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| Title: | The Formation of South African English |
| Author: | Ian Bekker |
| Email: | click here to access email |
| Homepage: | http://rhodes-za.academia.edu/IanBekker |
| Institution: | Rhodes University |
| Linguistic Field: | Sociolinguistics |
| Abstract: | Of all the major colonial varieties of English, South African English (SAfE) is arguably the most under-studied. Its linguistic history is also one of the most complex, South Africa having been the site of a series of immigration events involving English-speakers from a vast array of regional and social backgrounds. On top of this the English spoken by native speakers of other languages also, conceivably, had a role to play in this dialect's formation. This paper provides a brief historical reconstruction of the formation of SAfE, drawing on recent work which seems to indicate that in many important respects SAfE is younger than many might suspect. |
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This article appears in English Today Vol. 29, Issue 1, which you can read on Cambridge's site or on LINGUIST . |
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