Preface

Chapters in this book

1. Prelim pages 1
2. Preface 3
3. Table of contents 7
4. Abbreviations 8
5. Introduction and Background: The English language in South Africa 9
6. First observations on the standard in South African English 19
7. The speech community 21
8. The Linguistic variable, data-gathering techniques 32
9. Lectal varieties in SAE 34
10. Properties of a standard variable 51
11. Formal and informal standards 64
12. The social history of the SAE community 71
13. The provincial (informal) standard in SAE 80
14. The social significance of the provincial standard 88
15. Postscript: A comparison with Australia 90
16. References 93