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Linguistic and Sociolinguistic Perspectives of Youth Language Practices in Africa: Codes and Identity Writings: Perspectives Linguistiques et Sociolin - Paperback

Linguistic and Sociolinguistic Perspectives of Youth Language Practices in Africa: Codes and Identity Writings: Perspectives Linguistiques et Sociolin - Paperback

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by Gratien G. Atindogbé (Editor), Augustin Emmanuel Ebongue (Editor)

With the demographic explosion of young people in major African cities, we are witnessing the emergence of youth languages and new speech forms. In search of well-being, these young people, plagued by poverty, social injustice, unemployment and idleness, invent linguistic codes that allow them to find themselves. The linguistic and sociolinguistic description of these youth languages is the object of this volume. The contributions inform on the statutes and functions of the youth languages of Africa, their forms and structures, their representations, and envisage perspectives and prospective didactics.

Avec l'explosion d mographique des jeunes dans les grandes villes africaines, on assiste, une mergence de langues et de parlers jeunes. En qu te de bien- tre, ces jeunes, en proie la pauvret , aux injustices sociales, au ch mage et l'oisivet , inventent des codes linguistiques leur permettant de se retrouver. C'est la description linguistique et sociolinguistique de ces parlers, qui fait l'objet de ce collectif. Les contributions informent cet effet sur les statuts et fonctions des parlers et langues jeunes d'Afrique, leurs formes et structures, les repr sentations entretenues leur gard, et envisage des perspectives et prospectives didactiques.

Number of Pages: 454
Dimensions: 0.92 x 9 x 6 IN
Publication Date: December 13, 2019