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Linguistics
Socio-cultural change in two prestigious secondary schools in South Africa : a sociophonetic study of black and white females
Abstract
dc:description.abstractThe aim of this study is to investigate socio-cultural change in two prestigious school environments. It considers how female isiXhosa mother tongue speakers, who attend prestigious English schools, are undergoing changes in identity, which are mirrored in the accent of the prestigious variety of English they speak.
Degree
thesis:*- Grantor dc:publisher.institution
- Linguistics
- Year dc:date.issued
- 2011
Author and committee
dc:creator, dc:contributor.*- Author dc:creator
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- Wilmot, Kirstin
- Advisor dc:contributor.advisor
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- Mesthrie, Rajend
Rights
- Language dc:language.iso
- eng
Identifiers
dc:identifier.*- Handle dc:identifier.uri
- http://hdl.handle.net/11427/11443
- OAI identifier oai:identifier
- oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/11443