Interethnic relations and language variation : language use and identity negotiation among Namibian Coloureds and Whites in interactional settings

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dc.contributor.author Stell, Gerald
dc.contributor.author Beyer, Herman L.
dc.date.accessioned 2017-01-18T08:27:26Z
dc.date.available 2017-01-18T08:27:26Z
dc.date.issued 2012
dc.description.abstract In this paper we present a case study of interethnic relations through language variation involving two population groups supposedly belonging to one single speech community, namely the White and Coloured Afrikaans speakers of Namibia. The specific question that we wish to tackle in reference to that community is the extent to which Coloured and White identities are differentiable via linguistic means and how those identities are negotiated in intergroup settings where Coloured and White Afrikaans speakers are in mutual contact. The methodology used to answer this question is largely based on Communication Accommodation Theory (CAT), which entails the characterization of intergroup language variation in terms of convergence, divergence and maintenance, as well as the characterization of speakers’ group identities in terms of ‘subordinate’ and ‘superordinate’ identities. en_ZA
dc.description.department Afrikaans en_ZA
dc.description.librarian hb2017 en_ZA
dc.description.uri http://spil.journals.ac.za en_ZA
dc.identifier.citation Stell, G & Beyer, HL 2012, 'Interethnic relations and language variation : language use and identity negotiation among Namibian Coloureds and Whites in interactional settings', Stellenbosch Papers in Linguistics, vol. 41, pp. 115-139. en_ZA
dc.identifier.issn 1027-3417 (print)
dc.identifier.issn 2223-9936 (online)
dc.identifier.other 10.5774/41-0-42
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/2263/58548
dc.language.iso en en_ZA
dc.publisher Stellenbosch University, Library and Information Service en_ZA
dc.rights This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License. en_ZA
dc.subject Afrikaans en_ZA
dc.subject Code-switching en_ZA
dc.subject Identity en_ZA
dc.subject Namibia en_ZA
dc.subject Interethnic relations en_ZA
dc.subject Language variation en_ZA
dc.subject Speech community en_ZA
dc.subject White Afrikaans speakers en_ZA
dc.subject Coloured Afrikaans speakers en_ZA
dc.title Interethnic relations and language variation : language use and identity negotiation among Namibian Coloureds and Whites in interactional settings en_ZA
dc.type Article en_ZA


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