Beyond difference: A textual and interactional analysis of Afrikaner�s language use and identity in Cape Town
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2022
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University of the Western Cape
Abstract
In a post-national South Africa, spaces are transforming to accommodate multilingualism and
address structures of sociolinguistic isolationism and exclusion. In such a transformative society
embracing multilingualism is an integral component of challenging the hierarchization of
languages and redressing the vulnerabilities of historically marginalized speakers to contribute to
social transformation. However, there has been an increase in social enclaves in certain South
African communities, concomitantly less open to embracing linguistic diversity over the years.
This thesis investigated one instance of linguistic isolation, namely an Afrikaner enclave that has
organized itself around the affirmation of linguistic human rights.
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Philosophiae Doctor - PhD
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Identity, Linguistic, Diversity, Race, Cape Town