Youth Language Practices and Urban Language Contact in Africa

Name: Youth Language Practices and Urban Language Contact in Africa
Brand: Cambridge University Press

Cambridge University Press

Youth Language Practices and Urban Language Contact in Africa\nPaperback\nEnglish\n\nDelivery\nUsually delivered in 2\u20133 working days (dispatched today if ordered before 3pm).\n\nBrand new copy from BookCurl \u2013 the UK independent online bookseller.\n\n------------------------------\nBook details\n------------------------------\nTitle: Youth Language Practices and Urban Language Contact in Africa\nFormat: Paperback\nLanguage: English\nPublisher: Cambridge University Press\nPublication year: 2025\nISBN-13: 9781316622056\nISBN-10: 1316622053\n\n------------------------------\nDescription\n------------------------------\nThis fascinating study explores male youth language practices in different urban centres in Africa, showing their relation to other urban languages, vernaculars and varieties, and testing and contesting claims of their autonomy and candidacy as national languages. It will provide new insights for scholars of language contact and sociolinguistics.\n\n-------------.