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Adams, Charles R. 1982. Lexical accession in Sharamboko: A camp language in LeSotho. Anthropological Linguistics 24 (2) : 137–182.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

jargon | lexical borrowing | social context | style

Language as a subject

Sharamboko

Annotation

A. discusses the social and interactional characteristics and functions of Sharamboko, a `playful' or `camp' speaking style involving the systematic exploitation of loanwords in a multilingual urban environment in LeSotho.