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Chapter 24 - South African English Dictionaries: From Colonial to Post-Colonial

from Part III - Dictionaries of English and Related Varieties

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 September 2020

By
Jill Wolvaardt
Edited by
Sarah Ogilvie
Sarah Ogilvie
Affiliation:
University of Oxford
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"English occupies a paradoxical position in multilingual South Africa. It is the language of government, the judiciary, business, and academia, and is often portrayed as a lingua franca that enables communication across South Africa’s varied cultures. This chapter provides an overview of the position of the English language in relation to multilingualism in South Africa; early dictionary development in South Africa; and the research and development of the Dictionary of South African English on Historical Principles. It concludes with a brief indication of the future directions of this dictionary.

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historical/diachronic dictionarySouth African Englishofficial languagesonline dictionaryearly dictionariesdictionary unit
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The Cambridge Companion to English Dictionaries , pp. 288 - 297
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2020

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