Browsing by Subject "Language shift"
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Changing livelihoods, language use and language shift amongst Basarwa of Botswana
(Routledge. http://www.informaworld.com, 2009-08)This study explores the historical relationship between the languages of Basarwa of Botswana and Setswana, in order to understand the dynamics underpinning their appropriation of the Setswana language, as they adjust to ... -
Language maintenance or shift? attitudes of Bakalanga youth towards their mother tongue
(Routledge (Taylor and Francis)/www.routledge.com, 2009)This article reports the findings of a study whose objective was to investigate whether there was a likelihood of a language shift (or loss) from Ikalanga (a minority language spoken in Botswana) to either Setswana or ... -
Why has !XOO not followed the normal pattern of identity loss?
(University of Botswana, www.ub.ac.bw, 2017-12-05)Every ethnic group is usually identified by specific features. The most conspicuous features have been described as linguistic identity, cultural identity, autonymic identity and ethnonymic identity2. When an ethnic group ...