It is sometimes acquired as a mother tongue in such urban areas as Calabar and Port Harcourt, but almost always in conjunction with one or more local languages. It has many forms that reflect mother-tongue and English influence and, although a number of Pidgin dictionaries have been written and cyclostyled, it has not yet been standardized. It has been used in prose by many writers, including Chinua Achebe, and as a vehicle for poetry by Frank Aig-Imoukhuede and for drama by Ola Rotimi. RP is no longer the norm for the media, but continues to have prestige and to influence pronunciation. There is a tendency towards syllable-timing that becomes more pronounced as one moves from standard English to Pidgin.
Polysyllables tend to have all syllables equally stressed.
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