Language - critical element in PNG's development
How do we think and understand concepts? Most people think through a form of self talk or having a dialogue with yourself. Therefore, using a language that gives you a lot of flexibility in disecting an idea/concept is much better than a limited language that can only. Explain an idea in one way. An example is like eating food. You eat better if you have the proper knives to cut the food into bite size chunks. Pidgin is not a true language. It is a basic language used by early traders and colonisers who needed a language to get the natives to carry out their demands. It is not a language that can be easily used to express ideas or describe mental concepts. How do our people who can't speak English really understand the concept of democracy or nationalism? The pidgin explanation still does not fully cover the power and depth of these concepts. It is like trying to eat a chicken with an axe. It's messy with large chunks that can't be properly digested. On the other hand