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In:Focus on South Africa
Edited by Vivian de Klerk
[Varieties of English Around the World G15] 1996
► pp. 5–6

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Published online: 23 February 1996

https://doi.org/10.1075/veaw.g15.toc

Table of contents

Introduction7

Vivian de Klerk

I. An Historical Perspective

A History of English in South Africa19

English in South African Society: A Preliminary Overview35

William Branford

II. Pan-ethnic Varieties

Black English in South Africa53

Language Contact, Transmission, Shift: South African Indian English79

Rajend Mesthrie

Afrikaans English99

Susan Watermeyer

III. The Problem of Standardisation

The Standardisation Question in Black South African English149

Laurence Wright

English, the Constitution and South Africa’s Language Future163

Peter Titlestad

English and Language Planning for South Africa: the Flip Side175

Lexicography for South African English191

IV. Issues in Education and Society

Issues in English Language Teaching in Primary Schools211

Language Attitudes and their Implications for the Teaching of English in the Eastern Cape231

Vivian de Klerk

Preparing Student Teachers to Teach English First and Second Language251

Hennie van der Mescht

English in Interpersonal Interaction in South Africa269

V. The Northern Neighbours

English in Swaziland: Form and Function285

Nkonko M. Kamwangamalu

Teresa Chisanga

English in Zimbabwe, Zambia and Malawi301

Josef J. Schmied

Index322

List of contributors326