The Cause of Urban Slang and its Effect on the Development of the Northern Sotho Lexicon*

The Cause of Urban Slang and its Effect on the Development of the Northern Sotho Lexicon*

<p>Abstract: Urban slang terminology is extensively used today by most indigenous communities when speaking various South African indigenous languages. This is usually the case with informal conversations where the type of language used is also regarded to be informal. There are many i...

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Main Author: V.M. Mojela
Format: Article
Language:Afrikaans
Published: Woordeboek van die Afrikaanse Taal-WAT 2011-10-01
Series:Lexikos
Subjects:
EUPHEMISM
FLYTAAL
INFERIOR DIALECT
INFERIOR LANGUAGE
MULTILINGUALISM
NORTHERN SOTHO LEXICON
PRESTIGE LANGUAGE
PRESTIGE TERMINOLOGY
SECRET TERMINOLOGY
TSOTSITAAL
URBAN SLANG
UNDERWORLD
Online Access:http://lexikos.journals.ac.za/pub/article/view/769

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