I apologise if this is too wordy or not the correct sub. I have already posted this in /r/HomeworkHelp but I am getting desperate.
Sooooooooooo,
I have a rather large essay (5000 words) that is due ASAP.
1 - I have already begun looking into the different Khoe-San and Bantu languages as well as their offshoots and variations. (Khoesan being almost non-existent)
2 - I am able to find quite a bit on the morphology, phonology, syntax, semantics, etc of these languages but cannot find any papers discussing what effects colonial languages (namely English and Afrikaans) have had on these languages linguistically speaking.
3 - I am hoping to tie it into the changes this has made to the education system of Southern Africa (touching on Bantu-Education and apartheid and then bringing it back to current day practices)
4 - ANY free to view papers, sources that you can muster will be greatly appreciated. I am extremely broke and cannot afford to view all the best papers.
I have also realised that apart from the apartheid education system perhaps African languages were not much changed by settlers and instead it was merely the syncraticism of these languages over time that led to their major changes.
Yes I know I have taken upon myself a broad, complicated essay and have left it far too late to get an A+ however I need to satisfy the word limit and have AT LEAST 15 sources.
Any help at all will be greatly appreciated. Heck I'll invite you to my exclusive GoogleDocParty if you're feeling extra helpful.
Apologies for any spelling/grammar errors. I'm freaking out here!
TL:DR Need help finding free-to-view sources on this topic from a linguistic/sociolinguistic perspective.
Jochen Arndt has several papers on the role of missionaries in creating modern Nguni languages, which appear to be available through academica.edu.
In terms of linguistic change, the most robust body of literature is on the development of Afrikaans from Dutch. However, there is also work on 'fanagalo' (nb - this is now considered a derogatory term) and 'tsotsitaal', two dialects of Zulu that emerged during the colonial/apartheid eras. I would look through academia.edu with those search terms. I've read papers by Hilde Gunnick and Ellen Hurst, but not sure if they are available somewhere without a paywall.
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