English in India and South Africa
Comparisons, Commonalities and Contrasts
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2137771 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Rajend Mesthrie (0000-0001-6338-6076, University of Cape Town, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2015 |
| Volume | 74 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 186-198 |
| Publication date | 2015-05-04 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | African Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0002-0184 • E-ISSN: 1469-2872 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/00020184.2015.1045720 |
| OpenAlex | W1908740842 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 32 |
This article offers a comparison of the history of English in India and South Africa, with special reference to its rise as a second language. As far as external history is concerned both territories show investment in a language whose use has long outlasted the colonial era, despite the concerns of leaders and scholars with a pro-indigenous language stance. The article focuses on comparing the grammatical characteristics of the second language varieties of English in India and South Africa, arising from the Mouton World Atlas of Variation in English. A comparison of relevant chapters in this work reveals close structural similarities between Indian English and Black South African English. Moreover, South African Indian English falls midway between the two in this typological survey
Archaeology · Colonialism · English language · English-based creole languages · Ethnology · Geography · Indian English · Indigenous · Language assessment · Linguistics · Modern language · South asia · History · Lexicography and Language Studies · Linguistic Variation and Morphology · Multilingual Education and Policy
The Ecology of Language Evolution
Postcolonial English
Neighbor-Net
The Mouton World Atlas of Variation in English
A dictionary of South African Indian English
The Indianization of English
The sacred cows of English
Orientations to English in post-apartheid schooling
The Origins of Fanagalo
Extended uses of the progressive form in L1 and L2 Englishes
Typological diversity in New Englishes
Coconuts” and the middle-class
English in Language Shift
Indian and British English
The Riots in Tamilnad
Christian Indians in Natal 1860-1911
Socio-phonetics and social change
The Dynamics of New Englishes
Progressive aspect and stative verbs in Outer Circle varieties
Making sense of BSAE for linguistic democracy in South Africa
The extension of the progressive aspect in Black South African English
| Unique citing works | 3 |
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| Citations per year | 0,5 |
| Citation span | 2020 - 2025 (6) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |