Lingua Franca English of South Africa
Lingua Franca English of South Africa
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南非通用语英语
DOI:
10.1016/j.sbspro.2015.11.689
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2015
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Irina Khokhlova
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作者:
Irina Khokhlova
The process of globalization in modern world has affected all spheres of our life – politics, economy and culture. To realize these processes people should have a common means of communication – a lingua franca. The English language has become this lingua franca, as about 1,5 billion people speak English today. The study of English regional and social dialectology in post-apartheid South Africa if of special interest due to changing language norms in a desegregating society. The prime focus nowadays should be on new words appearance in South African English. This article deals with the problem of the English language africanization, regarding the position of English in South Africa and other languages impact on South African English development, Dutch, Afrikaans and especially native African languages.