Bekker, IanThis article provides a linguistic overview of the history and current status of South African English (SAfE). With respect to the history of this variety it deals with its colonial origins, subsequent development as well as diversifi cation into a number of sub-varieties, both L1 and L2 in nature. Next, the article provides a brief synchronic overview of the dialect-specifi c features of this variety, focusing mainly on phonetics and phonology, but also dealing with morphology, lexis and grammar where pertinent. The last section of the article focuses on recent developments, both in terms of the variety itself and research in the field.application/pdfapplication/x-ziphttps://ejournals.epublishing.ekt.gr/index.php/latic/article/view/2722engDepartment of Foreign Languages, Translation and Interpreting, Ionian University2241-7214International Journal of Language, Translation and Intercultural Communication2241-4304International Journal of Language, Translation and Intercultural Communication; Τόμ. 1 (2012): Special Issue: Varieties of English; 139-150International Journal of Language, Translation and Intercultural Communication; Vol. 1 (2012): Special Issue: Varieties of English; 139-150The story of South African English:A brief linguistic overviewinfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion2012-01-01Δημοσίευση σε περιοδικόPublication in journalΓλώσσα και ΓλωσσολογίαLanguage and Linguisticsisi - Language & Linguistics covers resources relating to theoretical, literary and historical linguistics as well as stylistics and philology.isi - Linguistics covers resources relating to all theoretical and applied aspects of linguistics, including phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax, and semantics. The category also includes resources dealing with language as a social phenomenon such as sociolinguistics, language acquisition and education, psycholinguistics, computational linguistics, corpus linguistics, semiotics and the relationship between memory and language.Επιστημονικό άρθροScientific articleΤμήμα Διοίκησης Επιχειρήσεων/Τεχνολογικό Εκπαιδευτικό Ίδρυμα ΗπείρουGreek Aggregator OpenArchives.gr | National Documentation Centre (EKT)other