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South Africa is diverse in culture but could be unified in language
Title: South Africa is diverse in culture but could be unified in language
Category: Literature / English
Details: Words: 1263 | Pages: 5.4 (approximately 235 words/page)
South Africa is diverse in culture but could be unified in language
South Africa is diverse in culture but could be unified in language. English should be South Africa’s unifying language. It is necessary to understand what nationhood is, so that you the reader realise that a national language does not alter a nation. It binds the nation. I will also discuss South Africa’s diverse cultures and how a unifying language can merge these cultures. Lastly, I will demonstrate the links between language and identity.
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References:
· Achebe, C. (1975)’The African writer and the English language’ in Morning Yet on Creation Day London: Heinemann, 55-62
· Bochner, S. (1982)’Cultures in Contact’ Studies in cross-cultural interaction: Pergamon Press, 99-125
· Cameron, D. (1995)’Civility and its discontents: language and the “political correctness” in Verbal Hygiene London: Routledge, 116-211
· Kachru, B. (1980) ‘The pragmatics of non-native varieties of English’, Macmillan, 194-210
· Wade, JP. (1999) ‘The idea of an “African Identity” ignores the facts’, The Mercury, 5 November 1999
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