Mother Tongue As Acatalyst For Culture Revival
The role of mother tongue cannot be overemphasized in our country where language contributes greatly to the development of our culture. Human beings are insatiable and always pursuit material and non-material things which affected all activities of man both social, economical, political, educational and religion. All these activities have language at its nucleus. Language is one of the attributes of human beings which characterize their behaviour and means by which we control, create and preserve our culture, because man cannot live without language. To do a thorough work on this, a survey research method was used with available literature on the topic reviewed and necessary materials collected to widen the horizon of the researchers which helped to determine the extent to which mother tongue can be used in revitalization of our culture which is a herculean task of this paper. Findings reveal that the recognition of the significance of mother tongue in culture revitalization is of much value and should be cherished and preserved. This paper has among others examined four major sections which include introduction which deals with the concept of mother tongue, the role of mother tongue in culture revitalization, the importance of culture and the problem facing the growth of our culture. It concludes by giving possible recommendations and conclusion was made.
Keywords: acatalyst, culture, mother, revival, tongue