Children in language shift: The syntax of fifth-generation, pre-school Indian South African English speakers
| dc.contributor.author | Mesthrie, Rajend | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2016-07-27T11:51:57Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2016-07-27T11:51:57Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2003 | |
| dc.date.updated | 2015-12-22T12:49:44Z | |
| dc.description.abstract | Language shift, the process by which a second language ousts a community's first language as the everyday vernacular, almost inevitably throws up a vast array of morpho-syntactic and phonetic variety in the new vernacular. This paper seeks to ascertain what choices the first post-shift generation of child learners makes from such an array of competing forms. Data from longitudinal studies undertaken in the early to mid-1990s is presented from Indian South African English, focussing on fifth generation, monolingual, pre-school children in a natural (i.e. non-classroom) setting. The paper shows that while these children do make a selection of the morpho-syntactic variants in the elder's speech, there is no syntactic innovation. On the other hand, a surprisingly large number of former second-language features persist in post-shift speech, probably enhanced by the peculiarities of apartheid society, during which these children acquired their vernacular. | |
| dc.identifier | http://dx.doi.org/10.2989/16073610309486335 | |
| dc.identifier | 10.2989/16073610309486335 | |
| dc.identifier.apacitation | Mesthrie, R. (2003). Children in language shift: The syntax of fifth-generation, pre-school Indian South African English speakers. <i>South African Journal of Linguistics and Applied Language Studies</i>, http://hdl.handle.net/11427/20885 | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.chicagocitation | Mesthrie, Rajend "Children in language shift: The syntax of fifth-generation, pre-school Indian South African English speakers." <i>South African Journal of Linguistics and Applied Language Studies</i> (2003) http://hdl.handle.net/11427/20885 | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.citation | Mesthrie, R. (2003). Children in language shift-the syntax of fifth generation, pre-school, Indian South African English speakers. Southern African Linguistics and Applied Language Studies, 21(3), 119-126. | |
| dc.identifier.issn | 1607-3614 | |
| dc.identifier.ris | TY - Journal Article AU - Mesthrie, Rajend AB - Language shift, the process by which a second language ousts a community's first language as the everyday vernacular, almost inevitably throws up a vast array of morpho-syntactic and phonetic variety in the new vernacular. This paper seeks to ascertain what choices the first post-shift generation of child learners makes from such an array of competing forms. Data from longitudinal studies undertaken in the early to mid-1990s is presented from Indian South African English, focussing on fifth generation, monolingual, pre-school children in a natural (i.e. non-classroom) setting. The paper shows that while these children do make a selection of the morpho-syntactic variants in the elder's speech, there is no syntactic innovation. On the other hand, a surprisingly large number of former second-language features persist in post-shift speech, probably enhanced by the peculiarities of apartheid society, during which these children acquired their vernacular. DA - 2003 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town J1 - South African Journal of Linguistics and Applied Language Studies LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2003 SM - 1607-3614 T1 - Children in language shift: The syntax of fifth-generation, pre-school Indian South African English speakers TI - Children in language shift: The syntax of fifth-generation, pre-school Indian South African English speakers UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/20885 ER - | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11427/20885 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.2989/16073610309486335 | |
| dc.identifier.vancouvercitation | Mesthrie R. Children in language shift: The syntax of fifth-generation, pre-school Indian South African English speakers. South African Journal of Linguistics and Applied Language Studies. 2003; http://hdl.handle.net/11427/20885. | en_ZA |
| dc.language.iso | eng | |
| dc.publisher.department | Department of English Language and Literature | en_ZA |
| dc.publisher.faculty | Faculty of Humanities | en_ZA |
| dc.publisher.institution | University of Cape Town | |
| dc.source | South African Journal of Linguistics and Applied Language Studies | |
| dc.source.uri | http://www.tandfonline.com/loi/rall20# | |
| dc.title | Children in language shift: The syntax of fifth-generation, pre-school Indian South African English speakers | |
| dc.type | Journal Article | en_ZA |
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