African Youth Languages
eBook - ePub

African Youth Languages

New Media, Performing Arts and Sociolinguistic Development

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eBook - ePub

African Youth Languages

New Media, Performing Arts and Sociolinguistic Development

About this book

Builds on a rapidly growing literature on African Urban Youth Languages to show that performing arts, creative arts and media are sites of sociolinguistic development
Considers use of social media including Facebook, YouTube and Whatsapp by young people across the continent from countries as far afield as Kenya, Nigeria and Zimbabwe
Explores current research into print media, television, and linguistic landscapes in Africa's intersected urban centres
Examines urban youth languages in the creative arts, particularly popular forms of music and poetry such as performance poetry and hip hop/ rap, as well as film

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Information

Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Year
2018
Print ISBN
9783319645612
eBook ISBN
9783319645629
Topic
Languages & Linguistics
Subtopic
Languages
Index
Languages & Linguistics

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Front Matter
  3. 1. An Overview of African Youth Language Practices and Their Use in Social Media, Advertising and Creative Arts
  4. Part 1. Social and Advertising Media
  5. Part 2. Music, Performance Poetry and Video
  6. Back Matter

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Yes, you can access African Youth Languages by Ellen Hurst-Harosh, Fridah Kanana Erastus, Ellen Hurst-Harosh,Fridah Kanana Erastus in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Languages & Linguistics & Languages. We have over 1.5 million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.