A Dictionary of South African English on Historical Principles (Signed by Mandela)

If These Descriptions Sometimes Seem Uncomfortably Like Racial Labels, This Is Because The Group Areas Act Ensured That For Over Forty Years People Were Geographically Segregated Along Racial Lines; Separate Development Ensured That Varieties Of English Developed Separately, The Vocabulary Or English Usage Of Each Group Being Only Partially Understandable To Others.

Hardcover. English. OUP USA. 1996 signed deluxe limited edition No 86 of 100 copies. ISBN: 9780195714753. 825 pp. Signed deluxe dark blue full morocco, gilt lettering, satin pagemarker, marbled end papers; with cloth-covered slipcase. Authentic original Nelson Mandela signature to the title page as shown. Very good condition. Book No: 2505383