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This fascinating study explores male youth language practices in different urban centres in Africa, showing their relation to other urban languages, vernaculars and varieties, and testing and contesting claims of their autonomy and candidacy as national languages. It will provide new insights for scholars of language contact and sociolinguistics.

Youth Language Practices and Urban Language

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      Publisher: Cambridge University Press
      Publication Date: 4/17/2025
      ISBN13: 9781316622056, 978-1316622056
      ISBN10: 1316622053
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      Book Synopsis
      This fascinating study explores male youth language practices in different urban centres in Africa, showing their relation to other urban languages, vernaculars and varieties, and testing and contesting claims of their autonomy and candidacy as national languages. It will provide new insights for scholars of language contact and sociolinguistics.

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