‘Zimbolicious’ – The Creative Potential of Linguistic Innovation: The Case of Shona-English in Zimbabwe
‘Zimbolicious’ – The Creative Potential of Linguistic Innovation: The Case of Shona-English in Zimbabwe
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“Zimbolicious”——语言创新的创造潜力：津巴布韦修纳英语案例
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10.1080/03057070903101896
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发表时间：
2009
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0.5
通讯作者：
F. Veit
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作者：
F. Veit
语码转换和新的混合语言的出现在非洲当代城市文化中很常见。虽然津巴布韦修纳语和英语之间的转换的语言和社会学方面已被广泛分析，但本文提出，新的语言用法需要高度创造性，有时甚至具有颠覆性的潜力和能量。互联网等新媒体的广泛使用不仅有力地促进了语言的交融和新习语的创造，而且在语言共同体内建立了国际联系。仔细阅读歌词和流行音乐的风格将展示双语如何服务流行文化的代理人，在全球环境中创造当地的艺术风味。与歌词中大量使用语码转换和俚语相比，绍纳文学领域更不愿意尝试语言。然而，A.C. Moyo 的戏剧《Pane Nyaya》和伊格内修斯·马巴萨的小说《Mapenzi》的例子说明了两位著名文学创新者在语言上的足智多谋。
Code-switching and the emergence of new hybrid languages are common in contemporary urban culture in Africa. While the linguistic and sociological aspects of switching between Shona and English in Zimbabwe has been widely analysed, this article proposes that the new linguistic usages entail highly creative and at times subversive potential and energy. The widespread use of new media such as the internet not only strongly enhances the blending of languages and the creation of new idioms but also establishes international ties within a language community. A close reading of the lyrics and the style of musical hits will demonstrate how bilingualism serves the agents of popular culture to create a local artistic flavour within a global setting. Compared with the prolific use of code-switching and slang in the lyrics of songs, the domain of Shona literature shows a greater reluctance to experiment with language. However, the examples of A.C. Moyo's play Pane Nyaya and of Ignatius Mabasa's novel Mapenzi illustrate the linguistic resourcefulness of two prominent literary innovators.