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A Comprehensive Guide to Language and Society in South Africa

This is a comprehensive and wide-ranging guide to language and society in South Africa, written by a team of leading researchers. The book surveys the most important language groupings in the region, including pre-colonial and colonial history, contact between different language varieties, and language and public policy issues associated with the transition to a post-apartheid society.

Key Features

• Comprehensive coverage of language groupings in South Africa
• Pre-colonial and colonial history
• Contact between different language varieties
• Language and public policy issues
• History of indigenous languages
• Impact of European languages on indigenous languages

The book is ideal for students and researchers in language and linguistics, sociology, anthropology, and social history. It provides a treasure trove of data and examples for linguistic and sociolinguistic study.

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