Barbara Bosch
Biographic Data
| ID | 3780604 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Barbara Bosch |
| GIVEN NAMES | Barbara |
| FAMILY NAME | Bosch |
| SIGNATURE | BOSCH B |
| AFFILIATIONS | Rhodes University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-7708-6461 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 37 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 9 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1993 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2000 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
Ethnicity markers in Afrikaans
This article examines the role of the Afrikaans language in creating an ethnic identity for the Afrikaners within a post-1994 multilingual South African context. In particular, it investigates how the Afrikaans language per se acts as a marker of Afrikanerness. Attention isfocusedon the ethnic consciousness surrounding the history and standardization of Afrikaans and the role assigned to various varieties of Afrikaans. Second, ethnicity markers i…
Nicknames as evidence of verbal playfulness
In nicknaming, we see some evidence of the ongoing enjoyment that human beings find in playing with language. The data in this study, drawn from English- and Afrikaans-speaking informants, reveal considerable enjoyment in creating new words which experiment with patterns of sounds (e.g., alliteration, assonance, rhyme and rhythm) and meaning (e.g., puns, anomaly and contrast), all of which are strong features of early nursery rhymes, and which ar…
Nicknames of English Adolescents in South Africa
This study reports on the nicknames of English-speaking adolescents in South Africa. It documents the nicknames and their origins and analyzes them in terms of the conditions under which they were coined and used. English adolescents have a very sensitive understanding of the complex and shifting set of social relationships underlying the choice and use of nicknames. Because of their optional nature and their transience as terms of address, nickn…
The sound patterns of English nicknames
Nicknames as Sex-Role Stereotypes
Naming Practices in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa
A survey of the naming practices of the three main linguistic groups of the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa (Xhosa, Afrikaans and English) showed clear differences among the groups regarding the naming of babies and the namegivers, and also provided evidence of ongoing change and cross-cultural influence among the groups. From these patterns we suggest that in a post-apartheid South Africa, which offers increasing opportunity for interactio…
Powerspeak in Rezá de Wet's “Diepe Grond”
This paper argues that in Diepe grond a linguistic analysis of the text can illustrate how specific gendered relations operating within the text are supported by the linguistic fibre of the text. In Diepe grond a tension exists between the magical creative ability and vitality of language and the restrictive traditional parameters of language which are difficult to transgress without crossing certain traditional boundaries. It is argued that by v…
Linguistic stereotypes
This study reports on an attitude survey using a matched-guise technique among Speakers ofthe three main languages ofthe Eastern Cape: English, Afrikaans, and Xhosa. We wished to investigate the extent to which Speakers in the area were using language and accent to make judgments aboutpeople, and to examine the stereotypical views regarding these languages and their Speakers. The relationship in South Africa between power, stereotypes, and langua…
English in South Africa
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Nicknames as Sex-Role Stereotypes
The sound patterns of English nicknames
Naming Practices in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa
A survey of the naming practices of the three main linguistic groups of the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa (Xhosa, Afrikaans and English) showed clear differences among the groups regarding the naming of babies and the namegivers, and also provided evidence of ongoing change and cross-cultural influence among the groups. From these patterns we suggest that in a post-apartheid South Africa, which offers increasing opportunity for interactio…
Ethnicity markers in Afrikaans
This article examines the role of the Afrikaans language in creating an ethnic identity for the Afrikaners within a post-1994 multilingual South African context. In particular, it investigates how the Afrikaans language per se acts as a marker of Afrikanerness. Attention isfocusedon the ethnic consciousness surrounding the history and standardization of Afrikaans and the role assigned to various varieties of Afrikaans. Second, ethnicity markers i…
Nicknames as evidence of verbal playfulness
