Browsing Faculty of Humanities by Author "Wasserman, Ronel"
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The development of modals of obligation and necessity in white South African English through contact with Afrikaans
(Sage, 2014)This article draws attention to the uniqueness of modality in White South African English (WSAfE), when compared with other native English varieties. This uniqueness is found in the historical development of the modal ... -
Do the Modals of Black and White South African English Converge?
(Sage, 2014)Convergence between native and nonnative varieties, the so-called settler and indigenous strands of English in postcolonial settings, is a characteristic of the fourth phase in Schneider’s dynamic model of English. The ... -
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 ...
