Linguistic Culture and Essentialism in South Africa  

作　　者：Stephanie Rudwick 

机构地区：[1]Linguistics Programme, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Howard College Campus,Durban 4041, South Africa

出　　处：《宏观语言学》2008年第1期149-163,共15页Macrolinguistics

摘　　要：This paper explores how language and culture are intertwined and often regarded as “invariable fixed properties” in contemporary South Africa by focusing on one particular indigenous African language group, i.e. isiZulu-speakers. Drawing from general theoretical sociolinguistic approaches to language and culture and considering South Africa’s socio-political history, the paper demonstrates the significance and saliency of Zulu linguistic culture to Zulu people in the post-apartheid state. It is examined, how Zulu linguistic culture is regarded a resource in the isiZulu-speaking community and as one of the most salient tools of in-group identification in the larger contemporary South African society. Zulu people’s culture is profoundly language-embedded and Zulu linguistic culture often based on essentialism.

关 键 词：LINGUISTIC CULTURE Zulu ESSENTIALISM 

分 类 号：G[文化科学]