Analysing the Impact of Music as Popular Culture on the Social Linguistic Trends among the Jukun Youths in Wukari
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https://doi.org/10.56666/ahyu.v6i.156Keywords:
Sociolinguistics, Jukun youths, Popular music, Popular cultureAbstract
Previous studies have focused on the inter-influencing interaction of sociocultural customs and music practices in macro and micro ways in many cultural sites across the world. However, not much has been done to uncover similar matrices among Jukun youths in Wukari, Taraba state. This study therefore investigates the role music plays on the modulating social linguistic trends among Jukun youths in Wukari town, between the demographic ages of 15-30. The study provides a qualitative analysis of its data from ethnographic fieldwork through structured interviews and focus group discussions with 115 participants that comprised mostly of youths and some elderly members of the community. Drawing from Jukun youths' perceptions of language and music from traditional and non-traditional cultural perspectives, the connectivity of the two social elements within the context of youth language is discussed. It concludes that the current modulating social linguistic trends among the Jukun youths/young adults in Wukari, are based on their consumption of popular music, resulting in new word usage that threatens the sustainability of Jukun language.
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