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- Title
Language Alternation Strategies in Nigerian Hip Hop and Rap Texts.
- Authors
Agbo, Maduabuchi
- Abstract
This work is a linguistic study of Nigerian musical artistes, especially of the Hip Hop genre. The study shows that the artistes skillfully use language alternation strategies to enhance the aesthetic and rhetorical qualities of their music. It is revealed in the study that the language alternation patterns involve major Nigerian languages and English, and, they interact with elements of the lyrical structure, namely, the lines, rhymes and stanzas to enhance the musical qualities of the artistes. works. Language alternations have other connotations as they also bear the qualities of identifying the artistes. linguistic identity and preferences. It also has semantic significance as when some lexical items are used to highlight code switching occurrences like contrastive and expressive code switching as well as reformulations and repetitions. It is also used to achieve a greater audience/participant constellation and greater understanding of the discourse/message of the song.
- Subjects
NIGERIA; MUSIC &; language; SONG lyrics; RAP music; CODE switching (Linguistics); REPETITION in music
- Publication
Language in India, 2009, Vol 9, Issue 2, p34
- ISSN
1930-2940
- Publication type
Article