Publications

Publication details [#49423]

Barnes, Lawrie and Phyllis Zungu. 1997. Sociolinguistic Variation in Zulu: Contemporary Codes and Registers. Language Matters: Studies in the Languages of Africa 28 (1) : 182–213.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

contextualization | function | language variety | social network | standard1 vs. dialect2

Language as a subject

Zulu

Place, Publisher

Routledge

Annotation

This article identifies and explores Zulu language varieties generated by certain social networks in the Greater Durban Area, focusing in particular on the social context and functions of the non-standard varieties spoken in eduational institutions, in shebeens and by soccer enthusiasts.