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Publication details [#32442]

Kamwangamalu, Nkonko M. 2003. Globalization of English, and language maintenance and shift in South Africa. International Journal of the Sociology of Language 164 : 65–82.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

international context | language maintenance | language of wider communication | language shift

Language as a subject

English | Languages, African

Place, Publisher

De Gruyter

ISBN

0165-2516

Journal WWW

www.degruyter.com/journal/key/IJSL/html

Annotation

This paper deals with the future of the languages with which English comes into contact. It focuses on the current trend towards unilingualism in English in South Africa and the consequent language shift from the African languages to English especially in urban black communities.