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Publication details [#7373]

Parkin, David J. 1974. Status factors in language adding: Bahati housing estate in Nairobi. In Whiteley, W.H., ed. Language in Kenya. Oxford University Press. pp. 147–165.

Publication type

Article in book

Publication language

English

Keywords

age | language choice | social status | vernacular

Language as a subject

Kamba | Swahili

Annotation

P. demonstrates what common factors (mostly involving age and status) determine the 'adding' of Swahili and Kamba to the vernacular among Bahati Kikuy in Nairobi.