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Publication details [#58084]

Akinde, Akinmade. 2013. Code-switching in Nigerian hip-hop lyrics. Language Matters: Studies in the Languages of Africa 44 (1) : 39–57.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

code-switching | language use | multilingualism | sociolinguistics | song

Language as a subject

English, Nigerian Pidgin | Hausa | Igbo | Yoruba

Place, Publisher

Routledge

Annotation

This paper examines multilingualism and codeswitching in Nigerian hip-hop lyrics, focusing on Nigerian Pidgin English (NPE)' sociolinguistics and its prestige in relation to other Nigerian languages used in Nigerian hip-hop music.