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Osinde, Ken. 1997. Sheng and Engsh: Development of Mixed Codes among the Urban Youth in Kenya. International Journal of the Sociology of Language 125 : 43–63. 21 pp.
Publication type
Article in journal
Publication language
English
Language as a subject
Place, Publisher
Walter de Gruyter
ISBN
0165-2516

Annotation

An illustration of the complex interaction between languages spoken in urban Kenya, including strategies such as code switching and mixing and language shift. The development of Sheng and Engsh, two such mixed languages, is presented.