Learning South African languages : the historical origins of standard Xhosa , and the uses to which the written form of the language was put c. 1770-1935

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dc.contributor.advisorHarries, Patricken_ZA
dc.contributor.authorMathiesen, Kim Breretonen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2014-10-01T08:06:29Z
dc.date.available2014-10-01T08:06:29Z
dc.date.issued2000en_ZA
dc.descriptionBibliography: leaves 210-220.en_ZA
dc.description.abstractThis dissertation centres on the social history of the Xhosa language as it became codified into writing during the nineteenth century. My particular is interest is in why efforts were made to learn written Xhosa, and how the written form of the languages was used variously by travel writers, missionaries, converts, interpreters, indigenous speakers, the educated African elite, and professional philologists between the late eighteenth and early twentieth centuries. The outcome of the uses to which the language was put was the construction of a standard form of the language.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationMathiesen, K. B. (2000). <i>Learning South African languages : the historical origins of standard Xhosa , and the uses to which the written form of the language was put c. 1770-1935</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of Historical Studies. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/7856en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationMathiesen, Kim Brereton. <i>"Learning South African languages : the historical origins of standard Xhosa , and the uses to which the written form of the language was put c. 1770-1935."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of Historical Studies, 2000. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/7856en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationMathiesen, K. 2000. Learning South African languages : the historical origins of standard Xhosa , and the uses to which the written form of the language was put c. 1770-1935. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Mathiesen, Kim Brereton AB - This dissertation centres on the social history of the Xhosa language as it became codified into writing during the nineteenth century. My particular is interest is in why efforts were made to learn written Xhosa, and how the written form of the languages was used variously by travel writers, missionaries, converts, interpreters, indigenous speakers, the educated African elite, and professional philologists between the late eighteenth and early twentieth centuries. The outcome of the uses to which the language was put was the construction of a standard form of the language. DA - 2000 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2000 T1 - Learning South African languages : the historical origins of standard Xhosa , and the uses to which the written form of the language was put c. 1770-1935 TI - Learning South African languages : the historical origins of standard Xhosa , and the uses to which the written form of the language was put c. 1770-1935 UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/7856 ER - en_ZA
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dc.identifier.vancouvercitationMathiesen KB. Learning South African languages : the historical origins of standard Xhosa , and the uses to which the written form of the language was put c. 1770-1935. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of Historical Studies, 2000 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/7856en_ZA
dc.language.isoengen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Historical Studiesen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Humanitiesen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.subject.otherXhosa languageen_ZA
dc.titleLearning South African languages : the historical origins of standard Xhosa , and the uses to which the written form of the language was put c. 1770-1935en_ZA
dc.typeMaster Thesis
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