Style, structure and function in Cape Town Tsotsitaal

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dc.contributor.advisorMesthrie, Rajenden_ZA
dc.contributor.authorHurst, Ellenen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2015-01-02T08:58:41Z
dc.date.available2015-01-02T08:58:41Z
dc.date.issued2008en_ZA
dc.descriptionIncludes bibliographical references (leaves 214-223).en_ZA
dc.description.abstractThe thesis applies a social constructionist framework and Foucauldian Discourse Analysis to demonstrate that while Tsotsitaal was perceived by many respondents as a language of gangsters and criminals, evidence suggests that it is actually part of an ongoing identity construction for young, black, primarily male urban township residents in South Africa, which is performed through a subcultural style. By applying Myers-Scotton's Matrix Language Frame model to questionnaire and interview data collected in two Cape Town townships, Gugulethu and Khayelitsha, the thesis identifies the syntactic framework of Cape Town Tsotsitaal as Xhosa.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationHurst, E. (2008). <i>Style, structure and function in Cape Town Tsotsitaal</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Linguistics. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/10934en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationHurst, Ellen. <i>"Style, structure and function in Cape Town Tsotsitaal."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Linguistics, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/10934en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationHurst, E. 2008. Style, structure and function in Cape Town Tsotsitaal. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Hurst, Ellen AB - The thesis applies a social constructionist framework and Foucauldian Discourse Analysis to demonstrate that while Tsotsitaal was perceived by many respondents as a language of gangsters and criminals, evidence suggests that it is actually part of an ongoing identity construction for young, black, primarily male urban township residents in South Africa, which is performed through a subcultural style. By applying Myers-Scotton's Matrix Language Frame model to questionnaire and interview data collected in two Cape Town townships, Gugulethu and Khayelitsha, the thesis identifies the syntactic framework of Cape Town Tsotsitaal as Xhosa. DA - 2008 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2008 T1 - Style, structure and function in Cape Town Tsotsitaal TI - Style, structure and function in Cape Town Tsotsitaal UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/10934 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/10934
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationHurst E. Style, structure and function in Cape Town Tsotsitaal. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Linguistics, 2008 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/10934en_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.titleStyle, structure and function in Cape Town Tsotsitaalen_ZA
dc.typeDoctoral Thesis
dc.type.qualificationlevelDoctoral
dc.type.qualificationnamePhDen_ZA
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