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ʼn Kritiese ondersoek na die taalverskuiwing weg van Afrikaans in stedelike bruin middelklasgemeenskappe
Thesis (MA)--Stellenbosch University, 2024.
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| spelling | oai:scholar.sun.ac.za:10019.1/131946 ʼn Kritiese ondersoek na die taalverskuiwing weg van Afrikaans in stedelike bruin middelklasgemeenskappe Van der Rheede, Merlyn Avril Swart, Marius Stellenbosch University. Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences. Dept. of Afrikaans and Dutch. Afrikaans language -- Social aspects -- South Africa Colored people (South Africa) -- Languages Language maintenance Sociolinguistics -- South Africa UCTD Thesis (MA)--Stellenbosch University, 2024. ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This thesis reports on research conducted in coloured urban Afrikaans-speaking middle-class communities about identity, language attitudes, and language shift in two provinces: Gauteng and the Western Cape. It is important to note that research has been conducted on respondents' attitudes specifically towards the Afrikaans language. The term "middle-class" refers to a socio-economic group within a society that falls between the poorest and wealthiest layers of the population. It is a broad concept that is usually defined based on income, educational level, occupation, lifestyle, and other social factors. From a sociolinguistic literature study, this paper reflects on language maintenance, language shift, and changing language patterns within the mentioned group. This study was conducted over a period of 24 months, and an online survey and informal discussions with respondents were analysed. A significant amount of research has already been conducted, mainly among school children and working-class communities (compare Schlemmer in Steyn & Duvenhage, 2011; Dyers, 2008; and Neethling, 1998), confirming a definite language shift away from Afrikaans. According to Steyn and Duvenhage (2011: 12), there were already signs in 2011 among Afrikaans-speaking coloured people of a shift towards English, particularly among young people of school-going age. This research focuses on the language attitudes and language identity of the coloured Afrikaans-speaking middle-class communities in the two provinces. It specifically examines the responses of the target group to questions about their attitude towards the Afrikaans language and attempts to analyse these results. A quantitative investigation into the language attitudes and preferences of the target group, as well as an analysis of qualitative data, was conducted to understand the opinions and experiences of the group. This is used to gain in-depth insights or to generate new ideas for research. It is an attempt not only to find out how the respondents feel about the Afrikaans language but also to see whether language attitudes and preferences have remained relatively the same over a period of time or changed due to the influence of various factors, such as identification with one's own group or exposure to a wider range of opinions about language. This research identifies various factors that play a role in the shift away from Afrikaans within the brown middle-class community. These dynamics and the influences that contribute to the shift, form the core of the discussion in the following chapters. AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: In hierdie tesis word verslag gelewer oor navorsing wat gedoen is in stedelike bruin Afrikaanssprekende middelklasgemeenskappe oor identiteit, taalhoudings en taalverskuiwing in twee provinsies: Gauteng en die Wes-Kaap. Dit is belangrik om daarop te let dat navorsing gedoen is oor die houding van respondente ten opsigte van slegs die Afrikaanse taal. Die term “middelklas” verwys na ʼn sosio-ekonomiese groep binne ʼn samelewing wat tussen die armste en rykste lae van die bevolking val. Dit is ʼn breë konsep wat gewoonlik gedefinieer word op grond van inkomste, opvoedingsvlak, beroep, lewenstyl en ander sosiale faktore. Vanuit ʼn sosiolinguistiese literatuurstudie reflekteer hierdie studie oor die taalhandhawing, - verskuiwing en veranderende taalpatrone in genoemde groep. Hierdie studie is oor ʼn tydperk van 24 maande uitgevoer, en ʼn aanlyn meningspeiling en informele besprekings met respondente is geanaliseer. ʼn Groot hoeveelheid navorsing is reeds gedoen, hoofsaaklik onder skoolkinders en die bruin werkersklasgemeenskappe (vergelyk Schlemmer in Steyn & Duvenhage, 2011; Dyers, 2008; en Neethling, 1998), wat ʼn definitiewe taalverskuiwing weg van Afrikaans bevestig. Volgens Steyn en Duvenhage (2011) was daar reeds in 2011 tekens onder die Afrikaanssprekende bruin mense van ʼn verskuiwing na Engels, veral onder die jongmense van skoolgaande ouderdom. Hierdie navorsing fokus op die taalhoudings en taalidentiteit van die bruin Afrikaanssprekende middelklasgemeenskappe in die twee provinsies. Dit ondersoek spesifiek die antwoorde van die teikengroep op vrae oor hul houding teenoor die Afrikaanse taal, en poog om hierdie resultate te ontleed. ʼn Kwantitatiewe ondersoek na die taalhoudings en -voorkeure van die teikengroep sowel as ʼn analise van die kwalitatiewe data om die menings en ervarings van die groep te verstaan, is gedoen. Dit word gebruik word om diepgaande insigte te verkry of om nuwe idees vir navorsing te genereer. Dit is ʼn poging om nie net uit te vind hoe die respondente oor die Afrikaanse taal voel nie, maar ook om te sien of taalhoudings en -voorkeure oor ʼn tydperk relatief dieselfde gebly het of verander as gevolg van die invloed van verskeie faktore, soos identifikasie met ʼn mens se eie groep of blootstelling aan ʼn wyer reeks menings oor taal. Hierdie navorsing identifiseer verskeie faktore wat ʼn rol speel in die verskuiwing weg van Afrikaans binne die bruin middelklasgemeenskap. Hierdie dinamika en die invloede wat daartoe bydra, vorm die kern van die bespreking in die volgende hoofstukke. Masters 2025-04-30T10:14:44Z 2025-04-30T10:14:44Z 2024-12 Thesis https://scholar.sun.ac.za/handle/10019.1/131946 af Stellenbosch University xi, 113 pages : illustrations, includes annexures application/pdf Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University |
| spellingShingle | Afrikaans language -- Social aspects -- South Africa Colored people (South Africa) -- Languages Language maintenance Sociolinguistics -- South Africa UCTD Van der Rheede, Merlyn Avril ʼn Kritiese ondersoek na die taalverskuiwing weg van Afrikaans in stedelike bruin middelklasgemeenskappe |
| title | ʼn Kritiese ondersoek na die taalverskuiwing weg van Afrikaans in stedelike bruin middelklasgemeenskappe |
| title_full | ʼn Kritiese ondersoek na die taalverskuiwing weg van Afrikaans in stedelike bruin middelklasgemeenskappe |
| title_fullStr | ʼn Kritiese ondersoek na die taalverskuiwing weg van Afrikaans in stedelike bruin middelklasgemeenskappe |
| title_full_unstemmed | ʼn Kritiese ondersoek na die taalverskuiwing weg van Afrikaans in stedelike bruin middelklasgemeenskappe |
| title_short | ʼn Kritiese ondersoek na die taalverskuiwing weg van Afrikaans in stedelike bruin middelklasgemeenskappe |
| title_sort | n kritiese ondersoek na die taalverskuiwing weg van afrikaans in stedelike bruin middelklasgemeenskappe |
| topic | Afrikaans language -- Social aspects -- South Africa Colored people (South Africa) -- Languages Language maintenance Sociolinguistics -- South Africa UCTD |
| url | https://scholar.sun.ac.za/handle/10019.1/131946 |
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