Focus on South AfricaVivian De Klerk This volume brings together a range of studies on various aspects of English and its use in Southern Africa. Experts in their field have written chapters on topics including the history and development of English in South Africa, the characteristics of particular pan-ethnic varieties of English which have evolved in South Africa (including black, Indian and colored varieties) as well as the unique features of the English of South Africa's southern neighbours: Swaziland, Zimbabwe, Zambia and Malawi. Other contributions focus on English in relation to issues such as standardisation, lexicography, education, language planning, language attitudes and interaction patterns. The book will be of primary interest to students of linguistics and language, but should also be relevant to educationists, sociologists and historians. |
Contents
Introduction | 7 |
A History of English in South Africa1 | 19 |
a Preliminary Overview | 35 |
BlackEnglish in South Africa | 53 |
South African Indian English | 79 |
Afrikaans English | 99 |
Cape Flats English1 | 125 |
The Standardisation Question in Black South African English | 149 |
Lexicography for South African English | 191 |
Issues in English Teaching in Black Primary Schools | 211 |
Language Attitudesand their Implications for the Teaching of English in the Eastern Cape | 231 |
Preparing Student Teachersto Teach English First and Second Language Problems and Challenges | 251 |
English in Interpersonal Interaction in South Africa | 269 |
Form and Function1 | 285 |
English in Zimbabwe Zambia and Malawi1 | 301 |
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English the Constitution and South Africas Language Future | 163 |
the Flipside | 175 |
Acknowledgements | 326 |
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