Frederic Zähres
List of John Benjamins publications in which Frederic Zähres is involved.
Journal
ISSN 0172-8865 | E‑ISSN 1569‑9730
Articles
2021 Chapter 6. The phonetics of Namibian English: Investigating vowels as local features in a global context The Dynamics of English in Namibia: Perspectives on an emerging variety, Schröder, Anne (ed.), pp. 111–134 | Chapter
Namibian English (NamE) is frequently referred to as an offspring of (White) South African English (SAfrE), although more recently researchers have tried to describe it as a variety in its own right. In particular, Kautzsch and Schröder (2016) describe several phonetic features seemingly… read more
2021 Chapter 7. Broadcasting your variety: Namibian English(es) on YouTube The Dynamics of English in Namibia: Perspectives on an emerging variety, Schröder, Anne (ed.), pp. 135–168 | Chapter
This chapter investigates the viability of YouTube data for the World Englishes research context by introducing a Namibian YouTuber community and presenting challenges and opportunities of this mostly uncharted medium. An acoustic phonetic case study of Namibian English is conducted with a small… read more
2020 Ethnic variation in the phonology of Namibian English: A first approach to Baster English English World-Wide 41:2, pp. 193–224 | Article
Studies on the pronunciation of Namibian English (NamE) have shown strong evidence for ethnically conditioned variation within the NamE vowel system. Thus, NamE should not be seen as a monolithic entity but rather as a group of ethnically and/or socially conditioned varieties. In this paper, we… read more