02816nam 22005413u 450 991045689460332120210114203032.01-283-01242-1978661301242590-272-8672-8(CKB)2550000000031152(EBL)669001(OCoLC)710043705(SSID)ssj0000473404(PQKBManifestationID)11295179(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000473404(PQKBWorkID)10438000(PQKB)10070494(MiAaPQ)EBC669001(EXLCZ)99255000000003115220130729d1979|||| u|| |engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe Standard in South African English and its Social History[electronic resource]Heidelberg John Benjamins Publishing Company19791 online resource (96 p.)Varieties of English Around the WorldDescription based upon print version of record.3-87276-210-9 The Standard in South African English and its Social History; PREFACE; CONTENTS; ABBREVIATIONS; INTRODUCTION AND BACKGROUND: THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE IN SOUTH AFRICA; I. FIRST OBSERVATIONS ON THE STANDARD; II. THE SPEECH COMMUNITY; III. THE LINGUISTIC VARIABLE; DATA-GATHERING TECHNIQUES; IV. LECTAL VARIETIES IN SAE; V. PROPERTIES OF A STANDARD VARIABLE; VI. FORMAL AND INFORMAL STANDARDS; VII. THE SOCIAL HISTORY OF THE SAE COMMUNITY; VIII. THE PROVINCIAL (INFORMAL) STANDARD IN SAE; IX. THE SOCIAL SIGNIFICANCE OF THE PROVINCIAL STANDARD; X. POSTSCRIPT: A COMPARISON WITH AUSTRALIA; ReferencesThis study of the South African variety of English is an exercise in the sociology of language conducted mainly within the conceptual framework and methodology created by William Labov. It accepts that social process and social structure are reflected in patterns of covariation involving linguistic and social variables, and in attitudes to different varieties of speech within the community. This premise is pursued here in its historical implications: linguistuic evidence in present-day speech patterns of earlier states of the society and of the social, political and cultural changes that have Varieties of English Around the WorldEnglish language -- South AfricaElectronic books.English language -- South Africa.427/.968Lanham Len W1000849MacDonald C.A1000850AU-PeELAU-PeELAU-PeELBOOK9910456894603321The Standard in South African English and its Social History2297332UNINA