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This study is an investigation into the comparative phonology and
lexicon of six barely-known Bantu varieties spoken in Kenya. These
varieties (Imenti, Igoji, Tharaka, Mwimbi, Muthambi and Chuka)
belong to the so-called Meru group. The study develops a new
classification of these six dialects. Therefore, a dialectological
approach is used, which includes the analysis of wordlists and
lists of short phrases elicited in the field. From the data,
isoglosses and similarities concerning morpho-phonological
processes are drawn. The results show in which respects the
dialects differ from each other. Thus, the present work contributes
to comparative Bantu linguistics.
This book showcases current research on language in new media, the
performing arts and music in Africa, emphasising the role that
youth play in language change and development. The authors
demonstrate how the efforts of young people to throw off old
colonial languages and create new local ones has become a site of
language creativity. Analysing the language of 'new media',
including social media, print media and new media technologies, and
of creative arts such as performance poetry, hip-hop and rap, they
use empirical research from such diverse countries as Cameroon,
Nigeria, Kenya, the Ivory Coast and South Africa. This original
edited collection will appeal to students and scholars of African
sociolinguistics, particularly in the light of the rapidly changing
globalized context in which we live.
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