The standard in South African English and its social history:
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1. Verfasser: Lanham, L. W., (Len W.) (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Heidelberg Groos 1979
Schriftenreihe:Varieties of English around the world v. 1
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The Standard in South African English and its Social History; PREFACE; CONTENTS; ABBREVIATIONS; INTRODUCTION AND BACKGROUND: THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE IN SOUTH AFRICA; I. FIRST OBSERVATIONS ON THE STANDARD; II. THE SPEECH COMMUNITY; III. THE LINGUISTIC VARIABLE; DATA-GATHERING TECHNIQUES; IV. LECTAL VARIETIES IN SAE; V. PROPERTIES OF A STANDARD VARIABLE; VI. FORMAL AND INFORMAL STANDARDS; VII. THE SOCIAL HISTORY OF THE SAE COMMUNITY; VIII. THE PROVINCIAL (INFORMAL) STANDARD IN SAE; IX. THE SOCIAL SIGNIFICANCE OF THE PROVINCIAL STANDARD; X. POSTSCRIPT: A COMPARISON WITH AUSTRALIA; References
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
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