In nicknaming, we see some evidence of the ongoing enjoyment that human beings find in playing with language. The data in this study, drawn from English- and Afrikaans-speaking informants, reveal considerable enjoyment in creating new words which experiment with patterns of sounds (e.g., alliteration, assonance, rhyme and rhythm) and meaning (e.g., puns, anomaly and contrast), all of which are strong features of early nursery rhymes, and which ar…
Nicknames of English Adolescents in South Africa
This study reports on the nicknames of English-speaking adolescents in South Africa. It documents the nicknames and their origins and analyzes them in terms of the conditions under which they were coined and used. English adolescents have a very sensitive understanding of the complex and shifting set of social relationships underlying the choice and use of nicknames. Because of their optional nature and their transience as terms of address, nickn…
Linguistic stereotypes
This study reports on an attitude survey using a matched-guise technique among Speakers ofthe three main languages ofthe Eastern Cape: English, Afrikaans, and Xhosa. We wished to investigate the extent to which Speakers in the area were using language and accent to make judgments aboutpeople, and to examine the stereotypical views regarding these languages and their Speakers. The relationship in South Africa between power, stereotypes, and langua…
English in South Africa
Preview this article: English in South Africa: The Eastern Cape Perspective, Page 1 of 1 /docserver/preview/fulltext/eww.14.2.03dek-1.gif
Powerspeak in Rezá de Wet's “Diepe Grond”
This paper argues that in Diepe grond a linguistic analysis of the text can illustrate how specific gendered relations operating within the text are supported by the linguistic fibre of the text. In Diepe grond a tension exists between the magical creative ability and vitality of language and the restrictive traditional parameters of language which are difficult to transgress without crossing certain traditional boundaries. It is argued that by v…
Linguistic stereotypes
This study reports on an attitude survey using a matched-guise technique among Speakers ofthe three main languages ofthe Eastern Cape: English, Afrikaans, and Xhosa. We wished to investigate the extent to which Speakers in the area were using language and accent to make judgments aboutpeople, and to examine the stereotypical views regarding these languages and their Speakers. The relationship in South Africa between power, stereotypes, and langua…
Nicknames as Sex-Role Stereotypes
Naming Practices in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa
A survey of the naming practices of the three main linguistic groups of the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa (Xhosa, Afrikaans and English) showed clear differences among the groups regarding the naming of babies and the namegivers, and also provided evidence of ongoing change and cross-cultural influence among the groups. From these patterns we suggest that in a post-apartheid South Africa, which offers increasing opportunity for interactio…
Nicknames of English Adolescents in South Africa
This study reports on the nicknames of English-speaking adolescents in South Africa. It documents the nicknames and their origins and analyzes them in terms of the conditions under which they were coined and used. English adolescents have a very sensitive understanding of the complex and shifting set of social relationships underlying the choice and use of nicknames. Because of their optional nature and their transience as terms of address, nickn…
The sound patterns of English nicknames
Nicknames as evidence of verbal playfulness
In nicknaming, we see some evidence of the ongoing enjoyment that human beings find in playing with language. The data in this study, drawn from English- and Afrikaans-speaking informants, reveal considerable enjoyment in creating new words which experiment with patterns of sounds (e.g., alliteration, assonance, rhyme and rhythm) and meaning (e.g., puns, anomaly and contrast), all of which are strong features of early nursery rhymes, and which ar…
Ethnicity markers in Afrikaans
This article examines the role of the Afrikaans language in creating an ethnic identity for the Afrikaners within a post-1994 multilingual South African context. In particular, it investigates how the Afrikaans language per se acts as a marker of Afrikanerness. Attention isfocusedon the ethnic consciousness surrounding the history and standardization of Afrikaans and the role assigned to various varieties of Afrikaans. Second, ethnicity markers i…
Linguistics (7 works) · Linguistics, Language Diversity, and Identity (6 works) · Psychology (6 works) · Sociology (6 works) · History (5 works) · Computer Science (4 works) · Multilingual Education and Policy (4 works) · Names, Identity, and Discrimination Research (4 works) · Philosophy (4 works) · Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies (3 works)