Go to AfricaBib home

Go to AfricaBib home Africana Periodical Literature Go to database home

bibliographic database
Line
Previous page New search

The free AfricaBib App for Android is available here

Periodical article Periodical article Leiden University catalogue Leiden University catalogue WorldCat catalogue WorldCat
Title:Code-switching in Zimbabwean urban grooves music
Author:Mugari, Victor
Year:2014
Periodical:Language Matters: Studies in the Languages of Africa (ISSN 1753-5395)
Volume:45
Issue:2
Pages:224-236
Language:English
Geographic term:Zimbabwe
Subjects:popular music
codeswitching
External link:https://doi.org/10.1080/10228195.2014.907332
Abstract:This article investigates code-switching as exhibited in Zimbabwean urban grooves music, arguing that it is both a music style and a linguistic style. On the one hand, code-switching defines the artists' urban music genre; it is a stylistic device that isolates the genre from other contemporary genres. On the other hand, it is evidence of the existence of a language style. The article further argues that even though code-switching in song lyrics is not spontaneous, it can still be analysed within the existing code-switching frameworks such as Audience Design. The artists adjust their language style to suit their audience, mainly the youths who unreservedly code-switch. Bibliogr., sum. [Journal abstract, edited]
Views
Cover