Language in South Africa

by Rajend Mesthrie

This is a comprehensive and wide-ranging 2002 guide to language and society in South Africa. As the authors demonstrate, the South African context offers a treasure trove of data and examples for linguistic and sociolinguistic study. The book surveys the most important language groupings in the region in terms of pre-colonial and colonial history; contact between the different language varieties, leading to language loss, pidginization, creolization...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521791057
• ISBN13: 9780521791052
• Release Date: November 2002
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 504 Pages
• Weight: 1.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.0" x 9.0"