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An alternative interpretation of tense and aspect in Black South African English
Van Rooy, Albertus Jacobus (Wiley-Blackwell, 2008)Terminology for identifying and describing what counts as a linguistic feature is identified as a problem that prevents an understanding of tense and aspect features in Black South African English (BSAE). In this paper, ... -
Complexity in word-formation processes in new varieties of South African English
Van Rooy, Bertus; Terblanche, Lize (Taylor & Francis, 2010)The research question posed in the article is whether South African English (SAE) has reached Phase four of Schneider’s (2007) Dynamic Model of Postcolonial Englishes. This phase is characterised by early indications of ... -
Complexity in word–formation processes in New Varieties of South African English
Van Rooy, Bertus; Terblanche, Lize (Taylor & Francis/Routledge/NISC, 2010)The research question posed in the article is whether South African English (SAE) has reached Phase four of Schneider's (2007) Dynamic Model of Postcolonial Englishes. This phase is characterised by early indications of ... -
Constrained language: a multidimensional analysis of translated English and a non-native indigenised variety of English
Kruger, Haidee; Van Rooy, Bertus (John Benjamins Publishing, 2016)Translation and non-native indigenised varieties of English are produced in contexts where heightened constraints operate on them. Recurrent features of translated language include explicitation, normalisation or ... -
Convergence and endonormativity at phase 4 of the dynamic model
van Rooy, Bertus (John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2014)At Phase 4 of the Dynamic Model, Schneider (2007) postulates that a stable postcolonial English will gain acceptance in a country, and become endonormative, but it will also be perceived as homogenous. This paper argues ... -
Corpus linguistic work on Black South African English
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Corpus linguistic work on Black South African English
Van Rooy, Bertus (Cambridge University Press, 2013)Black South African English (henceforth BSAfE) has received more attention from corpus linguists than any other variety in the country. In the early 2000s, two corpus projects were initiated more or less simultaneously: ... -
The development of modals of obligation and necessity in white South African English through contact with Afrikaans
Wasserman, Ronel; Van Rooy, Bertus (Sage, 2014)This article draws attention to the uniqueness of modality in White South African English (WSAfE), when compared with other native English varieties. This uniqueness is found in the historical development of the modal ... -
Diachronic changes in modality in South African English
Rossouw, Ronel; Van Rooy, Bertus (John Benjamins Publishing, 2012)In this paper we aim to contribute to both the synchronic and diachronic description of the grammar of South African English (SAfE) in its written register. In the handful of previous studies on the variety’s grammar (e.g. ... -
Diachronic changes in modality in South African English
Rossouw, Ronel; Van Rooy, Bertus (John Benjamins Publishing, 2012)In this paper we aim to contribute to both the synchronic and diachronic description of the grammar of South African English (SAfE) in its written register. In the handful of previous studies on the variety’s grammar (e.g. ... -
Die gebruik van konjunksiemerkers by nagraadse studente en gepubliseerde navorsing oor Afrikaanse taal– en letterkunde
Van Rooy, Bertus; Esterhuizen, M. ((SAALT/SAVTO) South African Association of Language Teaching / Suid-Afrikaanse Vereniging vir Taalonderrig // Sabinet, 2011)The line of argumentation in a well-structured argumentative text or academic essay should exhibit logical continuity. Conjunction markers are one of the resources that writers can use to achieve this objective. By means ... -
Do the Modals of Black and White South African English Converge?
Van Rooy, Bertus; Wasserman, Ronel (Sage, 2014)Convergence between native and nonnative varieties, the so-called settler and indigenous strands of English in postcolonial settings, is a characteristic of the fourth phase in Schneider’s dynamic model of English. The ... -
Dutch and Afrikaans as post-pluricentric languages
Van Rooy, Bertus; Van den Poel, Rias (De Gruyter, 2011)The relationship between Afrikaans and Dutch cannot be captured adequately by the construct of pluricentrism. However, to deny a connection of a similar kind would leave aspects of the historical and current relationship ... -
Dutch and Afrikaans as post–pluricentric languages
Van Rooy, Bertus (De Gruyter, 2011)The relationship between Afrikaans and Dutch cannot be captured adequately by the construct of pluricentrism. However, to deny a connection of a similar kind would leave aspects of the historical and current relationship ... -
Editorial practice and the progressive in Black South African English
Kruger, Haidee; Van Rooy, Bertus (Blackwell, 2017)Innovative linguistic features occur in Outer and Expanding Circle varieties of English, leading to claims that new Englishes and learner Englishes form overlapping sets rather than discrete categories. However, less ... -
Faktore wat die weglating van die Afrikaanse onderskikker dat bepaal
Van Rooy, Bertus; Kruger, Haidee (Suid-Afrikaanse Akademie vir Wetenskap en Kuns, 2016)Verb complement clauses in written Afrikaans have two formal variants. One form has an overt complementiser dat "that", followed by dependent word order (dat+SXV), while the other form has no complementiser and independent ... -
Is reading in an agglutinating language different from an analytic language? An analysis of isiZulu and English reading based on eye movements
Van Rooy, Bertus; Pretorius, Elizabeth J. (Taylor & Francis, 2013)In this article we examine the reading ability of Grade 4 learners in their home language, isiZulu and in English (first additional language), using both eye-tracking activities and traditional pen-and-paper reading ... -
Is reading in an agglutinating language different from an analytic language? An analysis of isiZulu and English reading based on eye movements
Van Rooy, Bertus; Elizabeth J Pretorius (Taylor & Francis/Routledge/NISC, 2013)In this article we examine the reading ability of Grade 4 learners in their home language, isiZulu and in English (first additional language), using both eye-tracking activities and traditional pen-and-paper reading ... -
Just how literal is the King James Version?
Kroeze, Jan; Van den Heever, Manie; Van Rooy, Bertus (Department of Ancient Studies, University of Stellenbosch, 2011)Many scholars have the perception that the King James Version (KJV) is a literal translation. However, it is not so easy to define the concept of "literal translation". The simplest definition may be to regard it as ... -
Metaphors in the freedom day addresses of South African presidents (1995-2012)
Van Rooy, Bertus; Drejerska, Karolina (UNISA Pres, 2014)Political discourse draws quite extensively on metaphor in construing a range of issues. Previous research on South African politicians has focussed mainly on the metaphor of A RAINBOW NATION, except Malan (2008) who ...