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Publication details [#27554]

Klerk, Vivian De and Barbara Bosch. 1995. Linguistic stereotypes: Nice accent - nice person? International Journal of the Sociology of Language (116) : 17–37.
Publication type
Article in journal
Publication language
English
Keywords
judgment | language attitude | language status | language use | power | stereotype
Language as a subject
Afrikaans | English | Xhosa
Place, Publisher
De Gruyter Mouton
ISBN
0165-2516
Journal WWW
www.degruyter.com/journal/key/IJSL/html

Annotation

This study deals with the relationship between language use, language attitudes and power in South Africa, involving English, Afrikaans and Xhosa, the three major languages of the Eastern Cape.