Publications

Publication details [#11821]

Abdulaziz, M.H. and Ken Osinde. 1997. Sheng and Engsh: Development of Mixed Codes among the Urban Youth in Kenya. International Journal of the Sociology of Language 125 : 43–63. 21 pp.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

code-mixing | code-switching | language shift | national language | official language

Language as a subject

English | Engsh | Sheng | Swahili

Place, Publisher

Walter de Gruyter

ISBN

0165-2516

Journal WWW

www.degruyter.com/journal/key/IJSL/html

Annotation

An illustration of the complex interaction between languages spoken in urban Kenya, including strategies such as code switching and mixing and language shift. The development of Sheng and Engsh, two such mixed languages, is presented.