Focusing and diffusion in 'Cape Flats English': a sociophonetic study of three vowels

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dc.contributor.advisorMesthrie, Rajenden_ZA
dc.contributor.authorBrown, Justinen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2015-01-11T13:27:06Z
dc.date.available2015-01-11T13:27:06Z
dc.date.issued2012en_ZA
dc.descriptionIncludes abstract.en_ZA
dc.descriptionIncludes bibliographical references.en_ZA
dc.description.abstractThis research contributes to the wider fields of sociophonetics and the social dialectology of English in South Africa. The study looks at three vowel sets; GOOSE, BATH and KIT taken from Wells (1982). The study was designed to identify and attempt to explain potential differences in pronunciation amongst speakers in an English-speaking community living in Cape Town and classified as 'Coloured' during apartheid. The community in question has used English as their first language for several generations and has enjoyed some of the economic advantages attached to this while at the same time being the victims (historically) of discrimination and marginalization. The study looks at the speech of twenty speakers. Using the methods of variationist sociolinguistics, it aims to investigate what correlations can be drawn between these speakers. It examines whether the speech of the informants can be correlated along lines of social class, education, personal background and occupation. In addition, the study looks (albeit briefly) at issues of language usage and social identity with regard to these twenty speakers.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationBrown, J. (2012). <i>Focusing and diffusion in 'Cape Flats English': a sociophonetic study of three vowels</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Linguistics. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/12078en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationBrown, Justin. <i>"Focusing and diffusion in 'Cape Flats English': a sociophonetic study of three vowels."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Linguistics, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/12078en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationBrown, J. 2012. Focusing and diffusion in 'Cape Flats English': a sociophonetic study of three vowels. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Brown, Justin AB - This research contributes to the wider fields of sociophonetics and the social dialectology of English in South Africa. The study looks at three vowel sets; GOOSE, BATH and KIT taken from Wells (1982). The study was designed to identify and attempt to explain potential differences in pronunciation amongst speakers in an English-speaking community living in Cape Town and classified as 'Coloured' during apartheid. The community in question has used English as their first language for several generations and has enjoyed some of the economic advantages attached to this while at the same time being the victims (historically) of discrimination and marginalization. The study looks at the speech of twenty speakers. Using the methods of variationist sociolinguistics, it aims to investigate what correlations can be drawn between these speakers. It examines whether the speech of the informants can be correlated along lines of social class, education, personal background and occupation. In addition, the study looks (albeit briefly) at issues of language usage and social identity with regard to these twenty speakers. DA - 2012 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2012 T1 - Focusing and diffusion in 'Cape Flats English': a sociophonetic study of three vowels TI - Focusing and diffusion in 'Cape Flats English': a sociophonetic study of three vowels UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/12078 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/12078
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationBrown J. Focusing and diffusion in 'Cape Flats English': a sociophonetic study of three vowels. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Linguistics, 2012 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/12078en_ZA
dc.language.isoengen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentLinguisticsen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Humanitiesen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.subject.otherLinguisticsen_ZA
dc.titleFocusing and diffusion in 'Cape Flats English': a sociophonetic study of three vowelsen_ZA
dc.typeMaster Thesis
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