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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
Language as a subject

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.