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Language-Crossing: The Sociolinguistic Dynamics Of The Language/Discourse Of Shamasha (Randok) In Sudan
ISSN: 2617 - 0299
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Language-Crossing: The Sociolinguistic Dynamics Of The Language/Discourse Of Shamasha (Randok) In Sudan
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Publisher: International Journal Of Linguistics, Literature And Trans..
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Abstract
This study seeks to investigate “Language-crossing†(or Code-crossing) ( a complex sociolinguistic phenomenon where speakers freely opt to adopt the speech/variety of another group). Sudanese mainstreamers (speakers of Standard Colloquial Sudanese Arabic (SCSA) have been observed to cross to “Randok†; a variety spoken by an extremely marginalized social group known by their pubic name of (Shamasha). This is a kind of a street language (or anti-language, to borrow Halliday’s term) with unique linguistic features. A tiny literature exists whether on “crossingâ€, (coined and pioneered by Rampton), or “Randok†. The phenomenon of mainstreamers crossing to Randok, has, to our knowledge, never before been examined(as a “crossing†act). Drawing on Hewitt (1986), Rampton(1995,1996,1997), Cutler ( 1999), and others, crossing to Randok, has been closely observed, analysed and interpreted; based on a host of sociolinguistic...
