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A dictionary of South African Indian English (Hardcover)
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A dictionary of South African Indian English (Hardcover)
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South African Indian English (or SAIE) is one of the better-known
varieties of English in the Linguistics literature. It arose out of
a language shift that occurred when Indians were denied full access
to the norms of standard English, partly because of the colonial
and especially apartheid influences in South African society and
education in the late 19th century. Language shift means that
speakers no longer command their original languages, even though
they often express positive sentiments towards them, especially in
cultural and religious spheres. In South Africa, SAIE is an
important dialect, especially in KwaZulu-Natal, whose speakers
themselves played an important part in the subsequent propagation
of English - as teachers, employers, creative writers. SAIE is
increasingly found in plays and novels and its potential is
recognised by the advertising industry in South Africa. Where would
South African cuisine be without roti, biryani, dhania and bunny
chow? And where would South African slang be without SAIE terms
like larney, lucker (so pronounced) and charras (or chaar ous)? In
1992 the author published a lexicon of SAIE, based on a lifetime's
personal observations as well as hundreds of hours of dialect
interviews and close word-for-word transcription that is the
hallmark of sociolinguistic study. Twenty years on he has collected
more items and new words that have come into being and has expanded
the original work to take on terms from literary sources as well.
This will add around 400 to the 1400 items of the original edition.
2010 was an important date in South African history, as it marked
the 150th anniversary of the arrival of the Truro, the first ship
to bring Indians into Durban in 1860. A Dictionary of South African
Indian English is a fitting tribute to this aspect of South African
culture and to the sociolinguistic literature.
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