{"id":1367,"date":"2023-07-31T21:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-07-31T21:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/atras-univ-saida.dz\/en\/?p=1367"},"modified":"2025-02-01T15:42:27","modified_gmt":"2025-02-01T15:42:27","slug":"syntactic-analysis-of-nigerian-pidgin-used-in-bbc-news-coverage-of-the-february-25th-2023-presidential-election","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/atras-univ-saida.dz\/en\/?p=1367","title":{"rendered":"Article 09 Issue 02 VOL 4 January 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div id=\"section-g962f78\" class=\"wp-block-gutentor-e1 section-g962f78 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>Syntactic Analysis of Nigerian Pidgin Used in BBC News Coverage of the February 25th, 2023 Presidential Election<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/h1><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div id=\"section-ga426a9\" class=\"wp-block-gutentor-e1 section-ga426a9 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 Adebay<\/strong><br>University of Africa, Bayelsa State, Nigeria<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div id=\"section-gadff85\" class=\"wp-block-gutentor-e1 section-gadff85 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-g029a75\" class=\"wp-block-gutentor-e1 section-g029a75 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\">Pidgin English is used by different ethnic regions in the world to perform different communicative roles. The world is in the age of Pidgin, such that notable personalities like Emmanuel Macron, the President of France, and the British High Commissioner to Nigeria, Paul Arkwright, and Bill Gates, an American philanthropist, have used it at some point in their interviews with the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC). The BBC, among other functions, uses Pidgin to spread information to expand its reach not only to the old but also to the young, educated or otherwise. It is a language that is spoken all over the world, with its many varieties, yet understood by many. This study investigates the type of sentences used in the Pidgin used by the BBC to report the February 25, 2023, Presidential election in Nigeria in terms of their unique features and syntactic structures. This study is significant in several ways. It contributes to the understanding of Nigerian Pidgin syntax in media discourse, shedding light on its linguistic features and structures. The study highlights the increasing recognition and acceptance of Nigerian Pidgin in formal contexts, such as news reporting by prominent media organizations like the BBC. By examining the syntactic patterns and code- switching practices, the research contributes to the broader understanding of language dynamics and sociolinguistic aspects in Nigeria. Overall, the findings have implications for language policy, emphasizing the potential of Nigerian Pidgin as a national language that promotes inclusivity and unity among Nigerians. Quirk et al.\u2019s (1985) concept of syntactic analysis is adopted to describe the types of sentences used. The study concludes that BBC Pidgin has clause structures similar to Standard English with minor differences. In addition, BBC Pidgin has unique syntactic features that differ from those of Standard English. The study further reveals that BBC Pidgin has the same simple and multiple sentences as Standard English.<\/p><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div id=\"section-ge458ba\" class=\"wp-block-gutentor-e1 section-ge458ba 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-g40f40e\" class=\"wp-block-gutentor-e1 section-g40f40e 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\">Nigerian Pidgin, Syntactic structure, BBC News, Presidential Election<\/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\/1AV9jntBZMhjoD5IJcrI1_JaFVx7msPII\/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-gbc9b23\" class=\"wp-block-gutentor-e1 section-gbc9b23 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-g813ccb\" class=\"wp-block-gutentor-e1 section-g813ccb 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\">Adebay, M. 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