The sociosyntax of verb-second and verb-third placement in Manenberg Kaaps
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2022
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University of the Western Cape
Abstract
The primary goal of this study is to provide a detailed and sharply focused sociosyntactic
description and analysis of an aspect of clausal word order variation in Kaaps. Kaaps
is a grammatically understudied, historically rich and marginalised variety of Afrikaans.
Special attention is given to the use of verb-second (V2) and verb-third (V3) in relation to
sociolinguistic variables such as location, language background and age. V2 and V3 refer to
the position of the verb in a sentence and are typical properties of West Germanic languages.
The study aims to understand possible variations in V2 and V3 and to locate this variation
in relation to sociolinguistic intricacies. Syntactic patterns gathered from this research will
contribute to the documentation and description of Kaaps grammar, to our understanding
of word order variation in Kaaps and in Afrikaans more generally, and they will also provide
insight into how Kaaps fits into the West Germanic language family.
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Magister Artium - MA
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Sociosyntax, West Germanic languages, Afrikaans grammar, Manenberg Kaaps, Linguistic