African Youth Languages New Media, Performing Arts and Sociolinguis
This book showcases current research on language in new media, the performing arts and music in Africa, emphasising the role that youth play in language change and development. The authors demonstrate how the efforts of young people to throw off old colon
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Ellen Hurst-Harosh & Fridah Kanana Erastus
African Youth Languages
Ellen Hurst-Harosh Fridah Kanana Erastus Editors
African Youth Languages New Media, Performing Arts and Sociolinguistic Development
Editors Ellen Hurst-Harosh Humanities Education Development Unit University of Cape Town Cape Town, South Africa
Fridah Kanana Erastus Department of English & Linguistics Kenyatta University Nairobi, Kenya
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Contents
1 An Overview of African Youth Language Practices and Their Use in Social Media, Advertising and Creative Arts 1 Ellen Hurst-Harosh and Fridah Kanana Erastus Part 1 Social and Advertising Media
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2 Functions of Urban and Youth Language in the New Media: The Case of Sheng in Kenya 15 Fridah Kanana Erastus and Hilda Kebeya 3 View on the Updating of Nouchi Lexicon and Expressions 53 Akissi Béatrice Boutin and Jean-Claude Dodo 4 Social Media as an Extension of, and Negotiation Space for, a Community of Practice: A Comparison of Nouchi and Tsotsitaal 75 Roland Raoul Kouassi and Ellen Hurst-Harosh 5 The Use of Addressing Terms in Social Media: The Case of Cameroonian Youth Practices 103 Augustin Emmanuel Ebongue v
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6 The Impact of Youth Language on Linguistic Landscapes in Kenya and Tanzania 123 Leonard Muaka 7 Creative Use o
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