Revisiting the Gender Dichotomy in Ghanaian Student Pidgin: Investigating the Role of Single - Sex Versus Co-ed High Schools

Abstract

Ghanaian Student Pidgin (GSP) has been used by students in various high schools (second cycle institutions/secondary institutions) in Ghana since the late 1960s. For so long, it has been considered a male-dominated language, which females did not or could not speak because of the negative perceptions people have of the language and those who speak it. This study, therefore, aimed to find out if females who attended co-ed institutions speak more pidgin than those in single-sex institutions. The results show that the type of school attended by the females does not have any significance on their use of GSP. While contributing to the body of literature on GSP, it also expands the conversation on gender dynamics in language use.