Youth Language Practices in Africa and Beyond 9781614518525, 9781614518624

Youth languages have increasingly attracted the attention of scholars and students of various disciplines. African youth

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English Pages 377 Year 2015

Youth Language Practices in Africa and Beyond
9781614518525, 9781614518624

Youth languages have increasingly attracted the attention of scholars and students of various disciplines. African youth

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This book provides a contemporary and critical examination of the theoretical and pedagogical impact of Michael Byram’s

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Neopatrimonialism, a system whereby rulers use state resources for personal benefit and to secure the loyalty of clients

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The book addresses one of the most urgent social problems in many countries, the uncertain schoolto- work transitions of

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Youth and Identity Politics in South Africa shows how the youth identify variously as fans of jazz or hip-hop who espous

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Why do ethnic politics emerge in some ethnically diverse societies but not others? Focusing on sub-Saharan Africa, Domin

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Analyses of humour often focus primarily on the Global North, with little consideration for examples and practices from

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This book offers an informative sociolinguistic and sociopolitical description and analysis of language attitudes in sub

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This book challenges the view that digital communication in Africa is relatively unsophisticated and questions the assum

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Language-contact phenomena in Mesoamerica and adjacent regions present an exciting field for research that has the poten

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