UID:
almahu_9949401974902882
Format:
1 online resource (xiv, 220 pages) :
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digital, PDF file(s).
ISBN:
9781787443754 (ebook)
Content:
Of interest to linguists, artists, scholars of urban studies, educationalists, policy makers and language planners who are grappling with the challenges of multilingualism and language of education in Kenya.
Note:
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 07 Oct 2022).
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1 Sheng as Kenyan Swahili. Folk theories of Sheng -- Dialects and vernaculars -- 'Urban youth languages' -- Is Sheng a pidgin or a creole? -- Kinubi: a creole language of Kenya -- Other African creoles: Snago, Lingala and Nigerian Pidgin English -- Swahili as a macrolanguage -- So, what is Sheng? -- 'Kenyanese': a continuum of speech codes -- 2 An overview of language in Kenya: power vs solidarity. Swahili and nationalism -- Language and state identity: Kenya vs Tanzania -- The policy of language in education -- 3 Nairobi: a linguistic mosaic and crucible of Sheng. The colonial city -- The sociolinguistic context -- Attitudes towards Sheng and other languages -- Vernacular Swahilis -- The experiment -- Teenage attitudes towards languages -- Adult attitudes towards Sheng and Kenayn Swahili -- Observations -- Summary -- 4 'Kenyan Swahili': complex and multifaceted. Grammatical features of Kenyan Swahili -- Analogical change -- Habitual tense -anga -- Rule extension: plural suffix -ni -- Diminutive ka- and augmentative ki- -- Phonology -- -enye relative pronoun -- Noun classification -- Locatives -ni and -ko -- Contact influences on Kenyan Swahili -- Dholuo -- Gikuyu -- Gikuyu slang in Sheng -- 5 Features of Sheng. Phonological innovations -- Lexical borrowing -- Meaning shift -- Polysemy -- Synonymy -- Transpositions (Pig Latin) -- Sheng verbs -- Narratives of local experience -- Analysis of Sheng narratives -- Grammar in Sheng narratives -- Content of Sheng narratives -- Summary -- 6 Expanded domains and global influences. The Nairobian newspaper -- Sheng in social media -- GoSheng -- Sheng and the jua kali economy -- Sheng and corporate advertising -- Sheng in rural areas and schools -- Sheng and the diaspora (majuu): transatlantic influences -- Sheng in reggae -- Jamaicanisms in Sheng -- (Ma-)Babi -- 'Big Up' -- 7 Sheng in practice. 'Kuna Sheng' lyrics by Jua Cali -- Ghetto Radio FM: 'the official Sheng station' -- Bonoko Deh -- Shujaaz -- 8 Conclusion: the rise of a Swahili vernacular. The Sheng generation -- Language attitudes -- Sheng in education and the question of vernacular instruction -- Is Sheng the real McCoy? -- Appendix: The Nairobian, 'Landlord Anakunyima Hao'.
Additional Edition:
Print version: ISBN 9781847012074
Language:
English
URL:
https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/9781787443754/type/BOOK
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