Linguistic and Sociolinguistic Perspecti: Codes and Identity Writings

G. Atindogbe · Emmanue Ebongue

Nov 2019 · African Books Collective

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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.

Autoren-Profil

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.