From Kitaab-Hollandsch to Kitaab-Afrikaans: The evolution of a non-white literary variety at the Cape (1856-1940)

Gerald Stell

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From Kitaab-Hollandsch to Kitaab-Afrikaans: The evolution of a non-white literary variety at the Cape (1856-1940)

Gerald Stell

Department of English and Communication

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Abstract

This paper presents the socio-historical and linguistic context of Muslim Cape Dutch/Afrikaans literature, using the same texts as in Stell, Luffin, and Rakiep (2007). It then focuses on the areas of greatest diachronic variation in the phonology, lexicon, idiomaticity, morphology, and syntax of the Cape Malay texts. Finally, it places that variation into the perspective of how Cape Dutch/Afrikaans evolved as a language variety.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	89-127
Journal	Stellenbosch Papers in Linguistics Plus
Volume	37
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.5774/37-0-16
Publication status	Published - 2007

Keywords

Historical linguistics
Dutch
creole
South Africa

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