Afrikaans Linguistics: Contemporary PerspectivesWAM Carstens, Nerina Bosman Offering a contemporary exploration of the multifaceted landscape of Afrikaans linguistics, Afrikaans Linguistics: Contemporary Perspectives marks a seminal contribution to the field. This volume, for the first time, presents accessible insights into diverse linguistics subdisciplines, inviting international scholars to familiarise themselves with Afrikaans language studies. Throughout much of the late 19th and 20th centuries, Afrikaans scholars predominantly communicated in Afrikaans, resulting in a significant gap in the dissemination of knowledge about the language. The chapters in this book, written by prominent South Africans, as well as international scholars working in the field of Afrikaans, serve as a pivotal bridge, by providing essential historical context while also paying attention to the development of Afrikaans linguistics during the 20th century. The primary focus remains on illuminating 21st century research trajectories, offering a comprehensive snapshot of contemporary scholarship in Afrikaans linguistics. |
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02 April Accessed on 02 adverbial Afrikaans language Afrikaans linguistics Afrikaans speakers Afrikaans-speaking Amsterdam auxiliary Bosman Botha Cambridge Cape Dutch Cape Muslim Cape Town Carstens century chapter Coetzee cognitive Coloured complement clause construction context corpus creole daar development of Afrikaans Diekie example gaan grammar groups historical hulle inflection interaction Johannesburg Kaaps Khoikhoi Kotzé language contact language practitioners lexical items linking verbs main verb meaning modal moet morphology Multilingual Namibia NEG2 norms North-West University Northern Cape noun Oom Sonnie Otto-Sallies Ovambos past participle past tense Patagonian Afrikaans PCSA phonetic phonological pidgin Plessis polysemy Ponelis prepositions preterite Pretoria Raidt reference Rensburg Schaik Scholtz semantics slaves social sociolinguistic South African English Southwood spoken Standard Afrikaans Stell Stellenbosch Stellenbosch University structure syntactic taal Taalkunde Taalportaal teaching texts Tydskrif vir Geesteswetenskappe University Press variation varieties of Afrikaans Villiers vowel Western Cape Wissing