Contemporary Afrikaans Linguistics
THE AIM OF THIS QUESTIONNAIRE IS TO ENABLE THE EDITORS TO DO BASIC MARKET RESEARCH ABOUT WHAT THE LIKELY TARGET AUDIENCE FOR A VOLUME FOCUSING ON CONTEMPORARY AFRIKAANS LINGUISTICS MIGHT WANT TO SEE IN A VOLUME OF THIS KIND.

Note that all of these questions are optional and some may not apply to you. For example, if you are a layperson you will not necessarily be able to answer questions regarding university courses and their content. We value all input, however, and would be grateful if you could complete all questions that apply to you.

NB: The volume, as currently envisaged, would include chapters giving an overview of the following aspects of contemporary Afrikaans Linguistics: the development of Afrikaans Linguistics, the history of Afrikaans, language change in Afrikaans, syntax (from three different perspectives: traditional, functional, generative), morphology, phonetics, phonology, semantics, pragmatics, sociolinguistics, Kaaps as a variety of Afrikaans, Afrikaans as a creole, Afrikaans normative linguistics, the acquisition of Afrikaans.

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1. Name of respondent (optional)
2. Please provide some information regarding your language background/mother tongue/home language(s) (e.g. German, Dutch, English, etc.)
3. Affiliation (where relevant)/Location (e.g. Belgium)
4. Please indicate your connection with Afrikaans and Afrikaans linguistics. Are you an undergraduate, postgraduate, interested layperson, etc.?
5. For lecturers: Aim of course (Please check all that apply)
6. For students: Purpose of course or why you might want to use a book of this kind (Please check all that apply)
7. For laypersons: Aim of use (Please check all that apply)
8. Year of course (1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th year, postgraduate)
9. If there is no introductory course in Afrikaans at your institution, what knowledge of Afrikaans do you/your students already have?
10. What linguistic aspects are covered in the course(s) that are currently offered at your institution? (This is about the content of the course - please name specific components, e.g. syntax, morphology, phonetics, etc.)
11. Is Afrikaans Linguistics taught as a separate course at your institution or is it part of another course, e.g. a comparative one?
12. What is the “home” of the course at your institution? A Dutch Department? A Linguistics Department? Something else?
13. What primary source(s) are used in your course ((text)books, collections, articles, websites)? Please give specific titles, weblinks, etc.
14. Are there any specific requirements/nice-to-haves that you yourself would value in a volume on Contemporary Afrikaans Linguistics?
15. Are you aware of the following websites? (Check all that apply and please indicate any additional websites in the 'other' section.)
16. Are monolingual Afrikaans dictionaries, the Afrikaans thesaurus, idiom dictionaries, or a bilingual dictionary like the Afrikaans/Dutch (e.g. ANNA) etc. available to you (at your institution or elsewhere)?
17. For lecturers/students: Does your institution have a collection of Afrikaans Linguistics books? Please give details, if you can.
18. In which format would you prefer a book like the proposed volume: e-book, hardcopy, both? Please explain your preference, if any.
19. Do you have any recommendations, comments or suggestions you would like to include?
20. Please add you email address if you would be willing to be contacted in connection with potential follow-up questions (optional).
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