Lugha Kama Kitambulisho: Changamoto ya Sheng Nchini Kenya
The paper takes a critical look at the fast developing and spreading Kenyan street slang, popularly known as “Sheng”, which basically is a youth code that makes use of coined or borrowed words from Kiswahili, English and other local languages. Sheng adopts the structure of Kiswahili syntax. After t...
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Nordic Africa Research Network
2007-12-01
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The paper takes a critical look at the fast developing and spreading Kenyan street slang, popularly known as “Sheng”, which basically is a youth code that makes use of coined or borrowed words from Kiswahili, English and other local languages. Sheng adopts the structure of Kiswahili syntax. After tracing the historical origins of the urban youth code which now has speakers in the country side and as far afield as Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, the discussion shifts to the assessment of the negative impacts of sheng on the learning and teaching of standard Kiswahili and especially, English in Kenya. It concludes by raising crucial questions and issues that need to be considered in an attempt to contain usage of sheng and mitigate its negative effects on the national and official languages which are the medium of formal education and business.
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| spelling | doaj.art-84b0601783bc45fc863cbe905dbd894f2023-09-03T10:19:43ZengNordic Africa Research NetworkNordic Journal of African Studies1459-94652007-12-0116310.53228/njas.v16i3.73Lugha Kama Kitambulisho: Changamoto ya Sheng Nchini KenyaKitula King'eiJohn Kobia The paper takes a critical look at the fast developing and spreading Kenyan street slang, popularly known as “Sheng”, which basically is a youth code that makes use of coined or borrowed words from Kiswahili, English and other local languages. Sheng adopts the structure of Kiswahili syntax. After tracing the historical origins of the urban youth code which now has speakers in the country side and as far afield as Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, the discussion shifts to the assessment of the negative impacts of sheng on the learning and teaching of standard Kiswahili and especially, English in Kenya. It concludes by raising crucial questions and issues that need to be considered in an attempt to contain usage of sheng and mitigate its negative effects on the national and official languages which are the medium of formal education and business. https://www.njas.fi/njas/article/view/73 |
| spellingShingle | Kitula King'ei John Kobia Lugha Kama Kitambulisho: Changamoto ya Sheng Nchini Kenya Nordic Journal of African Studies |
| title | Lugha Kama Kitambulisho: Changamoto ya Sheng Nchini Kenya |
| title_full | Lugha Kama Kitambulisho: Changamoto ya Sheng Nchini Kenya |
| title_fullStr | Lugha Kama Kitambulisho: Changamoto ya Sheng Nchini Kenya |
| title_full_unstemmed | Lugha Kama Kitambulisho: Changamoto ya Sheng Nchini Kenya |
| title_short | Lugha Kama Kitambulisho: Changamoto ya Sheng Nchini Kenya |
| title_sort | lugha kama kitambulisho changamoto ya sheng nchini kenya |
| url | https://www.njas.fi/njas/article/view/73 |
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