{"id":1364,"date":"2023-07-31T21:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-07-31T21:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/atras-univ-saida.dz\/en\/?p=1364"},"modified":"2025-02-01T15:41:58","modified_gmt":"2025-02-01T15:41:58","slug":"exploring-the-meaning-of-pidgin-english-on-social-media-a-sociolinguistic-analysis-of-nigerian-pidgin-hashtags-as-adapted-speech","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/atras-univ-saida.dz\/en\/?p=1364","title":{"rendered":"Article 06 Issue 02 VOL 4 January 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div id=\"section-g832e46\" class=\"wp-block-gutentor-e1 section-g832e46 gutentor-element gutentor-element-advanced-text text-align-center-desktop text-align-center-tablet text-align-center-mobile\"><div class=\"gutentor-text-wrap\"><h1 class=\"gutentor-text\"><strong>Title:&nbsp;<strong><strong><strong>Exploring the Meaning of Pidgin English on Social Media: A Sociolinguistic Analysis of Nigerian Pidgin Hashtags as Adapted Speech<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/h1><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div id=\"section-gdc36d5\" class=\"wp-block-gutentor-e1 section-gdc36d5 gutentor-element gutentor-element-advanced-text text-align-center-desktop text-align-center-tablet text-align-center-mobile\"><div class=\"gutentor-text-wrap\"><p class=\"gutentor-text\"><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong>Mosunmola Oluyinka Adebayo<\/strong><br>University of Africa, Bayelsa State, Nigeria<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div id=\"section-gabfd1a\" class=\"wp-block-gutentor-e1 section-gabfd1a gutentor-element gutentor-element-advanced-text text-align-left-desktop text-align-left-tablet text-align-left-mobile\"><div class=\"gutentor-text-wrap\"><h1 class=\"gutentor-text\"><strong>Abstract<\/strong><\/h1><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div id=\"section-g81159f\" class=\"wp-block-gutentor-e1 section-g81159f gutentor-element gutentor-element-advanced-text text-align-justify-desktop text-align-justify-tablet text-align-justify-mobile\"><div class=\"gutentor-text-wrap\"><p class=\"gutentor-text\">This study investigates the use of Pidginised English in social media, with a specific focus on Nigerian Pidgin hashtags. The significance of this study lies in its contribution to the knowledge and understanding of Nigerian Pidgin English hashtags on social media. The findings expand our understanding of the sociolinguistic dynamics, cultural expressions, linguistic features, and communicative impact of Pidgin English in the digital era, thereby enriching our knowledge of language variation and communication practices in the online space. Forty Pidginised hashtags on social media constitute the data, including surveys, and interviews. The study analyses the meanings of the hashtags within the Nigerian Pidgin context, the linguistic factors that necessitated their use, as well as the sociolinguistic and cultural implications of the use of Nigerian Pidgin hashtags. The study adopts the Variationist Sociolinguistics theory to analyse the data. The findings suggest that pidginised English in social media is a reflection of linguistic diversity and cultural identity, but also serves as a means of social commentary and political critique. This study contributes to the understanding of language use in digital spaces and highlights the impacts of the use of hashtags on social media platforms to promote linguistic and cultural diversity.<\/p><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div id=\"section-g2187da\" class=\"wp-block-gutentor-e1 section-g2187da gutentor-element gutentor-element-advanced-text text-align-left-desktop text-align-left-tablet text-align-left-mobile\"><div class=\"gutentor-text-wrap\"><h1 class=\"gutentor-text\"><strong>Keywords:<\/strong><\/h1><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div id=\"section-gc7ed0d\" class=\"wp-block-gutentor-e1 section-gc7ed0d gutentor-element gutentor-element-advanced-text text-align-justify-desktop text-align-justify-tablet text-align-justify-mobile\"><div class=\"gutentor-text-wrap\"><p class=\"gutentor-text\">adapted speech, hashtags, Nigerian Pidgin, sociolinguistics analysis, social media<\/p><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1Pp789yRN0i-diJ-gF0cCYa2eKog8zw6x\/view?usp=sharing\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"278\" src=\"https:\/\/atras-univ-saida.dz\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/image-2.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1136\" style=\"width:183px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/atras-univ-saida.dz\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/image-2.png 1000w, https:\/\/atras-univ-saida.dz\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/image-2-300x83.png 300w, https:\/\/atras-univ-saida.dz\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/image-2-768x214.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div id=\"section-g163243\" class=\"wp-block-gutentor-e1 section-g163243 gutentor-element gutentor-element-advanced-text text-align-left-desktop text-align-left-tablet text-align-left-mobile\"><div class=\"gutentor-text-wrap\"><h1 class=\"gutentor-text\"><strong><strong>How to Cite this Paper:<\/strong><\/strong><\/h1><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div id=\"section-g8362ae\" class=\"wp-block-gutentor-e1 section-g8362ae gutentor-element gutentor-element-advanced-text text-align-justify-desktop text-align-justify-tablet text-align-justify-mobile\"><div class=\"gutentor-text-wrap\"><p class=\"gutentor-text\">Adebayo, M. O. (2023). Exploring the Meaning of Pidgin English on Social Media: A Sociolinguistic Analysis of Nigerian Pidgin Hashtags as Adapted Speech. <em>Atras Journal, 4<\/em>(1), 68-87.<\/p><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div id=\"section-g6eed08\" class=\"wp-block-gutentor-e1 section-g6eed08 gutentor-element gutentor-element-advanced-text text-align-left-desktop text-align-left-tablet text-align-left-mobile\"><div class=\"gutentor-text-wrap\"><h1 class=\"gutentor-text\"><strong><strong>References<\/strong><\/strong><\/h1><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div id=\"section-g4870ac\" class=\"wp-block-gutentor-e1 section-g4870ac gutentor-element gutentor-element-advanced-text text-align-justify-desktop text-align-justify-tablet text-align-justify-mobile\"><div class=\"gutentor-text-wrap\"><p class=\"gutentor-text\">Adebayo, M.O. (2022). Syntactic analysis of Nigerian pidgin as used by University of Africa Undergraduates. <em>English Language Teaching Today (ELTT), 15<\/em>, 37-57.<br>Agheyisi, R. 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