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Language Standardization and Language Change describes the formation of an early standard norm at the Cape around 1900. The processes of variant reduction and sociolinguistic focusing which accompanied the early standardization history of Afrikaans (or 'Cape Dutch' as it was then called) are analysed within the broad methodological framework of corpus linguistics and variation analysis. Multivariate statistical techniques (cluster analysis, multidimensional scaling and PCA) are used to model the emergence of linguistic uniformity in the Cape Dutch speech community.

Afrikaans language --- Standardization. --- Afrikander language --- Cape Dutch language --- Germanic languages --- Standardization --- FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY --- African Languages (see also Swahili) --- History. --- AFRIKAANS (LANGUE) --- LANGUES GERMANIQUES --- NORMALISATION --- Afrikaans (langue)

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Hans den Besten (1948-2010) made numerous contributions to Afrikaans linguistics over a period of nearly three decades. His writings helped shift the perspective on the roots of Afrikaans beyond Dutch to the structure and vocabulary of Khoekhoe, to Portuguese Creole, and to Malay varieties. This volume contains a selection of Den Besten's most important papers - some of which originally appeared in less accessible journals - concerning the structure and history of Afrikaans. They cover a wide range of topics, including grammatical structure, vocabulary, the historical development of Afrikaans,

Afrikaans language --- Etymology --- Grammar --- History --- Grammar, Comparative and general. --- Languages in contact. --- Etymology. --- Grammar. --- History. --- Afrikaans (langue) --- Étymologie --- Grammaire --- Histoire --- Afrikaans --- Comparative linguistics --- Comparative grammar --- Grammar, Philosophical --- Grammar, Universal --- Language and languages --- Philosophical grammar --- Linguistics --- Philology --- Areal linguistics --- Afrikander language --- Cape Dutch language --- Germanic languages --- Grammar, Comparative --- Grammar, Comparative and general --- Languages in contact --- Étymologie. --- Grammaire. --- Histoire. --- Afrikaans language - Etymology --- Afrikaans language - Grammar --- Afrikaans language - History --- Étymologie.