Ian Bekker
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 746790 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | Ian Bekker |
| NOMBRES | Ian |
| APELLIDO | Bekker |
| FIRMA | BEKKER I |
| AFILIACIONES | North-West University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-7602-2642 |
| VERIFICADO | Sí |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 12 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 12 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 12 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 1999 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2025 |
| ÍNDICE H | 2 |
Implicit language attitudes among young, white, L1-Afrikaans speakers towards two South African Englishes
This paper reports on an Implicit Association Test (IAT)-based investigation of the language-attitudes of the white (Afrikaans and English) speech-communities of South Africa, with a focus on young, L1-Afrikaans speakers. Drawing from an extensive literature review, two hypotheses were formulated: (1) participants would exhibit out-group bias towards Standard South African English over Afrikaans-accented English; (2) contextually relevant socio-d…
Literary reflections of early postcolonial English in South Africa
According to Schneider's (2003, 2007) dynamic model of the evolution of postcolonial Englishes, the phase of endonormative stabilization is ‘reflected in the emergence of a new and vigorous cultural phenomenon, viz. literary creativity in English, rooted in the new culture and adopting elements of the new language variety’ (Schneider, 2007: 50). In the South African context, endonormative stabilization is dated as beginning with the advent of non…
Parodies of whiteness
The dramatic reconfiguration of the social, political, and ideological order in South Africa since 1990/1994 has demanded a concomitant reconceptualization of (white) Afrikaner notions of self and belonging in the (new) nation. In this article, we draw on recent developments in the study of varidirectional voicing (polyphony), performance, and mediatization to examine how the South African rap-rave group Die Antwoord makes use of parody and metap…
(Dis)Continuities in Bond
Two distinctly Bakhtinian elements are relevant to understanding both continuities and discontinuities across the various James Bond films. Firstly, Bakhtin’s so-called “adventure-time” chronotope has been explicitly linked, in film criticism, to the 007 movie-series, particularly in relation to the lack of character development in these movies. This article analyses how the latest cycle of Daniel Craig 007 movies show, on the contrary, clear ele…
Kairos and Carnival
The term kairos has been used to mean, alternatively, right timing or proportion in Ancient Greek rhetoric, by Jesus to refer to the Christian eschaton and by Paul Tillich and modern liberation theologians to refer to the breakthrough of the divine into human history. Kairos, unlike chronos, is an intrinsically qualitative time and implies a consciousness of the present as well as the need for responsive action. This emphasis on action provides t…
The embedded indexical value of /s/-fronting in Afrikaans and South African English
This paper examines the indexical value of /s/-fronting in White Afrikaans and in White South African English (WSAfE). Prior research on this feature has shown that fronted articulations of /s/ in WSAfE serve as a regional and social indicator of the wealthy northern suburbs of Johannesburg, and anecdotal evidence suggests that the feature carries a similar meaning in White Afrikaans. This study therefore aims to examine whether the variable carr…
‘To err is human
While neorhoticity in acrolectal black South African English has been investigated and confirmed by Hartmann and Zerbian (2009), and while a few commentators (including Bailey 1984, Da Silva 2008 and Bekker 2009) have briefly mentioned the possibility of a re-emergence of rhoticity in white South African English (SAfE), the phenomenon has not been investigated closely. The research reported on in this article is the first attempt to do so, focusi…
The Formation of South African English
Of all the major colonial varieties of English, South African English (SAfE) is arguably the most under-studied. Its linguistic history is also one of the most complex, South Africa having been the site of a series of immigration events involving English-speakers from a vast array of regional and social backgrounds. On top of this the English spoken by native speakers of other languages also, conceivably, had a role to play in this dialect's form…
South African English as a late 19th-century extraterritorial variety
