Class, gender, and substrate erasure in sociolinguistic change: A sociophonetic study of schwa in deracializing South African English
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DOI: 10.1353/lan.2017.0016
Abstract: Abstract: This article analyzes the sociophonetic dynamics of the acquisition of a prestige variety of English in post-apartheid South Africa. New economic and educational opportunities have seen the rapid growth of a Black middle class,… read more here.
Keywords: class; gender substrate; south african; african english ... See more keywords
Semi-automating the Reading Programme for a Historical Dictionary Project
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DOI: 10.5788/28-1-1468
Abstract: This paper describes the resources and software procedures used or developed in a major enabling step towards the revision of the scholarly reference work A Dictionary of South African English on Historical Principles ( DSAE… read more here.
Keywords: project; automating reading; south african; reading programme ... See more keywords
African Englishes in the Oxford English Dictionary
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DOI: 10.5788/33-1-1774
Abstract: In some of its recent quarterly updates, the Oxford English Dictionary has published particularly large batches of new and revised entries from South African English, Nigerian English, and East African English. The present article is… read more here.
Keywords: oxford english; african english; dictionary african; englishes oxford ... See more keywords