An innovative and insightful exploration of varieties of English in contemporary South Africa.

The global spread of English has resulted in contact with an enormous variety of different languages worldwide, leading to the creation of many new varieties of

A wide-ranging guide to language and society in South Africa. The book surveys the most important language groupings in the region in terms of wider socio-histo

Using data from a long-term ethnographic study of English language classrooms in a South African township, this book highlights linguistic expertise in a settin

Most education settings in South Africa and other post-colonial emerging economies are multilingual and diverse. Indeed, multilingual classrooms have become com