This article argues that the external history of South African English (SAfE) points towards the merits of conceptualizing SAfE as the product of a three-stage koinéization process, the last stage of which takes place contemporaneously with the establishment of Johannesburg. This is at odds with the standard position, which views SAfE as an early-to-mid 19th-century variety with its characteristic features having been fixed during the earlier col…
Fronted /s/ in General White South African English1
General White South African English (WSAE) is distinguishable from other accents of WSAE by a number of Lanham and MacDonald's (1979, 41–51) so-called ‘Natal variables’ (e.g. a fronted and glide-weakened /aI/) and other prestige values such as lowered and retracted /æ/ (Bekker and Eley 2007). Advanced values for these variables have been found to be particularly prevalent among young females from the Johannesburg area (Lanham and Macdonald 1978, …
Using historical data to explain language attitudes
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The History of the Language Question in South Africa and Language Attitudes at Unisa
This article examines the language question in South Africa, from pre-colonial times to the present. Most of the information presented is derived from research-in-progress at the University of South Africa (UNISA). The aim of the research is the development of an instrument to measure the attitudes of L1-African language UNISA students towards UNISA's new language policy. In order to fully understand these attitudes it is necessary to have a full…
The embedded indexical value of /s/-fronting in Afrikaans and South African English
This paper examines the indexical value of /s/-fronting in White Afrikaans and in White South African English (WSAfE). Prior research on this feature has shown that fronted articulations of /s/ in WSAfE serve as a regional and social indicator of the wealthy northern suburbs of Johannesburg, and anecdotal evidence suggests that the feature carries a similar meaning in White Afrikaans. This study therefore aims to examine whether the variable carr…
Parodies of whiteness
The dramatic reconfiguration of the social, political, and ideological order in South Africa since 1990/1994 has demanded a concomitant reconceptualization of (white) Afrikaner notions of self and belonging in the (new) nation. In this article, we draw on recent developments in the study of varidirectional voicing (polyphony), performance, and mediatization to examine how the South African rap-rave group Die Antwoord makes use of parody and metap…
Kairos and Carnival
The term kairos has been used to mean, alternatively, right timing or proportion in Ancient Greek rhetoric, by Jesus to refer to the Christian eschaton and by Paul Tillich and modern liberation theologians to refer to the breakthrough of the divine into human history. Kairos, unlike chronos, is an intrinsically qualitative time and implies a consciousness of the present as well as the need for responsive action. This emphasis on action provides t…
South African English as a late 19th-century extraterritorial variety
This article argues that the external history of South African English (SAfE) points towards the merits of conceptualizing SAfE as the product of a three-stage koinéization process, the last stage of which takes place contemporaneously with the establishment of Johannesburg. This is at odds with the standard position, which views SAfE as an early-to-mid 19th-century variety with its characteristic features having been fixed during the earlier col…
The History of the Language Question in South Africa and Language Attitudes at Unisa
This article examines the language question in South Africa, from pre-colonial times to the present. Most of the information presented is derived from research-in-progress at the University of South Africa (UNISA). The aim of the research is the development of an instrument to measure the attitudes of L1-African language UNISA students towards UNISA's new language policy. In order to fully understand these attitudes it is necessary to have a full…
Using historical data to explain language attitudes
Preview this article: Using historical data to explain language attitudes: A South African case study, Page 1 of 1 /docserver/preview/fulltext/aila.16.07bek-1.gif
Fronted /s/ in General White South African English1
General White South African English (WSAE) is distinguishable from other accents of WSAE by a number of Lanham and MacDonald's (1979, 41–51) so-called ‘Natal variables’ (e.g. a fronted and glide-weakened /aI/) and other prestige values such as lowered and retracted /æ/ (Bekker and Eley 2007). Advanced values for these variables have been found to be particularly prevalent among young females from the Johannesburg area (Lanham and Macdonald 1978, …
South African English as a late 19th-century extraterritorial variety
