English in Multilingual South Africa - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook English in Multilingual South Africa write by Raymond Hickey. This book was released on 2019-11-21. English in Multilingual South Africa available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. An innovative and insightful exploration of varieties of English in contemporary South Africa.
The Standard in South African English and Its Social History
The Standard in South African English and Its Social History - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Standard in South African English and Its Social History write by Len W. Lanham. This book was released on 1979-01-01. The Standard in South African English and Its Social History available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This study of the South African variety of English is an exercise in the sociology of language conducted mainly within the conceptual framework and methodology created by William Labov. It accepts that social process and social structure are reflected in patterns of covariation involving linguistic and social variables, and in attitudes to different varieties of speech within the community. This premise is pursued here in its historical implications: linguistuic evidence in present-day speech patterns of earlier states of the society and of the social, political and cultural changes that have brought about the present state. The second main focus in this volume is directed at the concept of standard variety, that is the social attributes and functions of a formal speech pattern for which the status of standard might be claimed.
Language in South Africa
Language in South Africa - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Language in South Africa write by Rajend Mesthrie. This book was released on 2002-10-17. Language in South Africa available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. A wide-ranging guide to language and society in South Africa. The book surveys the most important language groupings in the region in terms of wider socio-historical processes; contact between the different language varieties; language and public policy issues associated with post-apartheid society and its eleven official languages.
English in South Africa
English in South Africa - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook English in South Africa write by Hildegard Schnell. This book was released on 2010. English in South Africa available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Examination Thesis from the year 2009 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Linguistics, grade: 1.3, University of Duisburg-Essen, language: English, abstract: Due to the spread of English to so many parts of the world which was triggered during the colonial era and by migration of English-speaking people, the importance of English not only as a language of commerce, science and technology but also as an international language of communication has been realized (Platt, Weber, Ho 1984:1). This world-wide expansion of English means that it is now one of the most widely spoken languages in the world, with well over four hundred million native speakers and roughly the same number who speak it as a second language (Barber 2000:236). Consequently, many varieties of English evolved which also means that English is used for many different purposes in varying social contexts. Whereas in North America, Australia and New Zealand the native English-language speakers outnumbered the original inhabitants (Amerindians, Australian Aborigines, Maoris), the native English-speaking community in South Africa is small with a vast majority of the population speaking Afrikaans and indigenous Bantu languages such as Zulu or Xhosa. In spite of this, South African English has undergone relatively little influence from the other languages of the country due to the long period of British domination and the cultural prestige of English (237). Therefore, social variations in the English language in South Africa are extant with very little regional variation.
Focus on South Africa
Focus on South Africa - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Focus on South Africa write by Vivian de Klerk. This book was released on 1996-02-23. Focus on South Africa available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This volume brings together a range of studies on various aspects of English and its use in Southern Africa. Experts in their field have written chapters on topics including the history and development of English in South Africa, the characteristics of particular pan-ethnic varieties of English which have evolved in South Africa (including black, Indian and colored varieties) as well as the unique features of the English of South Africa’s southern neighbours: Swaziland, Zimbabwe, Zambia and Malawi. Other contributions focus on English in relation to issues such as standardisation, lexicography, education, language planning, language attitudes and interaction patterns. The book will be of primary interest to students of linguistics and language, but should also be relevant to educationists, sociologists and historians.
