Attitudes of Nigerians Towards BBC Pidgin: A Preliminary Study

Despite their increased functional load and widespread usage, no West African Pidgin English (WAPE) variety enjoys official recognition. In 2017, the BBC launched a news service targeting audience through its World Service branch in Nigeria. Now that WAPE is being promoted by BBC, it remains to be known what attitudes speakers of varieties hold towards general particular. This study investigates Nigerian respondents emergence perception Pidgin, using interview-questionnaire approach. The findings show that, generally, have positive Pidgin. However, considering either two for purposes Nigeria were generally negative, claiming differs from pidgin they use, especially with regard orthography vocabulary.