Linguistic
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A historical sketch on Ubuntu |
The thesis is that our identity is partly shaped by recognition or its absence, often by the misrecognition of others, and so a person or group of people can suffer real damage, real distortion, if the people or society around them mirror back to them a |
| English in language shift : the history, structure, and sociolinguistics of South African Indian English |
Rajend Mesthrie examines the rise of a new variety of English among Indian migrant workers indentured on the plantations of Natal in South Africa. Considering the historical background to, and linguistic consequences of, language shift in an immigrant context, he … |
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The English Academy of Southern Africa: English Academy Conference, 4th-6th September 1986 |