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Youth language practices in Africa and beyond / / edited by Nico Nassenstein, Andrea Hollington
| Youth language practices in Africa and beyond / / edited by Nico Nassenstein, Andrea Hollington |
| Autore | Nassenstein Nico |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berlin, [Germany] ; ; Boston, [Massachusetts] : , : De Gruyter Mouton, , 2015 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (378 p.) |
| Disciplina | 417/.70835096 |
| Collana | Contributions to the Sociology of Language |
| Soggetto topico |
Youth - Language
Sociolinguistics |
| Soggetto non controllato |
Language Contact
Language Manipulation Linguistic Creativity Youth Language |
| ISBN |
1-5015-0107-0
1-61451-852-1 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | 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 index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910797797303321 |
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| Berlin, [Germany] ; ; Boston, [Massachusetts] : , : De Gruyter Mouton, , 2015 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Youth language practices in Africa and beyond / / edited by Nico Nassenstein, Andrea Hollington
| Youth language practices in Africa and beyond / / edited by Nico Nassenstein, Andrea Hollington |
| Autore | Nassenstein Nico |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berlin, [Germany] ; ; Boston, [Massachusetts] : , : De Gruyter Mouton, , 2015 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (378 p.) |
| Disciplina | 417/.70835096 |
| Collana | Contributions to the Sociology of Language |
| Soggetto topico |
Youth - Language
Sociolinguistics |
| Soggetto non controllato |
Language Contact
Language Manipulation Linguistic Creativity Youth Language |
| ISBN |
1-5015-0107-0
1-61451-852-1 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | 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 index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910814387003321 |
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Nassenstein Nico
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| Berlin, [Germany] ; ; Boston, [Massachusetts] : , : De Gruyter Mouton, , 2015 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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