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Item Details
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LANGUAGE IN SOUTH AFRICA AFRICAN EDITION
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| By: |
RAJEND MESTHRIE |
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Paperback |
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| ISBN 10: |
052153383X |
| ISBN 13: |
9780521533836 |
| Publisher: |
CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS |
| Pub. date: |
1 March, 2004 |
| Pages: |
503 |
| Synopsis: |
This is a guide to language and society in South Africa. As the authors demonstrate, the South African context offers a treasure trove of data and examples for linguistic and sociolinguistic study. The title 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 language and public policy issues associated with the transition to a post-apartheid society and its eleven official languages. It details the history of indigenous languages, the impact of European languages upon them, and of transformations to the European languages themselves. |
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Non-returnable |
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