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Language in South Africa / edited by Rajend Mesthrie.

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A wide-ranging guide to language and society in South Africa. The book surveys the most important language groupings in the region in terms of wider socio-historical processes; contact between the different language varieties; language and public policy issues associated with post-apartheid society...

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Online Access: Full Text (via Cambridge)
Other Authors: Mesthrie, Rajend
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, U.K. ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2002.
Subjects:
Sociolinguistics > South Africa.
South Africa > Languages.
Language and culture > South Africa.
Language policy > South Africa.
Language planning > South Africa.
Language and culture.
Language and languages.
Language planning.
Language policy.
Sociolinguistics.
South Africa.
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Summary:A wide-ranging guide to language and society in South Africa. The book surveys the most important language groupings in the region in terms of wider socio-historical processes; contact between the different language varieties; language and public policy issues associated with post-apartheid society and its eleven official languages.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xvii, 485 pages) : illustrations, maps
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:0511041160
9780511041167
0511046731
9780511046735
9780521791052
0521791057
9780511486692
0511486693
1280429941
9781280429941
9786610429943
6610429944
051117778X
9780511177781
0511148208
9780511148200
0511305214
9780511305214
1107129621
9781107129627
DOI:10.1017/CBO9780511486692
Language:English.
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Print version record.

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