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Peer reviewedMesthrie, R. – Indian Journal of Applied Linguistics, 1999
Examines one sub-community within the continuum of English usage in South Africa, a group of male migrant workers in Cape Town who retain close ties with their original homes in the Transkei. Characterizes their interlanguage English and presents a developmental analysis of negation in this interlanguage, in ways that are uncommon in new English…
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Code Switching (Language), Foreign Countries, Interlanguage
