Journal of Legal and Cultural Analytics (JLCA)
Vol. 3 No. 1 (2024): February 2024

National Development and the Place of Multi-Languages: Nigeria in Focus

Duru, Lilian Oluchi (Unknown)
Onyinyechi, Udushirinwa Ijeoma (Unknown)
Nonye, Nnani Henrietta (Unknown)



Article Info

Publish Date
17 Feb 2024

Abstract

Difference in Languages been an issue of growing social importance because a majority of all living languages are threaded in their continued existence, the aim of this study is to appreciate the idea of different languages may be as an instrument of national development and wealth creation, the meeting point between Multilanguage and national Development, to give it some valuable suggestions which might be of help in language planning in multi-language and multicultural setting like Nigeria, to buttress this point, this study some questionnaires, of which the respondents were a total of one hundred copies were collected for the research, the respondent are the students of English department and from other departments in Abia State University. A percentage and a frequency table, the data were properly analyzed. The outcome or result obtained showed that multilingualism or linguistic diversity did not project or promote disintegration in the country; rather the linguistics diversity in Nigeria has been a national resource which help to move the country forward and not taking multilingualism to be an instrument for national disintegration. In conclusion, the researcher made some recommendations that both the people at the helm of affairs should help in promoting national development through the use of multilingual policy in the country and the dissemination of information materials to the public like newspapers, posters, computer application and hold programmes to promote multilingualism.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

jlca

Publisher

Subject

Law, Crime, Criminology & Criminal Justice

Description

The Journal of Legal and Cultural Analytics (JLCA) , is a fully open access scientific peer-reviewed journal on all aspects of law and culture. It welcomes contemprorary and traditional legal articles as well as interdisciplinary work, and invites submissions from scholars, practitioners, ...