Browsing Faculty of Humanities by Subject "historical linguistics"
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Diachronic changes in modality in South African English
(John Benjamins Publishing, 2012)In this paper we aim to contribute to both the synchronic and diachronic description of the grammar of South African English (SAfE) in its written register. In the handful of previous studies on the variety’s grammar (e.g. ... -
Moet en must : 'n geval van Afrikaanse invloed op Suid-Afrikaanse Engels
(Suid-Afrikaanse Akademie vir Wetenskap en Kuns, 2016)This article investigates the effect of the unique contact situation between users of Afrikaans and the native variety of South African English (SAfE) on the propagation of the distinctive macro-and microsemantic properties ...