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Direct linkHickey, Raymond, Ed. – Cambridge University Press, 2020
South Africa is a country characterised by great linguistic diversity. Large indigenous languages, such as isiZulu and isiXhosa, are spoken by many millions of people, as well as the languages with European roots, such as Afrikaans and English, which are spoken by several millions and used by many more in daily life. This situation provides a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English, Multilingualism, Sociolinguistics
Download full textBailey, Beryl Loftman – 1968
Because of the high incidence of structural similarity between Jamaican Creole and Standard English, many of the important differences between the two languages can be obscured. This fact and that of negative attitudes towards Creole are the principal problems encountered in teaching Creole. The lessons in this course on Jamaican Creole are based…
Descriptors: Contrastive Linguistics, Creoles, English, Grammar
Thorne, Barrie, Ed.; Henley, Nancy, Ed. – 1975
The twelve papers in this volume, which concerns the interrelationship of language and sex, include: (1) "Difference and Dominance: An Overview of Language, Gender, and Society," by Barrie Thorne and Nancy Henley; (2) "Women's Speech: Separate But Unequal?" by Cheris Kramer; (3) "The Making of a Nonsexist Dictionary," by Alma Graham; (4) "The…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Child Language, Discourse Analysis, Females
