Kay Mccormick
Biographic Data
| ID | 3780550 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Kay Mccormick |
| GIVEN NAMES | Kay |
| FAMILY NAME | Mccormick |
| SIGNATURE | MCCORMICK K |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Cape Town |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 8 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 8 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1996 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2010 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Language in the Material World
This article examines signage as a site for the negotiation of meaning between the potential intentionality of the creator and the potential readings of the target audience. Data is drawn from 2 major sources: sociologically and economically differentiated geosemiotic landscapes of Delhi and the advertisements of a large, well-known Indian company. The latter signage is multi-site and carefully designed, with massive investments; the former is cr…
Forms and functions of English in multilingual signage
Research on language contact phenomena (language switching and mixing, borrowing) shows that in a multilingual setting people's choice of language(s) is governed not simply by the need to be understood. Other factors play a role. These include various forms of positioning: the language, dialect, accent a speaker chooses for an interaction consciously or unconsciously displays particular aspects of his or her actual or aspired identity. These aspe…
Narrative inequality in the TRC hearings
South Africa’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission victim hearings were a highly unusual discourse event in which previously silenced and powerless people were offered a prestigious public forum and speech format to tell about their experiences of human rights violations. However, despite the equal access offered to victims for the telling of their stories, pre-existing inequalities persisted and were reflected in the relative ‘hearability’ of th…
Afrikaans as a lingua franca in South Africa
Afrikaans has been a lingua franca throughout its existence. Its early development took place mainly in and around Cape Town, in a situation of intensive language contact between indigenous Khoekhoe, Dutch settlers, and slaves. Since most people learned it informally, often from other non-native speakers, and since the Cape was relatively isolated from conservative linguistic influences, the language changed a great deal. Until the late nineteent…
Us and others
Anna Duszak (ed.), Us and others: Social identities across languages, discourses, cultures. Amsterdam: John Benjamins, 2003. Pp 517. Hb $162. This interesting volume, edited and introduced by Anna Duszak, offers a range of perspectives on the construction of identity, particularly the formation and roles of contrasting reference groups, the "us and others" of the title. Disciplines in which the contributing studies are based include social anthro…
Language in Cape Town's District Six
1. Introduction 2. A history of language contact in the Cape Town area 3. Perceptions of District Six: the place and its people 4. Field work in the focal neighbourhood 5. The Chapel Street neighbourhood and its codes 6. Code choices in the family, the neighbourhood, the workplace 7. Language in the schools 8. Bilingual dialogue 9. Conclusion
Selves and others in practice
English in South Africa 1940–1996
Narrative inequality in the TRC hearings
South Africa’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission victim hearings were a highly unusual discourse event in which previously silenced and powerless people were offered a prestigious public forum and speech format to tell about their experiences of human rights violations. However, despite the equal access offered to victims for the telling of their stories, pre-existing inequalities persisted and were reflected in the relative ‘hearability’ of th…
English in South Africa 1940–1996
Selves and others in practice
Language in Cape Town's District Six
1. Introduction 2. A history of language contact in the Cape Town area 3. Perceptions of District Six: the place and its people 4. Field work in the focal neighbourhood 5. The Chapel Street neighbourhood and its codes 6. Code choices in the family, the neighbourhood, the workplace 7. Language in the schools 8. Bilingual dialogue 9. Conclusion
Us and others
Anna Duszak (ed.), Us and others: Social identities across languages, discourses, cultures. Amsterdam: John Benjamins, 2003. Pp 517. Hb $162. This interesting volume, edited and introduced by Anna Duszak, offers a range of perspectives on the construction of identity, particularly the formation and roles of contrasting reference groups, the "us and others" of the title. Disciplines in which the contributing studies are based include social anthro…
Narrative inequality in the TRC hearings
South Africa’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission victim hearings were a highly unusual discourse event in which previously silenced and powerless people were offered a prestigious public forum and speech format to tell about their experiences of human rights violations. However, despite the equal access offered to victims for the telling of their stories, pre-existing inequalities persisted and were reflected in the relative ‘hearability’ of th…
Afrikaans as a lingua franca in South Africa
Afrikaans has been a lingua franca throughout its existence. Its early development took place mainly in and around Cape Town, in a situation of intensive language contact between indigenous Khoekhoe, Dutch settlers, and slaves. Since most people learned it informally, often from other non-native speakers, and since the Cape was relatively isolated from conservative linguistic influences, the language changed a great deal. Until the late nineteent…
Forms and functions of English in multilingual signage
Research on language contact phenomena (language switching and mixing, borrowing) shows that in a multilingual setting people's choice of language(s) is governed not simply by the need to be understood. Other factors play a role. These include various forms of positioning: the language, dialect, accent a speaker chooses for an interaction consciously or unconsciously displays particular aspects of his or her actual or aspired identity. These aspe…
Language in the Material World
This article examines signage as a site for the negotiation of meaning between the potential intentionality of the creator and the potential readings of the target audience. Data is drawn from 2 major sources: sociologically and economically differentiated geosemiotic landscapes of Delhi and the advertisements of a large, well-known Indian company. The latter signage is multi-site and carefully designed, with massive investments; the former is cr…
Linguistics (5 works) · Multilingual Education and Policy (5 works) · Sociology (5 works) · History (3 works) · Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies (3 works) · Linguistics, Language Diversity, and Identity (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Psychology (3 works) · Art (2 works) · Gender Studies (2 works)