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Mesthrie, Rajend, ed. 1995. Language and social history: Studies in South African Sociolinguistics. David Philip. 352 pp.
Publication type
Book – edited volume
Publication language
English
Keywords
language and culture | language and society | language change | language contact | sociolinguistics
Language as a subject
Afrikaans | Bantu | Dutch, Cape | English, Black | English, Indian | English, South African | Languages, South African | Nguni | Sotho | South African, Khoesan | Southern Sotho | Tsonga | Venda | Xhosa | Zulu

Annotation

This book examines almost all South African languages in relation to their speakers' social history, envisaging an exhaustive description of the sociolinguistic issues concerning these language communities.

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