Abstract:Allar voro af scafilar, prer er voro a ristnar, oc hverfOar vi(\ inn helga mio(\, oc sendar a vi (\a vega (Sigrdrijuma/18) In this essay I shall address some methodological issues concerning the reconstruction of variation in the early history of Afrikaans (roughly 1710-1840), with a view toward theorizing the mechanisms and sociolinguistic forces that underlie the formation of this language. Since discussions of the methodology of evaluating our Cape Dutch source material have been mostly sketchy, and sinc… Show more
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