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The emergence of a rural/urban contrast in the vocabulary of Xhosa-speakers: a study in semantic shift in 15 Xhosa words and its relation to age, geographical area and language attitudes
In this study I explored the possible emergence of a rural/urban contrast in the vocabulary of Xhosa. In order to focus the study I used 15 Xhosa words that appeared to be undergoing semantic shift and researched the meanings ascribed to these words with Xhosa-speakers in both rural and urban areas....
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School of Languages and Literatures
2023
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