AFRIKAANS LINGUISTICS, contemporary perspectives

727pp., paperback, Sun Press, (Stellenbosch), 2024

ISBN: 9781991260512

This collection of essays on diverse Afrikaans linguistics subdisciplines provides historical context while focusing on the development of Afrikaans linguistics in the 20th century and on 21st century research trajectories.

Contributions include:

"Afrikaans and Creolisation" by Paul T. Roberge

"Kaaps as variety of Afrikaans" by Frank Hendricks

"Afrikaans in Namibia" by Gerald Stell

"Patagonian Afrikaans: A remnant variety spoken in South America" by Andries W. Coetzee, Nicholas Henriksen and Lorenza García-Amaya

"Afrikaans in an international context" by Wannie Carstens, Nerina Bosman and Roné Wierenga.

Nerina Bosman is currently a research associate at the University of Pretoria.

Professor Wannie Carstens, now retired, is a former Director of the School of Languages at North-West University's Potchefstroom campus. In 2024 he received the Jan H Marias Award for his work promoting the scientific status of Afrikaans.