Dr Pedro Álvarez-Mosquera
Dr Pedro Álvarez-Mosquera
Dr Pedro Álvarez-Mosquera
Lecturer in the English Department at the University of Salamanca, Spain. My main research interests are in (qualitative and quantitative) Sociolinguistics, Psycholinguistics and Linguistic Landscape, among other interrelated areas.
My current research focuses on the role of language (and language attitudes) in the social categorization pr
Lecturer in the English Department at the University of Salamanca, Spain. My main research interests are in (qualitative and quantitative) Sociolinguistics, Psycholinguistics and Linguistic Landscape, among other interrelated areas.
My current research focuses on the role of language (and language attitudes) in the social categorization process and intergroup perception in the context of South Africa.
Prof Ian Bekker
Dr Pedro Álvarez-Mosquera
Dr Pedro Álvarez-Mosquera
Professor of English at the Potchefstroom Campus
of the North-West University.
My research interests include sociophonetics and language change and variation more broadly. Much of my earlier research has been on South African English but I am now extending my interests to include Afrikaans and the other languages spoken in the area in which I work.
Prof Theresa Biberauer
Dr Pedro Álvarez-Mosquera
Prof Theresa Biberauer
Researcher and Director of Studies at the University of Cambridge, and Extraordinary Professor at Stellenbosch University and the University of the Western Cape.
My main research interests are in the comparative morphosyntax (synchronic and diachronic) of languages, particularly those with complex sociolinguistic histories and current real
Researcher and Director of Studies at the University of Cambridge, and Extraordinary Professor at Stellenbosch University and the University of the Western Cape.
My main research interests are in the comparative morphosyntax (synchronic and diachronic) of languages, particularly those with complex sociolinguistic histories and current realities. So morphosyntax with a focus on Variation, Change, Contact and Acquisition, basically.
Prof Adri Breed
Prof Timothy Colleman
Prof Theresa Biberauer
Associate Professor of Afrikaans, North-West University. In my research I focus especially on Afrikaans (and West-Germanic) syntax and semantics. I am particularly interested in tense and aspect, impersonalisation strategies and Afrikaans word classes.
ORCID-id: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0302-0368
Prof Andries Coetzee
Prof Timothy Colleman
Prof Timothy Colleman
Professor of Linguistics at University of Michigan, and Extraordinary Professor at the North-West University.
My research interests include phonetic and phonological variation, with a focus on the perception-production relation and sound change. The empirical focus of my research in recent years has been on language contact situations, inc
Professor of Linguistics at University of Michigan, and Extraordinary Professor at the North-West University.
My research interests include phonetic and phonological variation, with a focus on the perception-production relation and sound change. The empirical focus of my research in recent years has been on language contact situations, including Afrikaans/Spanish contact in Patagonia, Argentina.
Prof Timothy Colleman
Prof Timothy Colleman
Prof Timothy Colleman
Associate Professor in Dutch Linguistics, Ghent University.
My main research focus is on the formal and semantic properties of argument structure constructions in Dutch and related languages, including Afrikaans. I have a particular interest in patterns of variation and change in constructional semantics.
Dr Cora Cavirani-Pots
Prof Susan Coetzee-Van Rooy
Prof Susan Coetzee-Van Rooy
Postdoctoral researcher at KU Leuven (Belgium).
My main research interests include morphosyntactic variation (with a focus on varieties of Dutch and Afrikaans - language change, the syntax-pragmatics interface, and quantitative-theoretical methodology.
cora.pots@kuleuven.be
Prof Susan Coetzee-Van Rooy
Prof Susan Coetzee-Van Rooy
Prof Susan Coetzee-Van Rooy
Research Professor in UPSET in the Faculty of Humanities at the North-West University. UPSET is a research entity that focuses on the “Understanding and processing of language in complex settings”. I study the multilingual repertoires of people and I am always busy with thought experiments to determine which research methods best answer w
Research Professor in UPSET in the Faculty of Humanities at the North-West University. UPSET is a research entity that focuses on the “Understanding and processing of language in complex settings”. I study the multilingual repertoires of people and I am always busy with thought experiments to determine which research methods best answer which types of research questions. The research methods that I use include language portraits, language repertoire surveys, language history interviews, social networks and ethnographies of communication.
Susan.CoetzeeVanRooy@nwu.ac.za
Prof Johanita Kirsten
Prof Susan Coetzee-Van Rooy
Prof Johanita Kirsten
Associate Professor of Afrikaans linguistics in the School of Languages, North-West University, Vanderbijlpark campus.
