African Youth Languages

1. An Overview of African Youth Language Practices and Their Use in Social Media, Advertising and Creative Arts
Ellen Hurst-Harosh, Fridah Kanana Erastus

Part 1. Social and Advertising Media

2. Functions of Urban and Youth Language in the New Media: The Case of Sheng in Kenya
Fridah Kanana Erastus, Hilda Kebeya

3. View on the Updating of Nouchi Lexicon and Expressions
Akissi Béatrice Boutin, Jean-Claude Dodo

4. Social Media as an Extension of, and Negotiation Space for, a Community of Practice: A Comparison of Nouchi and Tsotsitaal
Roland Raoul Kouassi, Ellen Hurst-Harosh

5. The Use of Addressing Terms in Social Media: The Case of Cameroonian Youth Practices
Augustin Emmanuel Ebongue

6. The Impact of Youth Language on Linguistic Landscapes in Kenya and Tanzania
Leonard Muaka

7. Creative Use of Urban Youth Language in Advertisements: A Case of Mixing Codes
Edinah Gesare Mose, Orpha Bonareri Ombati

Part 2. Music, Performance Poetry and Video

8. Plurality, Translingual Splinters and Music-Modality in Nigerian Youth Languages
Adeiza Lasisi Isiaka

9. Contestant Hybridities: African (Urban) Youth Language in Nigerian Music and Social Media
Taiwo Oloruntoba-Oju

10. Linguistic (and Non-linguistic) Influences on Urban Performance Poetry in South African Contemporary Youth Culture
Unathi Nopece

11. Slang in Yorùbá Home Videos: A Morpho-pragmatic Analysis
Hameed Tunde Asiru, Emily A. Ogutu

Keywords: Linguistics, African Languages, Sociolinguistics, Applied Linguistics, Multilingualism, Performing Arts, Slang and Jargon