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    • Publisher:
      Cambridge University Press
      Publication date:
      20 August 2021
      09 September 2021
      ISBN:
      9781316759769
      9781107171206
      9781316622056
      DOI:
      https://doi.org/10.1017/9781316759769
      Dimensions:
      (228 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.47kg, 228 Pages
      Dimensions:
      (229 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.336kg, 230 Pages
      • Subjects:
      African and Caribbean Language and Linguistics, Area Studies, African Studies, Sociolinguistics, English Language and Linguistics: General Interest, Language and Linguistics
      Series:
      Cambridge Approaches to Language Contact
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    Subjects:
    African and Caribbean Language and Linguistics, Area Studies, African Studies, Sociolinguistics, English Language and Linguistics: General Interest, Language and Linguistics
    Series:
    Cambridge Approaches to Language Contact
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    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.

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      pp 1-12
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