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They freely used hausa language in the domain of home and with family members. Mesthrie was awarded the south african research chair in view of the significance of sociolinguistics in understanding heritage, culture and social change in a multilingual society, one in which migration has been a salient feature in its past history and present composition. About professor rajend mesthrie my interests are in general linguistics, my main early training being in historical linguistics, especially the history of english. Buy introducing sociolinguistics 2nd revised edition by rajend mesthrie, joan swann, ana. Second edition 2 by rajend mesthrie, joan swann, ana deumert, william l.
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