Artefacts, modernity and identity — global connections in the language and interactions of African youth
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https://doi.org/10.18716/ojs/the_mouth.3122Abstract
Language practices in African cities, and particularly amongst youth, are manifesting in ways that are reflective both of local contexts and modernities, dynamics and realities, and international/global forces and modernities. This article considers some of the practices hap- pening in urban spaces in South Africa amongst youthful multilingual peer groups. It describes the ways that the global interfaces with the local and shapes the ways that youth express African modernities through group and individual identity, linguistic, para- and extra-linguistic practices. It furthermore considers some extra- linguistic aspects of peer group interaction – the use of cultural artefacts and objects, namely brands, cell phones and music — as pragmatic features in communication.
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