LL-L "Language contacts" 2005.01.28 (03) [E]

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From: Pat Reynolds <pat at caerlas.demon.co.uk>
Subject: LL-L "Language contacts" 2005.01.27 (04) [A/E]

Lowlands-L <lowlands-l at lowlands-l.net> (i.e. Mike) writes
>....
>all i've been able to find is a few loanwords from german in  afrikaans.
i'm
>trying to write a proposal to study the affects german colonists  had on
>afrikaans, but i don't have much to work from. does anyone have any
>knowledge of
>the subject or could suggest someone who may appropriately answer  my
>questions? it would be very appreciated - thanks

Hi Mike,

If you want to broaden out beyond language - perhaps as a compare-and-
contrast exercise, I do recommend that you read the work of Antonia
Mallan and Martin Hall, two archaeologists working on culture change in
the Cape Colony.  I don't think they have traced specific German
influences (but there is a whole literature on the so-called Cape Dutch
Gable, which does say that it is German rather than Dutch).

Best wishes,

Pat
(who is hesitant about using national tags for anything other than
language, without a great deal of preamble and footnoting, particularly
in the early periods of VOC colonies)
--
Pat Reynolds
pat at caerlas.demon.co.uk
   "It might look a bit messy now,
                    but just you come back in 500 years time"
   (T. Pratchett)

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