Toward a lexicon of South African Indian English

Datos Bibliográficos

ID2268434
AutoresRajend Mesthrie (0000-0001-6338-6076, University of Cape Town, autor de correspondencia)
Año1988
Volumen7
Número1
Páginas5-14
Fecha de publicación1988-03-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaWorld Englishes (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0883-2919 • E-ISSN: 1467-971X
EditorialWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/j.1467-971x.1988.tb00210.x
OpenAlexW2034431126
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas4
Referencias citadas2

The aim of this paper is two-fold. Firstly, it reports on the lexical characteristics of a hitherto little studied 'New English' variety-South African Indian English. It points to lexical affinities with, and divergences from, other varieties of English in South Africa, at least one of which has been well studied in terms of its lexis. It also focuses on lexical similarities between English in India and the South African dialect under scrutiny. Preliminary comparisons with pidgins and creoles world-wide as well as with other expatriate Indian Englishes are offered. Secondly, the study suggests some useful ways in which a lexicographer of a New English variety that has arisen out of a process of language shift might proceed, especially in situations involving several 'ancestral' languages, and consequently several sublects varying according to domain, speaker background, formality etc

English-based creole languages · Formality · Indian English · Language education · Lexical item · Lexicon · Lexis · Linguistics · Modern language · Sociology · Varieties of English · Variety (cybernetics · World Englishes · Computer Science · History · Lexicography and Language Studies · Linguistic Variation and Morphology · Linguistics, Language Diversity, and Identity · Philosophy · Artificial Intelligence