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ISBN: 9780521791052Cambridge University Press,18 November 2002Hardcover, 504 pagesThis is a comprehensive and wide-ranging guide to language and society in South Africa. The book surveys the most important language groupings in the region in terms of pre-colonial and colonial history; contact between the different language varieties (leading to language loss, pidginization, creolization and new mixed varieties). It examines language and public policy issues associated with the transition to a post-apartheid society and its eleven official languages. All the chapters are informed by the importance of socio-political history in understanding questions of language.Editorial ReviewsReview "[A] very handsome book, beautifully edited, carefully proofread, and produced on thick paper in elegant fonts." Christina Bratt Paulston, University of Pittsburgh, Language in SocietyBook Description This is a comprehensive and wide-ranging 2002 guide to language and society in South Africa.About the Author Rajend Mesthrie is Professor of Linguistics at the University of South Africa. He has researched and published extensively on a range of contact phenomena in South Africa. ISBN 0521791057 9780521791052 [ZA]
Cambridge University Press 2002 Hardcover Very Good in Very Good jacket Text is unmarked; pages are bright. Binding is tight and square. Dust jacket shows a little light edgewear. 485pp.
ISBN10: 0521791057, ISBN13: 9780521791052, [publisher: Cambridge University Press] Hardcover Text is unmarked; pages are bright. Binding is tight and square. Dust jacket shows a little light edgewear. 485pp. [Hadley, MA, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 2002]
Cambridge University Press, Date: 2002. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. Dust jacket in good condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,1100grams, ISBN:9780521791052 2002. Cambridge University Press ISBN 0521791057 9780521791052 [GB]
Cambridge University Press 2002 Hard cover This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside. This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. Dust jacket in good condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item, 1100grams, ISBN: 9780521791052.
Hardback. New. A wide-ranging 2002 guide to language and society in South Africa. The book surveys the most important language groupings in the region in terms of wider socio-historical processes; contact between the different language varieties; language and public policy issues associated with post-apartheid society and its eleven official languages. ISBN 0521791057 9780521791052 [GB]
ISBN10: 0521791057, ISBN13: 9780521791052, [publisher: Cambridge University Press] Hardcover First Edition Special order direct from the distributor [Victoria, BC, Canada] [Publication Year: 2003]
ISBN10: 0521791057, ISBN13: 9780521791052, [publisher: Cambridge University Press] Hardcover Druck auf Anfrage Neuware - Printed after ordering - This is a comprehensive and wide-ranging 2002 guide to language and society in South Africa. [Einbeck, Germany] [Publication Year: 2002]
ISBN10: 0521791057, ISBN13: 9780521791052, [publisher: Cambridge University Press] Hardcover Druck auf Anfrage Neuware - Printed after ordering - This is a comprehensive and wide-ranging 2002 guide to language and society in South Africa. [Einbeck, Germany] [Publication Year: 2002]
ISBN10: 0521791057, ISBN13: 9780521791052, [publisher: Cambridge University Press] Hardcover Like New [liverpool, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 2003]
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