32.2921, Books: Youth Language Practices and Urban Language Contact in Africa: Mesthrie, Hurst-Harosh, Brookes (eds.)

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Subject: 32.2921, Books: Youth Language Practices and Urban Language Contact in Africa: Mesthrie, Hurst-Harosh, Brookes (eds.)

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Date: Tue, 14 Sep 2021 23:24:13
From: Eleanor Hennerley [ehennerley at cambridge.org]
Subject: Youth Language Practices and Urban Language Contact in Africa: Mesthrie, Hurst-Harosh, Brookes (eds.)

 


Title: Youth Language Practices and Urban Language Contact in Africa 
Publication Year: 2021 
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
	   http://cambridge.org
	

Book URL: https://www.cambridge.org/us/academic/subjects/languages-linguistics/sociolinguistics/youth-language-practices-and-urban-language-contact-africa?format=HB 


Editor: Rajend Mesthrie
Editor: Ellen Hurst-Harosh
Editor: Heather Brookes

Hardback: ISBN:  9781107171206 Pages:  Price: U.S. $ 110.00
Hardback: ISBN:  9781107171206 Pages:  Price: U.K. £ 85.00
Hardback: ISBN:  9781107171206 Pages:  Price: Europe EURO 99.20


Abstract:

The ways in which young people use language provides fascinating insights into
language practice and contact. Written by a team of key scholars in the field,
this book describes and theorises 'male, in-group, street-aligned, youth
language practice' in urban centres in Africa, exploring the creative use of
language, and its function in peer sociality and contestation of social
identities.  The book contributes to theoretical debates surrounding
multimodal language, language contact, standards and variation, and language
change. It highlights that 'youth languages' are not to be confused with the
urban languages, varieties, and vernaculars of the general population, and
that claims of autonomy and candidacy as national languages are flawed. The
book demonstrates that the youthful practices of males are nevertheless worthy
of scholarly attention: the framing of youth languages within the field of
language contact will stimulate situated and comprehensive studies of the role
and significance of youth practices.
 



1. Language Contact and Structure in Urban IsiXhosa and Associated Youth
Languages Silvester Ron Simango; 2. Not 'Deep' but Still IsiXhosa: Young
People's Urban IsiXhosa and its Relation to Tsotsitaal Tessa Dowling; 3.
Rethinking Youth Language Practices in South Africa: An Interactional
Sociocultural Perspective Heather Brookes; 4. Tsotsitaals, Urban Vernaculars,
and Contact Linguistics Rajend Mesthrie; 5. Grammatical Hybridity in
Camfranglais? Roland Kießling; 6. Sheng and Engsh in Kenya's Public Spaces and
Media: From Nganya and Mathree to Broadcast Proggiez Maarten Mous and Sandra
Barasa; 7. Exploring Hybridity in Ivorian French and Nouchi Akissi Béatrice
Boutin; 8 Authenticity and the Object of Analysis: Methods of Youth Language
Data Collection Ellen Hurst-Harosh and Eyo Offiong Mensah; Index.
 


Linguistic Field(s): Sociolinguistics


Written In: English  (eng)

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