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  • Pages: 454

    Year: 2019

    Dimensions: 229 x 152mm

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    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

    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

    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.

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