Publications

Publication details [#65360]

Bornman, Elirea, Pedro Álvarez-Mosquera and Vuyo Seti. 2018. Language, Urbanisation and Identity: Young Black Residents from Pretoria in South Africa. Language Matters: Studies in the Languages of Africa 49 (1) : 25–44.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

identity negotiation | language | multilingualism | urban community | youth

Language as a subject

English | Languages, South African

Place, Publisher

Routledge

Annotation

This study centers on links between language and identity amid young black urbanites from Pretoria in South Africa. The role of black ethnic languages, Sepitori—an urban variety—and English is explored.