Globalisation versus internal development: the reverse short front vowel shift in South African English

The South African Chain Shift involved the raising of the short front vowels KIT, DRESS and TRAP when compared to Received Pronunciation (Lass & Wright 1986). This raising wasparticularly evident in the speech of middle class white speakers of South African English, as well as coloured speakers...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Chevalier, Alida
Other Authors: Mesthrie, Rajend
Format: Doctoral Thesis
Language:English
Published: University of Cape Town 2016
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/11427/20292