LEADER 02816nam 22005413u 450 001 9910456894603321 005 20210114203032.0 010 $a1-283-01242-1 010 $a9786613012425 010 $a90-272-8672-8 035 $a(CKB)2550000000031152 035 $a(EBL)669001 035 $a(OCoLC)710043705 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000473404 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11295179 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000473404 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10438000 035 $a(PQKB)10070494 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC669001 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000031152 100 $a20130729d1979|||| u|| | 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe Standard in South African English and its Social History$b[electronic resource] 210 $aHeidelberg $cJohn Benjamins Publishing Company$d1979 215 $a1 online resource (96 p.) 225 1 $aVarieties of English Around the World 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a3-87276-210-9 327 $aThe 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; References 330 $aThis study of the South African variety of English is an exercise in the sociology of language conducted mainly within the conceptual framework and methodology created by William Labov. It accepts that social process and social structure are reflected in patterns of covariation involving linguistic and social variables, and in attitudes to different varieties of speech within the community. This premise is pursued here in its historical implications: linguistuic evidence in present-day speech patterns of earlier states of the society and of the social, political and cultural changes that have 410 0$aVarieties of English Around the World 606 $aEnglish language -- South Africa 608 $aElectronic books. 615 4$aEnglish language -- South Africa. 676 $a427/.968 700 $aLanham$b Len W$01000849 701 $aMacDonald$b C.A$01000850 801 0$bAU-PeEL 801 1$bAU-PeEL 801 2$bAU-PeEL 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910456894603321 996 $aThe Standard in South African English and its Social History$92297332 997 $aUNINA