Language maintenance and shift among the Rehoboth Basters of Namibia ca. 1868-2008

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dc.contributor.advisorMesthrie, Rajenden_ZA
dc.contributor.authorLouw, Anna Magdalenaen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2015-01-07T13:32:31Z
dc.date.available2015-01-07T13:32:31Z
dc.date.issued2010en_ZA
dc.descriptionIncludes bibliographical references (p. 253-276).en_ZA
dc.description.abstractThe main theme of the thesis is language endangerment, which represents a subfield of enquiry in sociolinguistics. The language under investigation is Afrikaans in its setting in Rehoboth, Namibia. Afrikaans was maintained as mother tongue and has been the dominant language as well as lingua franca in Rehoboth for some hundred years but could be losing these positions to English because of function and status loss and changes in the demographic mix of the area after Namibia's Independence in 1990. The Afrikaans-speaking Rehoboth Basters were initially the primary research subjects but it soon transpired that the Afrikaans-speaking Coloureds of the town need focused attention too because their language behaviour is as vital to the future of Afrikaans in the area.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationLouw, A. M. (2010). <i>Language maintenance and shift among the Rehoboth Basters of Namibia ca. 1868-2008</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Linguistics. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/11690en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationLouw, Anna Magdalena. <i>"Language maintenance and shift among the Rehoboth Basters of Namibia ca. 1868-2008."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Linguistics, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/11690en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationLouw, A. 2010. Language maintenance and shift among the Rehoboth Basters of Namibia ca. 1868-2008. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Louw, Anna Magdalena AB - The main theme of the thesis is language endangerment, which represents a subfield of enquiry in sociolinguistics. The language under investigation is Afrikaans in its setting in Rehoboth, Namibia. Afrikaans was maintained as mother tongue and has been the dominant language as well as lingua franca in Rehoboth for some hundred years but could be losing these positions to English because of function and status loss and changes in the demographic mix of the area after Namibia's Independence in 1990. The Afrikaans-speaking Rehoboth Basters were initially the primary research subjects but it soon transpired that the Afrikaans-speaking Coloureds of the town need focused attention too because their language behaviour is as vital to the future of Afrikaans in the area. DA - 2010 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2010 T1 - Language maintenance and shift among the Rehoboth Basters of Namibia ca. 1868-2008 TI - Language maintenance and shift among the Rehoboth Basters of Namibia ca. 1868-2008 UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/11690 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/11690
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationLouw AM. Language maintenance and shift among the Rehoboth Basters of Namibia ca. 1868-2008. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Linguistics, 2010 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/11690en_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.titleLanguage maintenance and shift among the Rehoboth Basters of Namibia ca. 1868-2008en_ZA
dc.typeDoctoral Thesis
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