The Language of the City
Town Bemba as Urban Hybridity
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2476233 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Debra Spitulnik (Emory University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1998 |
| Volume | 8 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 30-59 |
| Publication date | 1998-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Linguistic Anthropology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1055-1360 • E-ISSN: 1548-1395 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1525/jlin.1998.8.1.30 |
| OpenAlex | W1975971743 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 53 |
| References cited | 47 |
This article describes the linguistic variety Town Bemba (Zambia) and considers its implications for the study of linguistic heteroglossia and the experience of modernity. I propose that Town Bemba be understood as a cover term for a set of Bemba-based multilingual practices that exemplify urbanity but need not be tied to urban locales. The structural, ideological, and sociocultural features of Town Bemba are examined using data from naturally occurring discourse collected in Zambi
Hybridity · Urbanity · Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies · Linguistic Variation and Morphology · Multilingual Education and Policy
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Discourse Strategies
| Unique citing works | 53 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 2,04 |
| Citation span | 2000 - 2025 (26) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 53 |