This article argues that the external history of South African English (SAfE) points towards the merits of conceptualizing SAfE as the product of a three-stage koinéization process, the last stage of which takes place contemporaneously with the establishment of Johannesburg. This is at odds with the standard position, which views SAfE as an early-to-mid 19th-century variety with its characteristic features having been fixed during the earlier col…
The Formation of South African English
Of all the major colonial varieties of English, South African English (SAfE) is arguably the most under-studied. Its linguistic history is also one of the most complex, South Africa having been the site of a series of immigration events involving English-speakers from a vast array of regional and social backgrounds. On top of this the English spoken by native speakers of other languages also, conceivably, had a role to play in this dialect's form…
‘To err is human
While neorhoticity in acrolectal black South African English has been investigated and confirmed by Hartmann and Zerbian (2009), and while a few commentators (including Bailey 1984, Da Silva 2008 and Bekker 2009) have briefly mentioned the possibility of a re-emergence of rhoticity in white South African English (SAfE), the phenomenon has not been investigated closely. The research reported on in this article is the first attempt to do so, focusi…
The embedded indexical value of /s/-fronting in Afrikaans and South African English
This paper examines the indexical value of /s/-fronting in White Afrikaans and in White South African English (WSAfE). Prior research on this feature has shown that fronted articulations of /s/ in WSAfE serve as a regional and social indicator of the wealthy northern suburbs of Johannesburg, and anecdotal evidence suggests that the feature carries a similar meaning in White Afrikaans. This study therefore aims to examine whether the variable carr…
(Dis)Continuities in Bond
Two distinctly Bakhtinian elements are relevant to understanding both continuities and discontinuities across the various James Bond films. Firstly, Bakhtin’s so-called “adventure-time” chronotope has been explicitly linked, in film criticism, to the 007 movie-series, particularly in relation to the lack of character development in these movies. This article analyses how the latest cycle of Daniel Craig 007 movies show, on the contrary, clear ele…
Kairos and Carnival
The term kairos has been used to mean, alternatively, right timing or proportion in Ancient Greek rhetoric, by Jesus to refer to the Christian eschaton and by Paul Tillich and modern liberation theologians to refer to the breakthrough of the divine into human history. Kairos, unlike chronos, is an intrinsically qualitative time and implies a consciousness of the present as well as the need for responsive action. This emphasis on action provides t…
Literary reflections of early postcolonial English in South Africa
According to Schneider's (2003, 2007) dynamic model of the evolution of postcolonial Englishes, the phase of endonormative stabilization is ‘reflected in the emergence of a new and vigorous cultural phenomenon, viz. literary creativity in English, rooted in the new culture and adopting elements of the new language variety’ (Schneider, 2007: 50). In the South African context, endonormative stabilization is dated as beginning with the advent of non…
Parodies of whiteness
The dramatic reconfiguration of the social, political, and ideological order in South Africa since 1990/1994 has demanded a concomitant reconceptualization of (white) Afrikaner notions of self and belonging in the (new) nation. In this article, we draw on recent developments in the study of varidirectional voicing (polyphony), performance, and mediatization to examine how the South African rap-rave group Die Antwoord makes use of parody and metap…
Implicit language attitudes among young, white, L1-Afrikaans speakers towards two South African Englishes
This paper reports on an Implicit Association Test (IAT)-based investigation of the language-attitudes of the white (Afrikaans and English) speech-communities of South Africa, with a focus on young, L1-Afrikaans speakers. Drawing from an extensive literature review, two hypotheses were formulated: (1) participants would exhibit out-group bias towards Standard South African English over Afrikaans-accented English; (2) contextually relevant socio-d…
Linguistics (10 obras) · Philosophy (10 obras) · Sociology (10 obras) · History (7 obras) · Multilingual Education and Policy (7 obras) · Linguistic Variation and Morphology (6 obras) · Linguistics, Language Diversity, and Identity (5 obras) · Computer Science (4 obras) · Epistemology (4 obras) · Psychology (4 obras)