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Funksies van taalvariasie in die Afrikaanse toneelkuns

Thesis (MDram (Drama))—University of Stellenbosch, 2006. / The spoken language usually consists of the formal and standardised component and an informal colloquial language. The colloquial language may include some language variants. These variants are forms of the language that show deviations when compared to the standardised form of the language and are usually spoken by a specific group of people.
Sometimes these colloquial variants are used in writing. This study looks at the use of these colloquial variants in theatre scripts. The variants are implemented for various functions in these scripts, which include the metaphoric, the comic, the realistic, the poetical and the political uses as well as the documentation of specific variants.
In this research project I discuss the use and functions of a few Afrikaans variants in plays. Other areas of interest include sociolinguistics, the influence of English on Afrikaans and its impact on the future of Afrikaans, as well as a brief discussion of the problematic term Standard Afrikaans.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:sun/oai:scholar.sun.ac.za:10019.1/2481
Date12 1900
CreatorsErasmus, Denene
ContributorsHauptfleisch, Temple, University of Stellenbosch. Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences. Dept. of Drama.
PublisherStellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch
Source SetsSouth African National ETD Portal
LanguageAfrikaans
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeThesis
RightsUniversity of Stellenbosch

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