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Written Afrikaans since Standardization: A Century of Change

Written Afrikaans since Standardization: A Century of Change

Hardcover

DutchLinguistics

ISBN10: 1498577202
ISBN13: 9781498577205
Publisher: Lexington Books
Published: Feb 14 2019
Pages: 244
Weight: 1.17
Height: 0.69 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
This book focuses on a century of language change, starting early in the 20th century when Standard Afrikaans first emerged. Different areas of language use are explored, such as pronoun use, tenses, possession, and connectives. The changes in these areas are divided into three categories of types of change: paradigmatic changes, grammaticalization, and discursive and socio-cultural changes. The book also includes a short history of the standardization of Afrikaans and brief discussions of some relevant ideological issues. The second and final chapters include an in-depth discussion of the theory of language change and language evolution, as well as reflections on what language change is and how it proceeds. The role of language contact in language change, and language-external influences, are also considered.

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