A Sociolinguistic Analysis of Variation in a Rural African Community

This study mainly investigates whether language variation due to sociolinguistic stratification in Western urban speech communities is similar to that in rural African communities, using as a case study the multilingual Chasu of Same district in Kilimanjaro Tanzania. Primarily, the study addresses t...

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Main Author: Yohana, Rafiki
Other Authors: Mesthrie, Rajend
Format: Doctoral Thesis
Language:English
Published: University of Cape Town 2014
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/11427/3599