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AN INVESTIGATION INTO THE ROLE OF THE AFRIKAANS LANGUAGE IN INDEXING THE INDIVIDUAL AND COLLECTIVE SELF AMONG SOME TOWNSHIP YOUTH IN SOUTH AFRICA.

This article builds on the exploration of the negotiation of identity via language in a post-apartheid South African township in greater Cape Town, South Africa begun in 2004 (see Dyers, 2004 and Blommaert et al. 2005). Specifically, it looks at the ways in which the Afrikaans language underpins the...

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Published in:Journal of International Social Research / Uluslararası Sosyal Araştırmalar Dergisi Vol. 1; no. 1; pp. 83 - 102
Main Author: Dyers, Charlyn
Format: Article
Published: Journal of International Social Research Nov2007
Subjects:
Apartheid
Segregation
Race discrimination
Group identity
Education
Afrikaans language
Cape Town (South Africa)
South Africa
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