Youth Language Practices in Africa and Beyond

Youth languages have increasingly attracted the attention of scholars and students of various disciplines. African youth languages are a vibrant phenomenon with manifold characteristics involving a range of different languages. This book is a first comprehensive study of African youth languages and presents fresh insights into various youth languages, providing linguistic as well as sociolinguistic data and analyses.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1614518629
• ISBN13: 9781614518624
• Release Date: August 2015
• Publisher: Walter de Gruyter
• Length: 377 Pages
• Weight: 1.67 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.1" x 9.2"