Urbanization, Youth Languages and Technological Innovations in Africa

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This book is about urban life, youth languages, and the influences of technology on language and cultural expression. It explores a wide range of linguistic practices among young people in Linguistically and culturally diverse urban settings in Africa.

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This book is about urban life, youth languages, and the influences of technology on language and cultural expression. It explores a wide range of linguistic practices among young people in Linguistically and culturally diverse urban settings in Africa. In doing so, the authors discuss the emergence of slang and other varieties and the way they intersect with social, cultural, economic, and political activities. Language Varieties such as tsotsitaals and Sheng are viewed as performing a range of functions beyond exchanging information between interlocutors. there are also discussions about their presence in education and commercial activities. the authors raise important sociolinguistic issues that are worth consideration. hey also point to other areas of research.