAPTER TWO LITERATURE REVIEW
Ethnic groups as culture-bearing units
Ethnic groups as an organizational type
Situation of ethnic groups and languages in Nigeria
Language versus dialect
Distribution and use of Second Languages
CHAPTER THREE METHODOLOGY
Introduction
Research design
Methods of data collection
Method of data analysis
CHAPTER FOUR DATA ANALYSIS
Language: tool of cultural domination or essential tool for unity
Code-mixing as an Indices of Ethnic Identity
CHAPTER FIVE CONCLUSION
Conclusion
References
Bibliography
Abstract
The basic concern of this article is to analyse Language And Culture As A Tool For Identifying Peoples Tribe And Ethnic Groups In Nigeria using the interpretation of Elechi Amadi’s novel, The Concubine, as an Igbo novel (i.e., a novel that specifically reflects on the ways of life of the Igbo people of Southeast Nigeria). Relying on insights from sociolinguistics and ethnic studies, the paper analyses select expressions in Igbo, along with ethno-linguistic and cultural features of the people as manifested in the novel. It shows that Amadi’s use of language in The Concubine appears to be a peculiar speech form of the Igbo language. The paper further reveals that the novelist makes conscious use of certain linguistic items in order to express ethnic identity as a way of projecting “Igbo linguistics” and their cultural values as these were before the advent of colonialism.
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
Background to Study
Nigeria is the third most ethnically and linguistically diverse country in the world, after New Guinea and Indonesia1. This ethnolinguistic diversity has very significant implications in almost every area of the economy. It implies a major investment in educational and media resources to reach a diverse population. Diverse ethnic groups, with varied cultural patterns, have very different levels of social capital and thus differing capacities to enter into the process of pro- poor change. The relative wealth of the country and the large size of some ethnic groups has allowed them to express their ethnicity in remarkable and sometimes problematic ways that are not mirrored in other similar countries. Dominance of particular ethnic groups in certain sectors of the economy has significant implications for equity.
