Youth Language Practices and Urban Language Contact in Africa |
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| Editor:
| Mesthrie, Rajend
Hurst-Harosh, Ellen
Brookes, Heather |
| Series title: | Cambridge Approaches to Language Contact Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-107-17120-6 |
| Publication Date: | Sep 2021 |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $110.00 |
Book Description:
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This fascinating study explores male youth language practices in different urban centres in Africa, showing their relation to other urban languages, vernaculars and varieties, and testing and contesting claims of their autonomy and candidacy as national languages. It will provide new insights for scholars of language contact and sociolinguistics.
This fascinating study explores male youth language practices in different urban centres in Africa, showing their relation to other urban languages, vernaculars and varieties, and testing and contesting claims of their autonomy and candidacy as national languages. It will provide new insights for scholars of language contact and sociolinguistics.