Youth language practices and urban language contact in Africa /

Youth language practices and urban language contact in Africa /

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Imprint:	Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2021. ©2021
Description:	xxii, 205 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language:	English
Series:	Cambridge approaches to language contact Cambridge approaches to language contact.
Subject:	Languages in contact -- South Africa. Urban dialects -- South Africa. Urban youth -- South Africa -- Language. Urban blacks -- South Africa -- Language. Languages in contact. Urban dialects. Urban youth -- Language. South Africa. Essays. Essays.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12632953

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Other authors / contributors:	Mesthrie, Rajend, editor. Hurst-Harosh, Ellen, editor. Brookes, Heather, 1963- editor.
ISBN:	9781107171206 1107171202 9781316622056 1316622053 9781316759769 9781316767405
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:	"This book describes and theorises "male, in-group, street-aligned, youth language practice" in urban centres in Africa. The research presented here by key scholars is systematic work that provides a fuller picture of these practices in relation to other language and linguistic developments, as these relate to large scale and sustained language contact--"
Other form:	Online version: Youth language practices and urban language contact in Africa Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2021 9781316759769

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Call Number:	P40.5.L382 S598 2021
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