Focus on South Africa / / edited by Vivian de Klerk

• Pubblicazione: Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia : , : J. Benjamins Pub. Co., , 1996
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (326 pages)
• Disciplina: 420/.968
• Soggetto topico: English language - Social aspects - South Africa; English language - Variation - South Africa; English language - South Africa
• Soggetto geografico: South Africa Languages
• Altri autori: De KlerkVivian A <1954-> (Vivian Anne)
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: section A. An historical perspective -- section B. Pan-ethnic varieties -- section C. The problem of standardisation -- section D. Issues in education and society -- section E. The northern neighbors.
• Sommario/riassunto: This volume brings together a range of studies on various aspects of English and its use in Southern Africa. Experts in their field have written chapters on topics including the history and development of English in South Africa, the characteristics of particular pan-ethnic varieties of English which have evolved in South Africa (including black, Indian and colored varieties) as well as the unique features of the English of South Africa's southern neighbours: Swaziland, Zimbabwe, Zambia and Malawi. Other contributions focus on English in relation to issues such as standardisation, lexicography
• Titolo autorizzato: Focus on South Africa
• ISBN: 1-283-35842-5; 9786613358424; 90-272-7604-8
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910781536203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Varieties of English around the world. . -General series ; ; 15.