Date: 16 Jan 2002 15:11:10 +0800 From: Joyce Reid <jreidcup.org> Subject: South African Languages: Language in South Africa by Mesthrie (ed.)
Language in South Africa
Editor
Raj Mesthrie, University of Cape Town, South Africa
This is a comprehensive and wide-ranging guide to language and society
in South Africa. The book surveys the most important language
groupings in the region in terms of pre-colonial and colonial history;
contact between the different language varieties (leading to language
loss, pidginization, creolization and new mixed varieties). It
examines language and public policy issues associated with the
transition to a post-apartheid society and its eleven official
languages. All the chapters are informed by the importance of
socio-political history in understanding questions of language.
Contributors:
R. Mesthrie, A. Traill, R.K. Herbert, R. Bailey, P.T. Roberge,
R. Lass, D. Aarons, P. Akach, E. de Kadt, R. Adendorff, W. Branford,
J.S. Claughton, K. McCormick, S. Slabbert, R. Finlayson, J. Keith
Chick, V. de Klerk, David Gough, G.L. Stone, K.D.P. Makhudu,
D.K. Ntshangase, T.G. Reagan, S. Murray, K. Heugh
Introduction R. Mesthrie;
Part1. The Main Language Groupings:
1. South Africa--a sociolinguistic overview R. Mesthrie;
2. The Khoesan languages A. Traill;
3. The Bantu languages R. K. Herbert and R. Bailey;
4. Afrikaans P. T. Roberge;
5. South African English R. Lass;
6. South African sign language D. Aarons and P. Akach;
7. German Speakers in South Africa E. de Kadt;
8. Indian languages in South Africa R. Mesthrie;
Part II. Language Contact:
9. Fanakalo: a South African pidgin R. Adendorff;
10. Mutual lexical borrowings among some languages of South Africa
W. Branford and J. S. Claughton;
11. Code-switching, mixing and convergence in Cape Town K. McCormick;
12. Code-switching in South African townships S. Slabbert and R. Finlayson;
13. Intercultural miscommunication in South Africa J. Keith Chick;
14. Women's language of respect R. Finlayson;
15. The sociohistory of clicks in Southern Bantu R. K. Herbert;
16. Language and gendered ethnicity in a Thonga community R. K. Herbert;
17. Indian South African English R. Mesthrie;
18. Black South African English V. de Klerk and David Gough;
19. The lexicon and sociolinguistic codes of the working-class
Afrikaans-speaking Cape Peninsula coloured community G. L. Stone;
20. An introduction to Flaaitaal K. D. P. Makhudu;
21. Language and language practices in Soweto D. K. Ntshangase;
Part III. Language Planning, Policy and Education:
22. Language planning and language policy: past, present and future
T. G. Reagan;
23. Language issues in South African education S. Murray;
24. Recovering multilingualism: recent language policy developments K. Heugh.