This book on language and society focusses on the Nigerian situation
comprises 22 chapters with an introduction. The papers are written by
all generations of Nigeria linguists with varying experiences regarding
the interaction of languages spoken in Nigeria and the Nigerian social
context.
The book is divided into five sections: Section 1 contains four papers
which address the issues of language use, policy and language
development in Nigeria. The five papers in section two examine the
critical role of the English language in relation to other languages in
Nigeria. Section three contains five papers centred on ethnolinguistics,
focussing mainly on language and politeness, verbal taboos, language and
gender issues as well as language and attitudinal change. Three papers
in section four focus on the sociolinguistics of second language
teaching and learning and translation studies. The final section which
consists of five chapter discuss the mirco-nationalities and the road of
language in integration.