English in Zimbabwe, Zambia and Malawi

Schmied, Josef

doi:10.1075/veaw.g15.21sch

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“…The Tswana-English speakers also maintained a consistent distinction between the phonemes N and /r/. This makes BSAE different from many other forms of African English, where the phonemes /r/ and N tend to merge (cf: Schmied, 1996 Tswana-English though, and presumably from BSAE generally.…”

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The Consonants of Bsae: Current Knowledge and Future Prospects

Rooy

2000

South African Journal of Linguistics

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The consonants of Black South African English (BSAE) are investigated in this article. Available research3ndings are summarised and presented alongside new data fiom Tmana-English. The results indicate that BSAE does not differ very muchfiom Respectable South Afiican English (MAE) as far as its consonant inventooly is concerned. BSAE is characterised most clearly by the absence of the dentalfricathe [d] and the neutralisation of contrasts between palatal fi.icatives and afiicates. Consonant clusters in syllable onsets are also v e q similar in BSAE and RSAE, but BSAE is characterised by a lot of simplification in coda clusters, particularly by deleting plosives. Some directions for future research are offered in the concluding section. Die konsonante van Swart Suid-Afiikaanse Engels (SSAE) word in hierdie artikel ondersoek Beskikbare navorsingsbevindinge word opgesom en aangebied naas nuwe data oor Tswana-Engels. Die resultate dui daarop dat SSAE nie baie verskil van 'Respectable' Suid-Apikaanse Engels (RSAE) sover dit die konsonantinventaris betref nie. SSAE word gekenmerk deur die ajivesigheid van die dentale frikatief [d] en die neutralisasie van onderskeidings tussen palatale frikatiewe en afiikate. Konsonantklusters in sillabe-aansette is ook baie soortgelyk in SSAE en RSAE, maar SSAE word gekenmerk deur heelwat vereenvoudiging in kodaklusters, veral deur die skrapping van eksplosiewe. Moontlike rigtings vir verdere navorsing word in die slotafdeling voorgehou.

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confidence: 91%

The Consonants of Bsae: Current Knowledge and Future Prospects

Rooy

2000

South African Journal of Linguistics

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“…The discussion does not include, for example, syntactic features such as the omission or insertion of the definite and indefinite articles the and a and the deletion or insertion of the plural marker -s in contexts that do or do not require them. These and other features that are considered general features of African dialects of English are discussed in Schmied (1991). (1) You have to add something to the end, isn't it?…”

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confidence: 98%

“…Notable examples of such studies include Arua (1998Arua ( , 1999, Buthelezi (1995), Chisanga (1995Chisanga ( , 1998, Chisanga and Kamwangamalu (1997), Gough (1996), Kamwangamalu and Chisanga (1996), de Klerk (1996, 1999), de Klerk and Gough (2002, Magura (1995), Makelela (1998), Schmied (1996, van der Walt (2001) and van der Walt and van Rooy (2002). A majority of these studies describe various aspects of South African English.…”

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“…A majority of these studies describe various aspects of South African English. Indeed, only Arua (1998Arua ( , 1999, Kamwangamalu and Chisanga (1996) and Schmied (1996) have the varieties of English spoken in Swaziland and Zimbabwe, Zambia and Malawi in focus. Some earlier studies, for example, Magura (1984Magura ( , 1985, also concentrate on Zimbabwe and South Africa.…”

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confidence: 98%

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Botswana English

Arua

2004

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The paper discusses some of the syntactic and lexical features of Botswana English. The syntactic features are the tag question isn't it? and the conversational tag is it?, the exclamation Sharp!, the indefinite pronoun phrase the other one, the dangling modifier, the inversion of auxiliary verb and subject in reported questions, the redundant use of personal / reflexive pronouns, the use of the negative auxiliary don't, the conflation of the English adjective sorry and the Setswana adverbial hoo!, the use of the subordinating conjunction which and the modal auxiliary can be able. The lexical items discussed include Setswana words that have been borrowed and/or translated into English and words such as condomise, diarise, shame and brigade which have been formed through the processes of derivation and semantic extension. The lexical and syntactic features are those which the researcher has observed, over a six-year period, to be in frequent and widespread use in Botswana.

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“…This move was also motivated by the rivalry of Bemba and Nyanja as national lingua francas and the negligible percentage of Swahili and the relatively high percentage of English native speakers. (p. 219) Based on the collections edited by Ohannessian and Kashoki (1978), Polomé and Hill (1980) and the overviews in Abdulaziz (1991), Chishimba (1991), Hancock and Angogo (1982) and Schmied (1990), Schmied (1996) ranked the level of knowledge of the English language in Zambia, Kenya and Tanzania according to this order of countries.…”

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Africa's conflictual mimesis

Nchindila

2010

African Identities

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This article interrogates the meaning of xenophobia as used in South Africa showing how comparatively the English language seems to have found its lost excessive pride (hubris) in Zambia. A comparison of the Zambian and South African societies is as important for the present South African society as it is for Zambia to maintain sight of the fact that until the Europeans partitioned Africa, Africans moved about freely from North to South and back, East to West and back, in and out of the continent. This article seeks to lay bare two myths spun in the name of modernity. The first one is that of the boundaries (also notoriously known as borders) which have given false perceptions to some Africans. The second one is that of language; black Africans who insist on their local languages, many a time shun a language like English and end up falsely believing that this strengthens their identities. This perception opens them to the dangers of ethnic discrimination and polarisation.

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English in Zimbabwe, Zambia and Malawi

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The Consonants of Bsae: Current Knowledge and Future Prospects

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