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Publication details [#53767]
Horne, Felicity. 2010. Slanguage and AIDS in Africa. Language Matters: Studies in the Languages of Africa 41 (1) : 25–40. 
Publication type
Article in journal
Publication language
English
Keywords
Place, Publisher
Routledge
Annotation
This article discusses possible societal purposes and functions of AIDS-related slang, circulating in various African countries, suggesting that the extent and range of slang on the subject could result from distinctive characteristics of the phenomenon.