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200 00$aYouth language practices in Africa and beyond /$fedited by Nico Nassenstein, Andrea Hollington
210  1$aBerlin, [Germany] ;$aBoston, [Massachusetts] :$cDe Gruyter Mouton,$d2015.
210  4$d©2015
215   $a1 online resource (378 p.)
225 1 $aContributions to the Sociology of Language,$x1861-0676 ;$vVolume 105
300   $aDescription based upon print version of record.
311   $a1-61451-862-9 
320   $aIncludes bibliographical references and indexes.
327   $tFront matter --$tAcknowledgements --$tTable of contents --$tList of tables, maps and figures --$t1. Youth language practices in Africa as creative manifestations of fluid repertoires and markers of speakers? social identity --$t2. Youth language practices in Africa: achievements and challenges --$t3. Sheng: an urban variety of Swahili in Kenya --$t4. The emergence of Langila in Kinshasa (DR Congo) --$t5. Identity construction and linguistic manipulation in Randuk --$t6. Regional varieties and ?ethnic? registers of Sheng --$t7. Yarada K?wank?wa and urban youth identity in Addis Ababa --$t8. Overview of the tsotsitaals of South Africa; their different base languages and common core lexical items --$t9. Imvugo y?Umuhanda1 ? youth language practices in Kigali (Rwanda) --$t10. Sango Godobé: the urban youth language of Bangui (CAR) --$t11. Some remarks on poetic aspects of Sheng --$t12. Youth language practices in Zimbabwe --$t13. The positive-negative phenomenon and phono-semantic matching in Rasta Talk --$t14. Kindoubil: urban youth languages in Kisangani --$t15. Linguistic strategies in Luyaaye: word play and conscious language manipulation --$t16. Conclusion and outlook: taking new directions in the study of youth language practices --$tLanguage index --$tAuthor index --$tSubject index
330   $aYouth languages have increasingly attracted the attention of scholars and students of various disciplines. African youth languages are a vibrant phenomenon with manifold characteristics involving a range of different languages. This book is a first comprehensive study of African youth languages and presents fresh insights into various youth languages, providing linguistic as well as sociolinguistic data and analyses.
410  0$aContributions to the sociology of language ;$vVolume 105.
606   $aYouth$xLanguage
606   $aSociolinguistics
607   $aAfrica$xLanguages
610   $aLanguage Contact.
610   $aLanguage Manipulation.
610   $aLinguistic Creativity.
610   $aYouth Language.
615  0$aYouth$xLanguage.
615  0$aSociolinguistics.
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702   $aNassenstein$b Nico
702   $aHollington$b Andrea
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