Some Missionary-Influenced Early Borrowed Words and Names in Xhosa

The contemporary proliferation of borrowed words in Xhosa must be seen as part of a historical process of borrowing, each stage in the process representing a particular orthographic development and contact situation. Research indicates that a large proportion of words that entered the Xhosa lexicon...

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Published in:	Language matters (Pretoria, South Africa) Vol. 55; no. 1-2; pp. 47 - 69
Main Authors:	Futuse, Liziwe, Dowling, Tessa
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Pretoria Routledge 03-05-2024 Taylor & Francis Ltd
Subjects:	Advertisements Bible borrowed words Christianity Eastern Cape Ityala Lamawele Literary translation Loanwords Missionaries Novels Orthography S. E. K. Mqhayi Xhosa Xhosa advertisements Xhosa language
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