The Languages of Urban AfricaFiona Mc Laughlin A&C Black, 27 oct. 2011 - 252 pages The Languages of Urban Africa consists of a series of case studies that address four main themes. The first is the history of African urban languages. The second set focus on theoretical issues in the study of African urban languages, exploring the outcomes of intense multilingualism and also the ways in which urban dwellers form their speech communities. The volume then moves on to explore the relationship between language and identity in the urban setting. The final two case studies in the volume address the evolution of urban languages in Africa. This rich set of chapters examine languages and speech communities in ten geographically diverse African urban centres, covering almost all regions of the continent. Half involve Francophone cities, the other half, Anglophone. This exciting volume shows us what the study of urban African languages can tell us about language and about African societies in general. It is essential reading for upper level undergraduates, postgraduates and researchers in sociolinguistics, especially those interested in the language of Africa. |
Table des matières
The story of oldurban vernaculars in North Africa | |
The spread of Lingala as a lingua franca in the Congo | |
Senegals early cities and the making of an urban | |
processes of linguistic | |
The multiple facets of the urban language form Nouchi | |
Language choice in Dar es Salaams billboards | |
Innovations on the fringes of the Kiswahilispeaking | |
compatible practices in | |
References | |
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Abidjan Accra African cities African languages African urban Afrikaans Akan Arabic attitudes Bamako Bantu languages Bénin bilingual billboards Bobangi Bokamba borrowing Bujumbura Burundi Canut Cape Town Casablanca century chapter claim code-switching colonial Congo River Congolese context Côte d’Ivoire Creole Dakar Dakubu dominant Dutch Egun and Yoruba emerged Equateur Province ethnic groups ethnolinguistic groups European Fessi French Ga language Ghana global Gorée Hausa identity interaction interviews Kinshasa Kirundi language contact langue large number lexical Lingala lingua franca linguistic culture linguistic practices linguistique majority Mali marker Meeuwis migrants minority languages multilingualism North Africa Nouchi noun official language old-urban Paris percent pidgin political population Porto Novo prestige qa:l role rural Saint-Louis Scheutist Senegal situation slaves social sociolinguistic speak speakers speech spoken Swahili Swahili and English Tanzania University urban languages urban varieties urban vernaculars urban Wolof variation women youth language