Youth language practices in Africa and beyond / edited by Nico Nassenstein ; Andrea Hollington.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Nassenstein, Nico, author.

Hollington, Andrea, author.

Series:

Contributions to the sociology of language ; 105.

Contributions to the sociology of language, 1861-0676 ; volume 105

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Youth--Language.

Youth.

Africa--Languages.

Africa.

Language and languages.

Sociolinguistics.

Physical Description:

xi, 366 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter Mouton, [2015]

Contents:

Youth language practices in Africa as creative manifestations of fluid repertoires and markers of speakers' social identity / Andrea Hollington and Nico Nassenstein

Youth language practices in Africa : achievements and challenges / Klaus Beyer

Sheng : an urban variety of Swahili in Kenya / Rose Marie Beck

The emergence of Langila in Kinshasa (DR Congo) / Nico Nassenstein

Identity construction and linguistic manipulation in Randuk / Abdelrahim Hamid Mugaddam

Regional varieties and 'ethnic' registers of Sheng / Eric M. Kioko

Yarada K'wank'wa and urban youth identity in Addis Ababa / Andrea Hollington

Overview of the tsotsitaals of South Africa; their different base languages and common core lexical items / Ellen Hurst

Imbugo y'Umuhanda : youth language practices in Kigali (Rwanda) / Nico Nassenstein

Sango Godobé : the urban youth language of Bangui (CAR) / Germain Landi and Helma Pasch

Some remarks on poetic aspects of Sheng / Clarissa Vierke

Youth language practices in Zimbabwe / Andrea Hollington and Tafadzwa Makwabarara

The positive-negative phenomenon and phono-semantic matching in Rasta Talk / Havenold M. Schrenk

Kindoubil : urban youth languages in Kisangani / Catherina Wilson

Linguistic strategies in Luyaaye : word play and conscious language manipulation / Saudah Namyalo

Conclusion and outlook : taking new directions in the study of youth language practices / Andrea Hollington and Nico Nassenstein.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

9781614518624

1614518629

OCLC:

913514486

Publisher Number:

9781614518624