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Publication details [#66356]

Mesthrie, Rajend. 2019. Fanakalo as a mining language in South Africa: A new overview. International Journal of the Sociology of Language 2019 (258) : 13–34.
Publication type
Article in journal
Publication language
English
Keywords
language policy | language use | lexical borrowing | lingua franca | multilingualism | pidgin | profession | register | workplace conversation
Language as a subject
Fanakalo
Place, Publisher
De Gruyter
Journal WWW
www.degruyter.com/journal/key/IJSL/html

Annotation

This paper explores the properties of Fanakalo (chosen as lingua franca in the multilingual South African mines) as a mining language, in contrast to its uses on farms, suburban households and in urban employment.