Introduction / Rajend Mesthrie, Ellen Hurst-Harosh & Heather Brookes -- Language contact and structure in urban iIsiXhosa and its relation to Tsotsitaal / Silvester Ron Simango -- Not "deep" but still isiXhosa : young people's urban isiXhosa and its relation to Tsotsitaal / Tess…
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, e…
"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 …
"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 …
This book examines how urban adolescents attending a non-mainstream learning centre in the UK use language and other semiotic practices to enact identities in their day-to-day lives. Combining variationist sociolinguistics and ethnographically-informed interactional sociolinguis…
Introduction: Globalization, Cities, and the Spanish Language in Postmodernity / Andrew Lynch -- Globality and Locality. The "Glocalization" of Spanish in Asia: Spanish Language Study and Familial Use in Hong Kong / Álvaro Acosta Corte and Rocío Blasco García -- Local and Global…
The Routledge Handbook of Spanish in the Global City brings together contributions from an international team of scholars of language in society to offer a conceptual and empirical perspective on Spanish within the context of 15 major cosmopolitan cities from around the world. W…
The Routledge Handbook of Spanish in the Global City brings together contributions from an international team of scholars of language in society to offer a conceptual and empirical perspective on Spanish within the context of 15 major cosmopolitan cities from around the world. W…
The languages of urban Africa
by ebrary, Inc, Mc Laughlin, Fiona
fromAdvances in sociolinguistics
The Languages of Urban Africa consists of a series of case studies that address four main themes. The first is the history of African urban languages. The second set focus on theoretical issues in the study of African urban languages, exploring the outcomes of intense multilingu…
The Languages of Urban Africa consists of a series of case studies that address four main themes.€ The first is the history of African urban languages. The second set focus on theoretical issues in the study of African urban languages, exploring the outcomes of intense multiling…