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    • dalawhatyoumust: Kaaps, translingualism and linguistic citizenship in Cape Town, South Africa 

      Toyer, Zaib; Peck, Amiena (Discourse, Context & Media, 2023)
      In 2016 Wayde Van Niekerk, a South African athlete of mixed-race heritage won an Olympic gold medal. In South Africa, his win caused hashtags such as #proudlysouthafrican, #blackexcellence and #colouredexcellence to trend ...
    • The nature and context of Kaaps: a contemporary, past and future perspective 

      Hendricks, Frank (University of the Western Cape, 2016)
      In this contribution, which serves as orientation for this special edition, the accent falls chiefly on the contemporary manifestation of Kaaps as colloquial variety of Afrikaans, but also on its historic roots and the ...
    • The use of KAAPS in newspapers 

      de Vries, Anastasia (University of Western Cape, 2016)
      In the increasingly competitive media landscape newspapers, among others, are under pressure from digital and social media. As a result, the performance and positioning of traditional Afrikaans newspapers like Rapport, ...