Cognitive Efficiency: The Sheng Phenomenon in Kenya  

Oleh:

Kang'ethe-Iraki, Frederick

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Pragmatics: Quarterly Publication of the International Pragmatics Association vol. 14 no. 1 (2004)
Topik: Sheng; Cognitive efficiency; Social identity; Social cohesion; Kiswahili.
Fulltext: Frederick Kang=ethe-Iraki.pdf (277.46KB)

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Sheng is a variety of Kiswahili that is spoken by young persons, especially from the economically challenged neighbourhoods of Nairobi. The emergence and pervasiveness of the idiom can be explained by cognitive as well as social parameters. Confronted with several languages in Nairobi, a young mind is likely to weave a compromise idiom from the linguistic inputs available. This might be an explanation for the emergence of Sheng. Once acquired, the language could now be used to include or exclude. This discussion1 attempts to provide an overview of the linguistic structure of Sheng and hypothesize on reasons for its emergence.

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