The vowels of South African English

Abstract

possible participation in the SECS-Shift constitutes an effective chain-shift reversal 'from above'.It stresses that, in order to understand such phenomena, recourse needs to be made to a theory of indexicality that takes into account the unique sociohistorical development of SAE and its speakers.Lastly, the adoption of the three-stage koinéization model mentioned above highlights the merits of considering both endogenous and exogenous factors in the historical reconstruction of new-dialect formation and, for research into SAE in particular, strengthens the case for further investigation into the possible effects of 19 th -century Afrikaans/Dutch, Yiddish and north-of-English dialects on the formation of modern SAE.

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