Table of Contents

1. Introduction (by de Klerk, Vivian); 2. I. An Historical Perspective; 3. A History of English in South Africa (by Lanham, Len W.); 4. English in South African Society: A Preliminary Overview (by Branford, William); 5. II. Pan-ethnic Varieties; 6. Black English in South Africa (by Gough, David); 7. Language Contact, Transmission, Shift: South African Indian English (by Mesthrie, Rajend); 8. Afrikaans English (by Watermeyer, Susan); 9. III. The Problem of Standardisation; 10. The Standardisation Question in Black South African English (by Wright, Laurence); 11. English, the Constitution and South Africa's Language Future (by Titlestad, Peter); 12. English and Language Planning for South Africa: the Flip Side (by Webb, Victor); 13. Lexicography for South African English (by Pienaar, L.); 14. IV. Issues in Education and Society; 15. Issues in English Language Teaching in Primary Schools (by Walters, Paul); 16. Language Attitudes and their Implications for the Teaching of English in the Eastern Cape (by Bosch, Barbara); 17. Preparing Student Teachers to Teach English First and Second Language (by Murray, Sarah); 18. English in Interpersonal Interaction in South Africa (by Chick, Keith J.); 19. V. The Northern Neighbours; 20. English in Swaziland: Form and Function (by Kamwangamalu, Nkonko M.); 21. English in Zimbabwe, Zambia and Malawi (by Schmied, Josef J.); 22. Index; 23. List of contributors