An assessment of language choice in the contemporary Tanzanian music

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dc.contributor.authorMtallo, Godson. M
dc.contributor.authorMsoffe, Modesta. J.
dc.date.accessioned2024-03-27T11:16:47Z
dc.date.available2024-03-27T11:16:47Z
dc.date.issued2018
dc.descriptionFull text article, also available at. https://bej.cbe.ac.tz/index.php/bej/article/view/127en_US
dc.description.abstractThis study presents an assessment of language choice in the contemporary Tanzanian music. The study was guided by three objectives namely; to assess language trend in the Tanzanian music as from 1980s up to now, to investigate the factors for language choice as well as finding the impact of language choice in music to Tanzanian society. The study was conducted in Dar es Salaam city and Same district in Kilimanjaro region involving musicians, producers and distributors of Tanzanian music. Tools employed in collecting data for this study were interviews and questionnaires comprising of closed and open-ended questions as well as the documentary review. The analysis of data was mainly descriptive and comparative. The findings of the study revealed that the contemporary Tanzanian music employ code switching done in two languages Kiswahili and English and in rare cases the switch is between Kiswahili and ethnic community languages. Lexical borrowing from English and the use of non-standard Kiswahili in the songs’ lyrics were also evident.en_US
dc.identifier.citationMtallo, G. R., & Msoffe, M. J. (2018). An Assessment of Language Choice in the Contemporary Tanzanian Music. Business Education Journal, 4(1).en_US
dc.identifier.otherURL: https://bej.cbe.ac.tz/index.php/bej/article/view/127
dc.identifier.urihttps://repository.udom.ac.tz/handle/20.500.12661/4382
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherThe College of Business Education Tanzania.en_US
dc.subjectMusicen_US
dc.subjectCode switchingen_US
dc.subjectCode mixingen_US
dc.subjectBongo flavaen_US
dc.subjectLanguage Choiceen_US
dc.subjectAssessment of languageen_US
dc.subjectThe impact of languageen_US
dc.titleAn assessment of language choice in the contemporary Tanzanian musicen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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