Progress in language and progress in communication. The case of Afrikaans

Jan Noordegraaf

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Abstract

In this paper several nineteenth-century views on Afrikaans are discussed. The development of Afrikaans into a fully analytical language is seen as a positive transformation of this former Dutch language variety.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationAudiatur et altera pars. Kommunikationswissenschaft zwischen Historiographie, Theorie und empirischer Forschung. Festschrift für H. Walter Schmitz
EditorsAchim Eschbach, Mark A. Halawa, Jens Loenhoff
PublisherShaker Verlag
Pages209-223
ISBN (Print)978-3-8322-7347-7
Publication statusPublished - 2008

Bibliographical note

'Progress in language and progress in communication. The case of Afrikaans’. In: Audiatur et altera pars. Kommunikationswissenschaft zwischen Historiographie, Theorie und empirischer Forschung. Festschrift für H. Walter Schmitz. Hrsg. von Achim Eschbach, Mark A. Halawa & Jens Loenhoff. Aachen: Shaker Verlag 2008, 209-223

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