Browsing Faculty of Humanities by Subject "multilingualism"
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Congolese migrants and South African language appropriation
(Taylor & Francis, 2016)Migration, the phenomenon of leaving one's country for another, is one of the most salient causes of language contact in the present era. Previously, migrants left their countries for ideological monolingual countries where ... -
National lexicography units: past, present, future
(Bureau of the WAT; University of Stellenbosch, 2011)This article deals with the national dictionary offices of the previous bilingual dispensation, the eleven official national dictionary offices in the present multilingual dispensation, and the future prospects of these ... -
Promoting and preserving cultural identities through multilingual advertising: the case of Cameroon and South Africa
(Ponte Editore, 2017)Multilingualism and multiculturalism are vehicles that could be used to promote and preserve cultural identities in Cameroon and South Africa given their rich historical and cultural backgrounds. This paper investigates ... -
The language repertoire of a Venda home language speaker: reflections on methodology
(Taylor & Francis, 2016)Currently, there is a focus on the study of 'super-diverse' language repertoires in the field of sociolinguistics. New approaches advocate an emphasis on 'super- diverse' repertoires of individuals and new ways to conceive ... -
What is in a language: essentialism in macro-sociolinguistic research on Afrikaans
(De Gruyter, 2017)Essentialist conceptions about language, and the relationship between language and other things, are still fairly common in society, and to some extent in linguistics. It is of particular relevance when working with specific ...