Linguistic Crossing among Youngsters in Badagry - Seme Motor Park

Abstract

Youths in motor parks frequently use slang to communicate among groups of people in casual and 
informal settings. Its application is not limited to a single geopolitical unit, but infests the entire globe. 
This study examines the deployment of general slang, country slang, territorial slang, and understudy 
slang, among others. Previous studies have examined slang usages in motor parks in Nigeria but little 
attention has been paid to linguistic crossing analysis of slangy expressions among youngsters in 
Badagry-Seme Motor Park. This paper focuses on linguistic crossing analysis of slangy expressions 
among youngsters in Badagry - Seme moto park. The objective of this study is to examine lexical 
borrowing and code-switching of words and phrases from one language to another. Linguistic Crossing 
(1995) by Ben Rampton was adopted as theoretical framework. It is concerned with the use of different 
language varieties, such as dialects, codeswitching, or borrowing words from other languages.