The Standard in South African English and its Social History
Len W. Lanham and C.A. MacDonald
This study of the South African variety of English is an exercise in the sociology of language conducted mainly within the conceptual framework and methodology created by William Labov. It accepts that social process and social structure are reflected in patterns of covariation involving linguistic… read more[Varieties of English Around the World, G1] 1979. 96 pp.
