Coconuts" and the middle-class: Identity change and the emergence of a new prestigious English variety in South Africa

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Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 306-337

  Wilmot, Kirstin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Accent; Coconut; DRESS vowel; English school identity; GOOSE vowel; Identity; Language attitudes; Social class; South african english (sAfE); TRAP vowel

Indexed keywords

EID: 84923486841     PISSN: 01728865     EISSN: 15699730     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1075/eww.35.3.03wil     Document Type: Article

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