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Title:English and the English in the new South Africa
Author:Butler, G.ISNI
Year:1985
Periodical:The English Academy Review
Volume:3
Pages:163-176
Language:English
Geographic term:South Africa
Subjects:Pidgin English
English language
External link:https://doi.org/10.1080/10131758585310141
Abstract:The author is concerned with two related topics: the English language in South Africa, and those South Africans variously known as English-speaking South Africans (ESSAs). In the first part he examines the factors which have strengthened the position of English in South Africa, notably the role of English in education. In the second part he examines the ESSAs' identity. He believes that the ESSAs are in for a most difficult and taxing time. Unlike the other South African languages, English will be everybody's, a cultural melting pot. He fears the development of grammatical or phonetic variants so marked that English will cease to be a means of communication, not only with South Africa but with the rest of the world. Bibliogr., note, ref.
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