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Peer reviewedChick, J. Keith; Wade, Rodrik – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 1997
Discusses the sociolinguistic order in the new South Africa, traces the implications of English dominance in this order, and reflects on the difficulty of assembling an accurate picture of the sociolinguistic order of a society in times of rapid social change. Particular focus is on the processes of restandardization of standard South African…
Descriptors: Black Dialects, English, Foreign Countries, Language Dominance
