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Die primary goal van die study is omme detailed en sharply focused sociosyntaktiese description en analysis vanne êspekt van clausal woort order variation in Kaaps, 'n grammatically understudied historiese ryk en marganalised variety van Afrikaans te provide. Special attention is gegee aanni gebruik van verb-second (V2) en verb-third (V3) in relation men sociolinguistiek variables soos lokasie, language background en age. V2 en V3 refer na die posisie vannie verb inne sin en is typical properties van Gemranic taale. Die study aim om possible variations van V2 en V3 te vestaan in relation men sociolinguistiek intricacies. Syntactic properties wat gegather wôt van die research sal aannie documentation en description van Kaaps grammar, ôs understanding van woort order variation in Kaaps en Afrikaans innie algemeen contribute. Dit provide ook insight na hoe Kaaps innie Germanic taal familie inpas. Die study fokus op Kaaps wat in Manenberg, 'n gemeenskap oppie Kaapseflakte, in Suid AFrika gepraat is. 'n Overarching aim vannie study is ommie gap tussen solciolinguistic studies en syntaktiese studies te bridge. Hierrie is gewoonlik getreat soos unrelated studies. 

Abstract

The primary goal of this study is to provide a detailed and sharply focused sociosyntactic description and analysis of an aspect of clausal word order variation in Kaaps. Kaaps is a grammatically understudied, historically rich and marginalised variety of Afrikaans. Special attention is given to the use of verb-second (V2) and verb-third (V3) in relation to sociolinguistic variables such as location, language background and age. V2 and V3 refer to the position of the verb in a sentence and are typical properties of West Germanic languages. The study aims to understand possible variations in V2 and V3 and to locate this variation in relation to sociolinguistic intricacies. Syntactic patterns gathered from this research will contribute to the documentation and description of Kaaps grammar, to our understanding of word order variation in Kaaps and in Afrikaans more generally, and they will also provide insight into how Kaaps fits into the West Germanic language family. This study focuses on Kaaps spoken in Manenberg, a community on the Cape Flats, Cape Town, South Africa. An overarching aim of this study is to contribute to the efforts of bridging the gap between sociolinguistic and syntactic studies, which are traditionally treated as being unrelated.

Access the thesis here: https://lingbuzz.net/lingbuzz/006875 or here: http://dx.doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.2.10167.39847/1