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From: Jason <arkhangel at dsl.pipex.com>
Subject: Resources- South African English

Dear Mieke,

>I have found several papers such as The Sunday Times, Cape Argus, Cape
Business News The ZA Mail and >Guardian
The newspapers that you mentioned should all be written in South African
English (afaik). If they have letters pages these will be the best place to
get data from.
South African English is, to a certain extent, influenced by American
English, particularly surfing slang. In the last ten or so years since the
SABC (South African Broadcasting Corporation) started acquiring programmes
from the UK, you may find that British English has made an impact. An
excellent resource which you could consult is Silva, P (Ed.) _A Dictionary
of South African English on Historical Principles_ (Oxford University Press,
1996). I should also point out that there are different registers of SA
English, some of which may be more influenced by Dutch (or Afrikaans etc.)-
Rajend Mesthrie's _Language in South Africa_ (Cambridge University Press,
2002) has a few chapters on this, and is overall a wonderful resource on the
linguistic situation in South Africa.

Regards

Jason [Harrison]

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