Male Worker's English in the Western Cape: Interlanguage, Code Switching, and Pidginisation.

Mesthrie, R.

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ERIC Number: EJ623313

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 1999

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Male Worker's English in the Western Cape: Interlanguage, Code Switching, and Pidginisation.

Mesthrie, R.

Indian Journal of Applied Linguistics, v25 n1-2 p151-74 Jan-Dec 1999

Examines one sub-community within the continuum of English usage in South Africa, a group of male migrant workers in Cape Town who retain close ties with their original homes in the Transkei. Characterizes their interlanguage English and presents a developmental analysis of negation in this interlanguage, in ways that are uncommon in new English studies. (Author/VWL)

Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Code Switching (Language), Foreign Countries, Interlanguage, Males, Migrant Workers, Negative Forms (Language), Pidgins

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: South Africa

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