Focus on South Africa
Editor
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.
The book will be of primary interest to students of linguistics and language, but should also be relevant to educationists, sociologists and historians.
[Varieties of English Around the World, G15] 1996. iv, 328 pp.
Publishing status: Available
© John Benjamins Publishing Company
Table of Contents
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IntroductionVivian de Klerk | p. 7
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I. An Historical Perspective
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A History of English in South AfricaLen W. Lanham | p. 19
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English in South African Society: A Preliminary OverviewWilliam Branford | p. 35
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II. Pan-ethnic Varieties
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Black English in South AfricaDavid Gough | p. 53
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Language Contact, Transmission, Shift: South African Indian EnglishRajend Mesthrie | p. 79
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Afrikaans EnglishSusan Watermeyer | p. 99
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III. The Problem of Standardisation
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The Standardisation Question in Black South African EnglishLaurence Wright | p. 149
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English, the Constitution and South Africa’s Language FuturePeter Titlestad | p. 163
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English and Language Planning for South Africa: the Flip SideVictor Webb | p. 175
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Lexicography for South African EnglishL. Pienaar | p. 191
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IV. Issues in Education and Society
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Issues in English Language Teaching in Primary SchoolsPaul Walters | p. 211
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Language Attitudes and their Implications for the Teaching of English in the Eastern CapeBarbara Bosch and Vivian de Klerk | p. 231
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Preparing Student Teachers to Teach English First and Second LanguageSarah Murray and Hennie van der Mescht | p. 251
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English in Interpersonal Interaction in South AfricaKeith J. Chick | p. 269
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V. The Northern Neighbours
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English in Swaziland: Form and FunctionNkonko M. Kamwangamalu and Teresa Chisanga | p. 285
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English in Zimbabwe, Zambia and MalawiJosef J. Schmied | p. 301
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Index | p. 322
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List of contributors | p. 326
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