(Chaudenson, 1992, 2001;Mufwene, 1997). This has in fact raised issues about whether or not Afrikaans as spoken by the Afrikaners is a creole.Hesseling (1897)saw it in a different light, as not a creole (in contrast with Negerhollands, produced by African slaves in the Virgin Islands)...
The case of South Africa where nine African languages are recognized as co-official languages with English and Afrikaans in the country's Constitution may be an exception. Even in countries where it seems the national language issue has been resolved, English has appeared inevitable. In Rwanda ...
This study investigates the link between language and identity in a few enclaved Afrikaans speaking communities where ascribed identities, i.e. the role of 'self' as opposed to 'the other', is particularly salient. Given the role of both 'self-identification' and the perceptions and attitudes ...
At that time, the emic represented the interior of the “natives” and that could be observed through their external manifestations, such as speech, habits, customs, etc. Thus, rethinking the emic-ethical complex, Harris reviews the anthropologic literature and recognizes that it is vast in ...
speech is reinforced by many linguists followingSaussure (1993)andBloomfield (1933)(for alternative views, seeHarris, 1995,2000;Vachek, 1989). However, scripts do not always map onto language classifications. For example, although Farsi, which is spoken in Iran, belongs to the Indo-European ...
Thus, simply using an ingroup designator (e.g., “we”) in thought or speech to refer to a person may automatically establish a positive predisposition toward that person, whereas the use of an outgroup designator (e.g., “they”) may elicit a less positive or even a negative ...