My main research interests are on language variation and change in Afrikaans, language variation and change in general, and the effects of language contact. I also occasionally work on matters of language ideology and metaphor in linguistics.
Johanita.Kirsten@nwu.ac.za
Dr Ansie Maritz
Dr Daniel Van Olmen
Prof Johanita Kirsten
Lecturer in the Afrikaans Department at the University of Pretoria.
My main research interest includes propaganda and its linguistic properties and how language and metaphor are used in political settings. I am also interested in Afrikaans variationist linguistics.
Dr Erin Pretorius
Dr Daniel Van Olmen
Dr Daniel Van Olmen
Lecturer in the Department of Linguistics at the University of the Western Cape.
My main research interest is (morpho-) syntax and I have a special interest in grammatical variation in spoken Afrikaans.
Dr Daniel Van Olmen
Dr Daniel Van Olmen
Dr Daniel Van Olmen
I am an associate professor in historical linguistics and linguistic typology at Lancaster University (United Kingdom).
My research focuses on the semantics of grammar and in particular of phenomena such as indefinites, mood, negation and discourse markers. My interest in these domains is mainly of a contrastive (especially within West Germanic), typological and/or historical nature.
Valencia Wagner
Valencia Wagner
Valencia Wagner
PhD. Penultimate and pre-boundary lengthening in Tswana (Southern Bantu)
Tswana is a Southern Bantu language spoken in Botswana as well as several regions of South Africa. Like most Bantu languages, it is a tonal language that uses pitch to distinguish between the meanings of words at both lexical and grammatical level.
Prosodic features a
PhD. Penultimate and pre-boundary lengthening in Tswana (Southern Bantu)
Tswana is a Southern Bantu language spoken in Botswana as well as several regions of South Africa. Like most Bantu languages, it is a tonal language that uses pitch to distinguish between the meanings of words at both lexical and grammatical level.
Prosodic features are an important aspect of linguistic structure. This study investigates two of the prosodic features of speech, known as length and pitch, in Tswana. The role of length in the context of this research is twofold. First, there is the need for a closer analysis of penultimate lengthening (PL) in Tswana with respect to both its phonetic and phonological domains. Second, attention needs to be given to whether or not pre-boundary lengthening (PBL) applies in addition to penultimate lengthening in Tswana. The study will also investigate possible differences in pitch alongside penultimate and pre-boundary lengthening.
Vicky Magaba
Valencia Wagner
Valencia Wagner
PhD. A sociolinguistic case-study of code-switching and borrowing in Klerksdorp
The study examines the sociocultural and linguistic influence of Afrikaans on Setswana (henceforth Tswana) conversations, which is common in Klerksdorp where the majority of residents speak Tswana as a home language. It explores whether Afrikaans is still the p
PhD. A sociolinguistic case-study of code-switching and borrowing in Klerksdorp
The study examines the sociocultural and linguistic influence of Afrikaans on Setswana (henceforth Tswana) conversations, which is common in Klerksdorp where the majority of residents speak Tswana as a home language. It explores whether Afrikaans is still the primary language of convergence for Tswana speakers when code switching or borrowing, as English seems to be picking up momentum in some linguistic repertoires. The focus will be on similarities and/or differences across the various subgroups in the selected research population based on the three variables of age, gender and social status. Conclusions will be drawn from naturalistic speech.
Emmie Kruger
Valencia Wagner
Emmie Kruger
MA. Prestige norms in Potchefstroom Afrikaans: a Labovian Study
Emmie Kruger is a master’s student currently engaged in writing her thesis with a focus on sociolinguistics. Her study focuses on the white Afrikaans-speaking community of Potchefstroom. The aim is to explore Afrikaans through a classic variationist approach. This will be done
MA. Prestige norms in Potchefstroom Afrikaans: a Labovian Study
Emmie Kruger is a master’s student currently engaged in writing her thesis with a focus on sociolinguistics. Her study focuses on the white Afrikaans-speaking community of Potchefstroom. The aim is to explore Afrikaans through a classic variationist approach. This will be done using social variables of age, gender, and socio-economic status; and the linguistic variables of /e/ lowering and tonogenesis and their possible connection to prestige norms. This will contribute to the overall project by way of data collection and analysis.
