03769nam 2200661 450 991046109740332120210510234028.01-5015-0107-01-61451-852-110.1515/9781614518525(CKB)3710000000480031(EBL)4001431(SSID)ssj0001516499(PQKBManifestationID)12588241(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001516499(PQKBWorkID)11494388(PQKB)10967405(MiAaPQ)EBC4001431(DE-B1597)429135(OCoLC)927488573(DE-B1597)9781614518525(Au-PeEL)EBL4001431(CaPaEBR)ebr11101392(CaONFJC)MIL828080(EXLCZ)99371000000048003120151113h20152015 uy 0engurnnu---|u||utxtccrYouth language practices in Africa and beyond /edited by Nico Nassenstein, Andrea HollingtonBerlin, [Germany] ;Boston, [Massachusetts] :De Gruyter Mouton,2015.©20151 online resource (378 p.)Contributions to the Sociology of Language,1861-0676 ;Volume 105Description based upon print version of record.1-61451-862-9 Includes bibliographical references and indexes.Front matter --Acknowledgements --Table of contents --List of tables, maps and figures --1. Youth language practices in Africa as creative manifestations of fluid repertoires and markers of speakers’ social identity --2. Youth language practices in Africa: achievements and challenges --3. Sheng: an urban variety of Swahili in Kenya --4. The emergence of Langila in Kinshasa (DR Congo) --5. Identity construction and linguistic manipulation in Randuk --6. Regional varieties and “ethnic” registers of Sheng --7. Yarada K’wank’wa and urban youth identity in Addis Ababa --8. Overview of the tsotsitaals of South Africa; their different base languages and common core lexical items --9. Imvugo y’Umuhanda1 – youth language practices in Kigali (Rwanda) --10. Sango Godobé: the urban youth language of Bangui (CAR) --11. Some remarks on poetic aspects of Sheng --12. Youth language practices in Zimbabwe --13. The positive-negative phenomenon and phono-semantic matching in Rasta Talk --14. Kindoubil: urban youth languages in Kisangani --15. Linguistic strategies in Luyaaye: word play and conscious language manipulation --16. Conclusion and outlook: taking new directions in the study of youth language practices --Language index --Author index --Subject indexYouth languages have increasingly attracted the attention of scholars and students of various disciplines. African youth languages are a vibrant phenomenon with manifold characteristics involving a range of different languages. This book is a first comprehensive study of African youth languages and presents fresh insights into various youth languages, providing linguistic as well as sociolinguistic data and analyses.Contributions to the sociology of language ;Volume 105.YouthLanguageSociolinguisticsAfricaLanguagesElectronic books.YouthLanguage.Sociolinguistics.417/.70835096Nassenstein NicoHollington AndreaMiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910461097403321Youth language practices in Africa and beyond2481982UNINA