Publisher: Langaa RPCIG, Cameroon
Pages: 454
Year: 2019
Dimensions: 229 x 152mm
Linguistic and Sociolinguistic Perspectives of Youth Language Practices in Africa: Codes and Identity Writings
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 démographique des jeunes dans les
grandes villes africaines, on assiste, à une émergence de langues et de
parlers jeunes. En quête de bien-être, ces jeunes, en proie à la
pauvreté, aux injustices sociales, au chômage et à l’oisiveté, 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 à cet effet sur les
statuts et fonctions des parlers et langues jeunes d’Afrique, leurs
formes et structures, les représentations entretenues à leur égard, et
envisage des perspectives et prospectives didactiques.
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About the editors
Gratien
G. Atindogbé is Associate Professor of Linguistics at the University of
Buea, Cameroon. He obtained a PhD in African Linguistics from the
University of Bayreuth, Germany, in 1996. His research includes
phonology, language planning, language acquisition and sociolinguistics.
Augustin Emmanuel Ebongue is a PhD holder in Sociolinguistics and
presently Lecturer at the University of Buea, Cameroon. His research
interests are African Sociolinguistics and Discourse Analysis. He has
published numerous articles in national and international peer review
journals.