Yolande Coetzee
Charlene (Lyons) Janse van Rensburg
Charlene (Lyons) Janse van Rensburg
MA. Quotative "be-like" in the South African English spoken in Port Elizabeth
This is a Variationist Sociolinguistic study that aims to discover how social and grammatical factors influence pragmatic “like” (including quotative “be like”) usage in the L1 English speech community of Port Elizabeth, which, in turn, will reveal how this speec
MA. Quotative "be-like" in the South African English spoken in Port Elizabeth
This is a Variationist Sociolinguistic study that aims to discover how social and grammatical factors influence pragmatic “like” (including quotative “be like”) usage in the L1 English speech community of Port Elizabeth, which, in turn, will reveal how this speech community compares to the other L1 English varieties of the world regarding pragmatic “like”. It also aims to discover any social links between “be like” and general, pragmatic “like” in this speech community.
Charlene (Lyons) Janse van Rensburg
Charlene (Lyons) Janse van Rensburg
Charlene (Lyons) Janse van Rensburg
MA. Language and dialect shift among Afrikaans speakers in North Dakota.
I am a BA Honours graduate in Linguistics and Translation from North-West University, currently pursuing a Masters in Linguistics. My research is focused on new dialect acquisition among L1-Afrikaans (L2-English) speakers who have migrated to North Dakota, USA. My in
MA. Language and dialect shift among Afrikaans speakers in North Dakota.
I am a BA Honours graduate in Linguistics and Translation from North-West University, currently pursuing a Masters in Linguistics. My research is focused on new dialect acquisition among L1-Afrikaans (L2-English) speakers who have migrated to North Dakota, USA. My interest in the study grew from personal experience. We (our family) have migrated to the same state and are experiencing a change in our own L2-English dialect. From my observation of other South Africans in the area, similar changes have occurred, all in the direction of the version of American English spoken in the area. I will be employing a similar approach to that of a PhD study by Dr Grant Howie, which had a somewhat similar focus but in the context of New Zealand. The immigration of L1-Afrikaans South Africans to North Dakota is a new and developing linguistic context and one that makes for an exciting research focus.
Lise le Roux
Charlene (Lyons) Janse van Rensburg
Sonika Neethling
Hons. Language attitudes towards Afrikaans varieties through a Verbal-Guise experiment: the case of Gauteng Afrikaans
Postgraduate student of Applied Language Studies at the University of Pretoria. My main research interest includes variationist sociolinguistics, specifically language attitudes towards Afrikaans varieties. I am also intere
Hons. Language attitudes towards Afrikaans varieties through a Verbal-Guise experiment: the case of Gauteng Afrikaans
Postgraduate student of Applied Language Studies at the University of Pretoria. My main research interest includes variationist sociolinguistics, specifically language attitudes towards Afrikaans varieties. I am also interested in perceptual dialectology in the context of South Africa.
Sonika Neethling
Sonika Neethling
Sonika Neethling
MA. Language attitudes towards varieties of Afrikaans: a matched-guise investigation
Sonika is a master's student in Afrikaans and Dutch (Sociolinguistics) and is currently working with Prof. Ian Bekker and Dr. Ansie Maritz on a project investigating the language attitudes and perceptions of Afrikaans mother-tongue speakers towards Kaapse
MA. Language attitudes towards varieties of Afrikaans: a matched-guise investigation
Sonika is a master's student in Afrikaans and Dutch (Sociolinguistics) and is currently working with Prof. Ian Bekker and Dr. Ansie Maritz on a project investigating the language attitudes and perceptions of Afrikaans mother-tongue speakers towards Kaapse Afrikaans and Standard Afrikaans. Her research makes use of the matched-guise technique as a methodology.
Angel Nyoni
Sonika Neethling
Wynand Steyn
MA. A sociolinguistic investigation into the South African Indian English speakers of Mohadin, Potchefstroom
MA in English with English Language and Linguistics. I am employing a sociolinguistic investigation into the South African Indian speakers of Mohadin, Potchefstroom. I will be looking at the degree to which people living in the Indi
MA. A sociolinguistic investigation into the South African Indian English speakers of Mohadin, Potchefstroom
MA in English with English Language and Linguistics. I am employing a sociolinguistic investigation into the South African Indian speakers of Mohadin, Potchefstroom. I will be looking at the degree to which people living in the Indian community of Mohadin are either retaining or losing retroflexion in comparison to those that have moved into the main (previously white-only) town of Potchefstroom. I’ll also be including the age dynamic of young (under 25) and mature (over 45). The analysis will evaluate what is of value from previous bodies of work such as the history of SAIE, its features, development and changes over the years.
Wynand Steyn
Sonika Neethling
Wynand Steyn
MA. A sociolinguistic investigation into the Afrikaans-English interface on the Vaal-Triangle
A sociolinguistic study of the Vaal Triangle's progress in terms of Schneider's Dynamic Model by virtue of the speakers' regard of acceptable constructions in English.