<i>‘Welcome to proper mall’:</i>The language on signs in Diepsloot, Johannesburg

Dowling, Tessa

doi:10.1080/02572117.2014.949472

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“…In a study of a township near Johannesburg, Dowling (2014) found that 56% of signs were in English only, 40% were bilingual English plus an African language and only 3.6% were in an African language only. In another publication, Dowling (2012) pointed to the dominance of English on signs in South Africa, giving the example of a tourist arriving in the city of Cape Town who would have the impression of visiting a monolingual English country.…”

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