Linguistic Features of South African English in the Reality Show "Masterchef"

master's thesis

• Author: Anđela Burić
• Mentor: Višnja Josipović-Smojver (mentor)
• Committee member: Anđel Starčević (predsjednik povjerenstva)
• Committee member: Marina Grubišić (član povjerenstva)
• Committee member: Višnja Josipović-Smojver (član povjerenstva)
• Granter: University of Zagreb; Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences; (Department of English language and literature); Zagreb
• Defense date and country: 2021-02-22, Croatia
• Scientific / art field, discipline and subdiscipline: HUMANISTIC SCIENCES; Philology; Anglistics

Abstract

This paper analyses linguistic features of South African English language based on the corpus of an episode of the reality show where English is the language of communication. Different levels of linguistic analysis are analysed through the literature available, grouped into different varieties of South African English and summed up in the theoretical part of this thesis. In the empirical part examples are given to illustrate which features found in the literature can be heard in reality. Finally, general conclusions for some of the features are summed up at the end of the thesis, but more extensive analysis is needed in order to be able to give a more detailed look into comparison of the different varieties of South African English.

• Keywords: South African English; varieties; linguistic features; phonology; morphology; syntax
• Language: english
• URN:NBN: urn:nbn:hr:131:788345
• Study programme: Title: English Language and Literature (single major); specializations in: TEFL, Linguistics, Literature and Culture, Translation; Course: Linguistics; Study programme type: university; Study level: graduate; Academic / professional title: magistar/magistra engleskog jezika i književnosti (magistar/magistra engleskog jezika i književnosti)
• Type of resource: Text
• File origin: Born digital
• Access conditions: Open access
• Created on: 2021-03-02 07:55:07