Download or read book African English English African dictionary written by Abel Coetzee and published by . This book was released on 1966 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book Dictionary of South Africa English Historical Principles written by Penny Silva and published by . This book was released on 1996-09-01 with total page 856 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides a historical record of the development of English in a multi-lingual and multicultural society.

Download or read book A Dictionary of South African English written by Jean Branford and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 1987 with total page 488 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Containing over 5000 entries, this enlarged and revised edition provides a wealth of new and updated words borrowed from Afrikaans, Malay, township slang, Indian Khosian and Bantu languages, including words influenced by the political upheavals of recent years. Branford offers phonetic transcripts for words derived from other languages, and for most entries, he gives etymologies, grammatical usages, and helpful quotes.

Download or read book South African Concise Oxford Dictionary written by Rhodes University. Dictionary Unit for South African English and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2002 with total page 1400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A concise dictionary for speakers of English, ideal for families, students and professionals. Based on the Concise Oxford Dictionary (10th ed) and adapted for local use at the Dictionary Unit for South African English, Rhodes University, it defines over 200,000 words and phrases, and is distinguished by clear language and design. It is a guide to everyday language, specialist technical, scientific, literary and historical vocabulary, and new words. The almost 2000 items from South African English make it a resource for understanding local culture and current affairs. Features include notes on language usage, a pronunciation guide to words that commonly cause uncertainty, notes on the origins of words, and a list of South African institutions and organizations and their abbreviations.

Download or read book A Dictionary of South African Indian English written by Rajend Mesthrie and published by Juta Academic. This book was released on 2010 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: South African Indian English (SAIE) is a variety of English in the Linguistics literature. It reflects the source of Indian subcontinent languages from Indian migrants to South Africa in the late 19th century, as well as colonial and apartheid influences and those of local African languages.

Download or read book A Dictionary of South African English written by Jean Branford and published by . This book was released on 1991-01-01 with total page 361 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book A Dictionary of South African English on Historical Principles written by Rhodes University. Dictionary Unit for South African English and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 1996 with total page 864 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Dictionary of South African English is the fullest ever study of the English language in South Africa. The result of 25 years of work, this dictionary has been researched and written according to historical principles. However, as well as recording examples of South African English goingback to the sixteenth century, the dictionary also provides an insight into the dramatic political and cultural changes in South Africa's history by examining the country's ever changing language right up to the present day. Research into language has involved the contributions of hundreds ofindividual South Africans, as well as extensive research into all other forms of the written and spoken language. Diverse and informative entries include robot (a traffic light), bakkie (a small truck), bond (a mortgage), and brinjals (aubergines). The dictionary includes such areas as children'sslang, the vocabulary of soldiers, the mines, local music terms, the townships, food, and a detailed look at the complex language of apartheid. English words originating from all the country's groups are recorded, including words from Dutch/Afrikaans, the Malayo-Indonesian languages, the Indian,Khoisan, Nguni, and Sotho languages.

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Download or read book The African Heritage of American English written by Joseph E. Holloway and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The African Heritage of American English provides a detailed compilation of Africanisms, identified linguistically, from a range of sources: folklore, place names, food culture, aesthetics, religion, loan words. Presenting a comprehensive accounting of African words retained from Bantu, Joseph Holloway and Winifred Vass examine the Bantu vocabulary content of the Gullah dialect of the Sea Islands; Black names in the United States; Africanisms of Bantu origin in Black English; Bantu place names in nine southern states; and Africanisms in contemporary American English. These linguistic retentions reflect the cultural patterns of groups imported to the United States, the subsequent dispersion of these groups, and their continuing influence on the shaping of American culture.

Download or read book The South African Pocket Oxford Dictionary of Current English written by William Branford and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 1172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a revised and expanded adaptation for South Africa, of the Pocket Oxford Dictionary. Over 2000 South African words and phrases have been defined, with the avoidance of racially offensive words. It includes grammar notes explaining concord, clauses, determiners and noun phrases.

Download or read book South African Pocket Oxford Dictionary written by Catherine Soanes and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2002 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a completely revised and updated adaptation for southern Africa of the world's best-selling, most practical pocket English dictionary and now more user-friendly than ever.

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Download or read book English Ciyawo Learner s Dictionary written by D. Dicks and published by African Books Collective. This book was released on 2018-02-27 with total page 530 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The English-Ciyawo dictionary has been designed to help Yawo learners improve their English language skills for undertaking secondary school and university in the following ways: It helps a Yawo learner identify and learn the 3,000 most important and frequently used words in the English language. It gives a learner the most important meanings of each English word. It shows a learner how an English word is used in a sentence and also gives a translation of each sentence in Ciyawo to help a learner fully grasp the meaning.

Download or read book A Dictionary of Nigerian English Usage written by Herbert Igboanusi and published by Lit Verlag. This book was released on 2010 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Dictionary of Nigerian English Usage illustrates the variety of English used in Nigeria thereby allowing Nigerians and foreigners alike to recognise and learn Nigerian English and gain more in-dept understanding of the state of the variety. The entries have been selected on the basis of frequency of usage in written texts and speech and for their cultural and historical importance. The dictionary contains a detailed introduction which explains the features of Nigerian English, the history of English in Nigeria and research techniques and methodology.

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