LANGUAGE ATTITUDE AMONG THE ESAN SPEAKING PEOPLE IN EKPOMA

ABSTRACT

There is a growing trend in the world of languages going into extinction due to the attitude people have toward their language. In Nigeria alone it has already been reported that many languages have gone already into extinction while others have experienced langauge shift and there are still some which are currently endangered.

This study is aimed at pointing out the attitude of Esan speakers living in Ekpoma toward the Esan language. The Mentalist approach was used taken into consideration the questionnaire method.

It was further gathered that the attitude posed by the Esan speakers in Ekpoma was fairly positive.