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Focus on South Africa
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.
Grand Hotel Abyss
“Marvelously entertaining, exciting and informative.” —Guardian “An engaging and accessible history.” —New York Review of Books This group biography is “an exhilarating page-turner” and “outstanding critical introduction” to the work and legacy of the Frankfurt School, and the great 20th-century thinkers who created it (Washington Post). In 1923, a group of young radical German thinkers and intellectuals came together to at Victoria Alle 7, Frankfurt, determined to explain the workings of the modern world. Among the most prominent members of what became the Frankfurt School were the philosophers Walter Benjamin, Theodor Adorno, Max Horkheimer, and Herbert Marcuse. Not onl...
Around the World in 80 Words
What makes a place so memorable that it survives forever in a word? In this captivating round-the-world tour, Paul Anthony Jones acts as your guide through the intriguing stories of how eighty places became immortalized in the English language. You’ll discover why the origins of turkeys, limericks, Brazil nuts, and Panama hats aren’t quite as straightforward as you might presume. If you’ve never heard of the tiny Czech mining town of Jáchymov—or Joachimsthal, as it was known until the late 1800s—you’re not alone, which makes its claim to fame as the origin of the word “dollar” all the more extraordinary. The story of how the Great Dane isn’t all that Danish makes the list,...
Eish, but is it English?
What makes South African English different? Have you ever wondered where the words ‘gogga’, ‘tsotsi’ and ‘larney’ come from? Did you know that the first sentence uttered by a South African in English may have been spoken by a Khoikhoi man in 1613? South African English is unique and is made up of several varieties. This entertaining and informative book looks at the forms of English spoken here, where they come from and how they fit into the spectrum of world Englishes. Humorous and engaging, it is packed with common expressions, slang, grammatical variations and distinctive South African words and phrases, including ‘just now’, ‘busy waiting’ and, of course, ‘eish’. The book explores the influence of Afrikaans, Zulu, Xhosa and other languages on English as it is spoken in the diverse context of South Africa. It considers the social implications of language, questions notions of correctness and incorrectness, and celebrates South African English for its innovations and expressiveness. Eish, but is it English? is a book for everyone who is interested in the way we use language and make it our own.
Englishes
Problems of how to describe and explain the forms and functions of English outside Britain and the United States (and of varieties within the two countries) have become central for English linguistics over the past twenty years. The present collection combines 8 of Gorlach's major articles in the field written between 1984 and 1988. They range from methodological and state-of-the-art accounts to treatments of “colonial lag”, from lexicographical problems, and translations into pidgins and creoles to papers focussing on individual regions.
Spikkels en Spatsels uit Bloemfontein se Verlede
"Soos sy voorganger Splinters en dorings uit die Rosestad se verlede (SUN MeDIA, 2015), neem hierdie historiese bundel die leser op 'n reis deur die spikkels en spatsels van pyn en vreugde uit Bloemfontein se verlede. Bloemfontein se eerste inwoners het hul reeds in 1846 hier gevestig, maar die stad het eers in 1945 stadstatus gekry. Die stad – wat aanvanklik grootliks 'n Engelse eiland in die hart van 'n Afrikanerrepubliek was – was só Engels dat selfs 'n besoeker uit Londen destyds verklaar het dat hy hom nêrens anders in Suid-Afrika so gekoester voel as juis in Bloemfontein se Engelse atmosfeer nie. Vanuit hierdie kleurryke verlede het Hannes Haasbroek 'n keur van verhale saamgestel wat die leser sal boei en tot nuwe insigte oor hierdie stad in sentraal Suid-Afrika sal bring. Die verhale in Spikkels en spatsels uit Bloemfontein se verlede, met talle foto's waarvan sommige nog nooit voorheen gepubliseer is nie, word hoofsaaklik kronologies aangebied om 'n aangename en leersame leeservaring te skep.
