Language, identity and nationhood: language use and attitudes among Xhosa students at the University of the Western Cape, South Africa

dc.contributor.advisorCharlyn, Dyers
dc.contributor.advisorRidge, S.G.M.
dc.contributor.advisorBanda, Felix
dc.contributor.authorDyers, Charlyn
dc.contributor.otherDept. of Linguistics, Language and Communication
dc.contributor.otherFaculty of Arts
dc.date.accessioned2013-06-10T08:47:25Z
dc.date.accessioned2024-03-27T09:17:53Z
dc.date.available2007/03/22 15:12
dc.date.available2007/03/22
dc.date.available2013-06-10T08:47:25Z
dc.date.available2024-03-27T09:17:53Z
dc.date.issued2000
dc.descriptionPhilosophiae Doctor - PhD (Linguistics,Language and Communication)en_US
dc.description.abstractThis thesis is a study of patterns of language attitudes and use among Xhosa home language speakers at the University of the Western Cape, South Africa. Speakers of Xhosa, according to Statistics South Africa 2000, form the second largest speech community in South Africa (17.9% of the total population), second only to speakers of Zulu (22.9% of the total population). The University of the Western Cape, which is situated just outside Cape Town, was originally intended to serve only the Coloured (mixed-race) population of South Africa. Coloureds form the majority group in the population of the Western Cape, one of the nine provinces of South Africa. In 1982, the university took the bold step of defying the apartheid regime, by opening its doors to students of all races. Students from all over South Africa now attend the university, but Xhosa students, drawn mainly from the provinces of the Eastern and Western Cape, form the largest language group or speech community on the campus. The thesis presents a study of the patterns of language attitudes and use with which Xhosa students enter the university, as well as patterns of change in language attitudes and use revealed by a longitudinal study of a smaller group of Xhosa students.en_US
dc.description.countrySouth Africa
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10566/9988
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherUniversity of the Western Capeen_US
dc.rights.holderUniversity of the Western Capeen_US
dc.subjectLanguage policyen_US
dc.subjectSouth Africaen_US
dc.subjectSociolinguisticsen_US
dc.subjectMultilingualismen_US
dc.subjectStudentsen_US
dc.subjectAttitudesen_US
dc.subjectLanguageen_US
dc.titleLanguage, identity and nationhood: language use and attitudes among Xhosa students at the University of the Western Cape, South Africaen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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