Conference | Workshop
Youth Language Workshop after Cosmas Amenorvi’s PhD defense
- Date
- Friday 27 September 2024
- Time
- Address
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Lipsius
Cleveringaplaats 1
2311 BD Leiden - Room
- 2.03
Cosmas Amenorvi will defend his thesis A Sociolinguistic Study of an Ewe-based Youth Language of Aflao, Ghana on Thursday 26th September 2024 14.30, Academy Building. In honour of his achievement, we will hold an informal workshop on Friday 27th September 2024 on Youth Language, with a preliminary schedule as follows:
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9.00- 9.30 |
Cosmas Amenorvi (University of Energy and Natural Resources, Ghana) Identity as a driving force behind youth languages: a case of Adzagbe |
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9.30- |
Nico Nassenstein (Johannes Gutenberg Universität Mainz) The Study of Microvariation and Youth Languages - the Why, the How, the Challenges and First Results |
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10.00-10.30 |
Naomi Truan (LUCL) Youth Languages – A Language Ideological Perspective on Gender |
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10.30-11.00 |
Coffee break |
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11.00-11.30 |
Hannah Gibson & Elvis ResCue (presents) (University of Essex) Insights from Youth Language Practices in Malawi and Zambia |
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11.30-12.00 |
Felix Ameka (LUCL) Are Adzagbe users ruffians? On the cultural semantics of negative character terms in Ewe |
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12.00-12.30 |
Maarten Mous (LUCL) Imagined Idols in Youth Languages: The Yankee (Congo), NTS (Nouveau Type de Sénégalais), the Tsotsi (S.A.) |
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12.30-13.00 |
Linnéa Koré (University of Gothenburg (online) (Im)polite bargaining at electronics markets in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire |
Attendance is possible in-person or online (Zoom).
Registration
Everyone is warmly invited to attend the workshop (and the defense)! Please e-mail Maarten Mous (m.mous@hum.leidenuniv.nl) to indicate if you plan to come to the workshop (in-person or online).