Tsotsitaal and decoloniality

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dc.contributor.authorHurst-Harosh, Ellen
dc.coverage.spatialSouth Africaen_ZA
dc.coverage.spatialAfrican countriesen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2018-06-29T10:34:29Z
dc.date.available2018-06-29T10:34:29Z
dc.date.issued2018-06-05
dc.description.abstractThis article focuses on South African tsotsitaal and other African (Urban) Youth Languages (AYL), which are youth language repertoires or styles of speaking the vernacular, and which are present in a wide range of African countries today. Halliday’s (1976) concept of antilanguage has been applied by previous researchers to theorise youth language practices, and is a useful way to understand aspects of these phenomena such as relexicalisation and metaphor. However, the term itself reproduces a monolingual and hegemonic conceptualisation of language, and contributes to a criminal conceptualisation of tsotsitaal speakers. This article proposes that alternative ways to describe and understand AYL phenomena are needed. By applying the conceptual framework of ‘decolonial thinking’, the article makes the case that tsotsitaal, AYLs and youth language in general, challenge forms of dominant power and oppression, and for this reason, might be considered as ‘decolonial practice’.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationHurst-Harosh, E. (2018). Tsotsitaal and decoloniality. <i>African Studies</i>, http://hdl.handle.net/11427/28273en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationHurst-Harosh, Ellen "Tsotsitaal and decoloniality." <i>African Studies</i> (2018) http://hdl.handle.net/11427/28273en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationEllen Hurst-Harosh (2018): Tsotsitaal and decoloniality, African Studies, DOI: 10.1080/00020184.2018.1480847en_ZA
dc.identifier.issn0002-0184en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Journal Article AU - Hurst-Harosh, Ellen AB - This article focuses on South African tsotsitaal and other African (Urban) Youth Languages (AYL), which are youth language repertoires or styles of speaking the vernacular, and which are present in a wide range of African countries today. Halliday’s (1976) concept of antilanguage has been applied by previous researchers to theorise youth language practices, and is a useful way to understand aspects of these phenomena such as relexicalisation and metaphor. However, the term itself reproduces a monolingual and hegemonic conceptualisation of language, and contributes to a criminal conceptualisation of tsotsitaal speakers. This article proposes that alternative ways to describe and understand AYL phenomena are needed. By applying the conceptual framework of ‘decolonial thinking’, the article makes the case that tsotsitaal, AYLs and youth language in general, challenge forms of dominant power and oppression, and for this reason, might be considered as ‘decolonial practice’. DA - 2018-06-05 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town J1 - African Studies LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2018 SM - 0002-0184 T1 - Tsotsitaal and decoloniality TI - Tsotsitaal and decoloniality UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/28273 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/28273
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationHurst-Harosh E. Tsotsitaal and decoloniality. African Studies. 2018; http://hdl.handle.net/11427/28273.en_ZA
dc.languageengen_ZA
dc.publisherRoutledgeen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentLibrary and Information Studies Centre (LISC)en_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.sourceAfrican Studiesen_ZA
dc.source.urihttps://www.tandfonline.com/toc/cast20/current
dc.titleTsotsitaal and decolonialityen_ZA
dc.typeJournal Articleen_ZA
uct.subject.keywordsantilanguageen_ZA
uct.subject.keywordsdecolonialityen_ZA
uct.subject.keywordsAfrican languagesen_ZA
uct.subject.keywordsyouth languageen_ZA
uct.subject.keywordstsotsitaalen_ZA
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uct.type.publicationResearchen_ZA
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