Syntaxique Theories And French In Nigeria

ABSTRACT

French is a security case in Nigeria. We are surrounded by French speaking countries and, French language itself is a security tool in the United Nations Thus, French affects all the facets of economy and nationhood. The recent pronouncement of the Head of State, General Sani Abacha, on adopting French as a second official language is welcome. However, as French teachers, it behoves us to introduce French in such a way to facilitate its assimilation by Nigerians.

We decided to carry out a study on syntaxique theories and how they apply to French language and its easier assimilation. Traditional structural, functional and transformational syntaxique methods/theories were reviewed. In the review we sought to know which of them explains best the use of French language in the West African sub-region. A Francophone author- anmadou Kourouna - was the object of our study.