Written Afrikaans since Standardization: A Century of Change
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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Written Afrikaans since Standardization: A Century of Change
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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Written Afrikaans since Standardization: A Century of Change

Written Afrikaans since Standardization: A Century of Change

by Johanita Kirsten
Written Afrikaans since Standardization: A Century of Change

Written Afrikaans since Standardization: A Century of Change

by Johanita Kirsten

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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.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781498577212
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Publication date: 02/14/2019
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 244
File size: 3 MB

About the Author

Johanita Kirsten is senior lecturer in Afrikaans linguistics at North-West University in South Africa.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements

List of Tables

List of Figures

List of Abbreviations

Chapter 1: Introduction

Chapter 2: The Theory of Language Change

Chapter 3: Afrikaans Standardization in Context

Chapter 4: Diachronic Corpus Linguistics

Chapter 5: Paradigmatic Changes

Chapter 6: Grammaticalization

Chapter 7: Discursive and Socio-Cultural Changes

Chapter 8: Conclusion

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