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Title:Harare Shona Slang: A Linguistic Study
Author:Mawadza, AquilinaISNI
Year:2000
Periodical:Zambezia
Volume:27
Issue:1
Pages:93-101
Language:English
Geographic terms:Zimbabwe
Southern Africa
Subjects:slang
Shona language
Peoples of Africa (Ethnic Groups)
Urbanization and Migration
language
linguistics
Harare (Zimbabwe)
External link:https://journals.co.za/doi/abs/10.10520/AJA03790622_614
Abstract:Slang refers to nonstandard terms or nonstandard usage of standard terms. It is informal language that generally follows the grammatical patterns of the language from which it stems. This article discusses the linguistic origins and forms of Shona slang and examines words and phrases that are used casually in Harare, Zimbabwe. It concludes that borrowing, phonological processes, semantic shift, metaphorical extensions, and metonymy play a crucial role in the formation of the slang lexicon in Shona. Ref., sum.
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