Main description:
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, education, language planning, language attitudes and interaction patterns.
The book will be of primary interest to students of linguistics and language, but should also be relevant to educationists, sociologists and historians.
Table of contents:
- Introduction
- I. An Historical Perspective
- A History of English in South Africa
- English in South African Society
- II. Pan-ethnic Varieties
- Black English in South Africa
- Language Contact, Transmission, Shift
- Afrikaans English
- III. The Problem of Standardisation
- The Standardisation Question in Black South African English
- English, the Constitution and South Africa's Language Future
- English and Language Planning for South Africa
- Lexicography for South African English
- IV. Issues in Education and Society
- Issues in English Language Teaching in Primary Schools
- Language Attitudes and their Implications for the Teaching of English in the Eastern Cape
- Preparing Student Teachers to Teach English First and Second Language
- English in Interpersonal Interaction in South Africa
- V. The Northern Neighbours
- English in Swaziland
- English in Zimbabwe, Zambia and Malawi
- Index
- List of contributors
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, education, language planning, language attitudes and interaction patterns.
The book will be of primary interest to students of linguistics and language, but should also be relevant to educationists, sociologists and historians.
Table of contents:
- Introduction
- I. An Historical Perspective
- A History of English in South Africa
- English in South African Society
- II. Pan-ethnic Varieties
- Black English in South Africa
- Language Contact, Transmission, Shift
- Afrikaans English
- III. The Problem of Standardisation
- The Standardisation Question in Black South African English
- English, the Constitution and South Africa's Language Future
- English and Language Planning for South Africa
- Lexicography for South African English
- IV. Issues in Education and Society
- Issues in English Language Teaching in Primary Schools
- Language Attitudes and their Implications for the Teaching of English in the Eastern Cape
- Preparing Student Teachers to Teach English First and Second Language
- English in Interpersonal Interaction in South Africa
- V. The Northern Neighbours
- English in Swaziland
- English in Zimbabwe, Zambia and Malawi
- Index
- List of contributors