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Globalization and English in Africa : evidence from Nigerian hip-hop / Akinmade Timothy Akande.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Akande, Akinmade Timothy.
- Series:
- Language and linguistics
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- English language--Nigeria.
- English language.
- Hip-hop--Influence--Nigeria.
- Hip-hop.
- Music and globalization--Africa.
- Music and globalization.
- English language--Variation--Africa.
- English language--Social aspects--Africa.
- English language--Globalization.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (207 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Nova, c2012.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This text addresses the spread of English through hip-hop to other parts of the world and how other varieties of English around the world especially African American Vernacular English and Jamaican English have influenced Nigerian English through this genre of music.
- Contents:
- General background
- Cultural and linguistic globalization: a review of the literature
- Multilingualism and hip hop in Nigeria
- Language ideology in Nigeria
- Authenticity in Nigerian hip-hop
- Communicative practices in Nigerian hip-hop lyrics
- Poetic and linguistic practices in Nigerian hip-hop lyrics
- General conclusion.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from title page (ebrary, viewed July 12, 2013).
- ISBN:
- 1-62081-453-6
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