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Periphrastic progressive constructions in Dutch and Afrikaans: a contrastive analysis
(Cambridge University Press, 2017)
Given the common ancestry of Dutch and Afrikaans, it is not surprising that they use similar periphrastic constructions to express progressive meaning: aan het (Dutch) and aan die/'t (Afrikaans) lit. 'at the'; bezig met/(om) ...
Die vokaalstelsel van Genadendalse Afrikaans: 'n verkenning
(LitNet, 2017)
Hierdie artikel is ’n verslag van ’n akoestiese ondersoek na aspekte van die vokaalstelsel van Genadendalse Afrikaans (GA), ’n belangrike variant van Bruin Afrikaans wat in die Wes-Kaap gepraat word. Dit word vergelyk met ...
Die aard, doel en omvang van die Afrikaanse Woordelys en Spelreëls. Deel 1
(Suid-Afrikaanse Akademie vir Wetenskap en Kuns, 2017)
When the first Afrikaanse woordelys en spelreëls (AWS) was conceived more than a hundred years ago, it was not yet standard practice to explicate the nature, goal and scope (for example with regard to inclusion and elimination ...
Opname- en elimineringskriteria vir die Afrikaanse Woordelys en Spelreëls: die geval emeritus. Deel 2
(Suid-Afrikaanse Akademie vir Wetenskap en Kuns, 2017)
Since 2006, the Language Commission ("Taalkommissie"; TK) endeavoured to compile formal guidelines for the inclusion or elimination of lemmas in the Afrikaanse woordelys en spelreëls (AWS); these guidelines have been ...
The embedded indexical value of /s/-fronting in Afrikaans and South African English
(De Gruyter, 2017)
This paper examines the indexical value of /s/-fronting in White Afrikaans and in White South African English (WSAfE). Prior research on this feature has shown that fronted articulations of /s/ in WSAfE serve as a regional ...