QUESTIONNAIRE ON LANGUAGE ATTITUDE FOR LAGOS RESIDENTS

I, ADEKUNLE, Abraham Adejare, am conducting research on language attitude and

behaviour for LIN412 (Topics in Sociolinguistics) for continuous assessment. Answer these

questions sincerely. Your personal information and details will be kept confidential.

Section A: Personal Information

Abigail Adewunmi ADEKUNLE

1. Full Name ________________________________________________________________

2. Sex: Male Female

3. Age Range: 16-20 21-25 26-30 31-40 41-50

51-60 60+
Student
4. Occupation: _________________________________________________________________

Lagos, Nigeria.
5. Place of Birth: ______________________________________________________________
Oyo
6. State of Origin: _____________________________________________________________
Surulere
7. Which area do you currently live? ______________________________________________

8. Languages you speak (Tick all that applies.):

English Hausa

Yoruba Igbo

Pidgin

Others (Please specify): __________________________________________________

Section B: Language Use (Self) (Only tick answers for languages you speak.)

9. How pleasant or sweet-sounding do you rate the languages you speak?:

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English     

Hausa     

Yoruba     

Igbo     

Other languages you speak:     

    
______________________________
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______________________________

10. How prestigious do you rate the languages you speak? (Tick the one that applies.)

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English     
Hausa     
Yoruba     
Igbo     
Pidgin     
Other language(s) you speak:     

    
______________________________
    
______________________________

11. In what context(s) did you learn the language(s) that you speak? (Tick all that apply.)
 At At At From From
Home School Church TV Friends
English
Hausa
Yoruba
Igbo
Pidgin
Others

12. In what context(s) are you likely to use the languages you speak? (Tick all that applies.)

English Hausa Yoruba Igbo Pidgin Others

At home
At school
At work
At church
At the market
With aged parents
With spouse
With friends
With family members
At village festivals
With brothers and sisters

13. Which do you prefer to use given no compulsion?

English:

Indigenous Nigerian Languages:

14. Which language are you most likely to use under specific emotional circumstances? (Tick

only one per circumstance.)

Extremely angry English

____________________________________
English
Surprised ____________________________________
English
Extremely happy ____________________________________

Very embarrassed English, Yoruba, pidgin.

____________________________________
English
Anxious ____________________________________
Yoruba
Terrified ____________________________________

Hurt English, Yoruba.

____________________________________
English, Yoruba.
Overjoyed ____________________________________

Overstressed Pidgin, English, Yoruba.

____________________________________
English
Begging for help ____________________________________

15. Which language are you most likely to use to discuss the following topics? (Write out only

one language per gap.)

With family With friends With colleagues With

or co-workers strangers
Work Yoruba
__________ English
__________ English
______________ English
__________
Business __________ __________ ______________ __________
Yoruba Yoruba Yoruba Yoruba
Travel Yoruba
__________ Yoruba
__________ Yoruba
______________ Yoruba
__________
Politics Yoruba
__________ pidgin
__________ pidgin
______________ English
__________
Yoruba Yoruba English English
Religion __________ __________ ______________ __________
Yoruba English English English
Health __________
English __________
English ______________
English __________
English
Music Yoruba
__________ Yoruba Yoruba
__________ ______________ English
__________
Yoruba Yoruba Yoruba English
Family matters __________ __________ ______________ __________
Section C: Language Use (Children/Others)

16. Which languages would you want your children to learn? (Write them out in the order of

importance.)

English, Igbo, Yoruba, French, Spanish.

17. Which language do you think children/others in your community should learn as a matter of

necessity? (Tick all that apply.)

English Hausa

Yoruba Igbo

Pidgin

Others (Please specify): __________________________________________________