10.4225/03/5930c7bb0608c Franke, Katharina Katharina Franke German as a contact language in South Africa: linguistic perspectives Monash University 2017 Contact linguistics journal article Syntactic change German in South Africa 1959.1/6647 monash:6647 Monash University. Faculty of Arts. School of Languages, Cultures and Linguistics. 2017-06-02 02:04:40 Journal contribution https://bridges.monash.edu/articles/journal_contribution/German_as_a_contact_language_in_South_Africa_linguistic_perspectives/5063581 This paper explores existing literature and linguistic research on German as spoken in South Africa from a language contact perspective. Following a brief overview of the situation of German speakers in South Africa, this paper presents a survey of various linguistic features of South African German, by drawing extensively on data from the study of German in South Africa by Stielau (1980). Structural changes in the morpho-syntax and syntax will be discussed in detail. I will conclude by briefly considering possessive pronoun constructions in South African German thereby reviewing the issue of explaining language change in language contact situations.