{"id":6086,"date":"2019-01-07T12:20:22","date_gmt":"2019-01-07T12:20:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sadilar.org\/researcher-english\/"},"modified":"2024-08-27T11:07:14","modified_gmt":"2024-08-27T09:07:14","slug":"researcher-english","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sadilar.org\/en\/researcher-english\/","title":{"rendered":"Digital Humanities Researcher"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"googlefontscall\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"pagebuilderckparams\" data-colorpalettefromtemplate=\"\" data-colorpalettefromsettings=\",,,,\" data-styles=\"\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"row_ID1546863561707\" class=\"rowck ckstack3 ckstack2 ckstack1 uick-sortable\" style=\"position: relative;\" data-gutter=\"2%\" data-nb=\"2\">\n<style class=\"ckcolumnwidth\">[data-gutter=\"2%\"][data-nb=\"2\"]:not(.ckadvancedlayout) [data-width=\"30\"] {width:29%;}[data-gutter=\"2%\"][data-nb=\"2\"].ckadvancedlayout [data-width=\"30\"] {width:30%;}[data-gutter=\"2%\"][data-nb=\"2\"]:not(.ckadvancedlayout) .blockck:not(:first-child) {margin-left:2%;}[data-gutter=\"2%\"][data-nb=\"2\"]:not(.ckadvancedlayout) [data-width=\"70\"] {width:69%;}[data-gutter=\"2%\"][data-nb=\"2\"].ckadvancedlayout [data-width=\"70\"] {width:70%;}[data-gutter=\"2%\"][data-nb=\"2\"]:not(.ckadvancedlayout) .blockck:not(:first-child) {margin-left:2%;}<\/style>\n<div class=\"inner animate clearfix\">\n<div id=\"block_ID1546863561707\" class=\"blockck\" style=\"position: relative;\" data-real-width=\"29%\" data-width=\"30\">\n<div class=\"ckstyle\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"inner animate resizable\">\n<div class=\"innercontent uick-sortable\">\n<div id=\"ID1546863576669\" class=\"cktype\" style=\"position: relative;\" data-type=\"image\">\n<div class=\"ckstyle\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"imageck\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sadilar.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/2023-05-31-DDP.png\" width=\"100%\" height=\"auto\" data-src=\"https:\/\/sadilar.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/2023-05-31-DDP.png\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"block_ID1546863566027\" class=\"blockck\" style=\"position: relative;\" data-real-width=\"69%\" data-width=\"70\">\n<div class=\"ckstyle\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"inner animate resizable\">\n<div class=\"innercontent uick-sortable\">\n<div id=\"ID1546863578677\" class=\"cktype\" style=\"position: relative;\" data-type=\"text\">\n<div class=\"tab_blocstyles ckprops\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tab_edition ckprops\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"ckstyle\">\n<style><\/style>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"cktext inner\" style=\"position: relative;\" spellcheck=\"false\">\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva, sans-serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva, sans-serif;\"><strong>Mr\u00a0Deon du Plessis<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva, sans-serif;\"><strong>Digital Humanities Researcher: <\/strong><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva, sans-serif;\"><strong>English<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva, sans-serif;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Biography:<br \/>\n<\/span><br \/>\n<\/strong>Deon is the SADiLaR researcher for English. His interests and experience especially relate to phonetics \u2013 the way speech sounds. This has included the ways in which South Africans express the diversity of their identities through English, how English changes in a postcolonial context, and how people build bridges between themselves and each other through language. He hopes to grow people\u2019s access to shared information through English as a shared language, promote English as but one thread in our multilingual fabric, and grow South African research capacity with new technologies.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva, sans-serif;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Qualifications:<br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva, sans-serif;\">MA in Linguistics and Literary Theory (cum laude, North-West University); PhD in Linguistics (current, University of Cape Town)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>Work experience and professional involvement:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva, sans-serif;\">Deon started working as an academic interpreter at the North-West University during his undergraduate studies. Later, he provided research assistance to academics such as Ian Bekker and Andries Coetzee, who have since become both mentors and dear friends. He has given practical application to this research through teaching (variously as a tutor and lecturer) English literature, French, and linguistics to first year up to honours level students.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>Links:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva, sans-serif;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/scholar.google.co.za\/citations?hl=en&amp;user=JrSQGgwAAAAJ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Google scholar\u00a0<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva, sans-serif;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/deon-du-plessis-00100072\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">LinkedIn<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>Articles\/Abstracts:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva, sans-serif;\">Du Plessis, D. &amp; Bekker, I. 2014. To \u201cerr\u201d is human: The case for neorhoticity in White South African English. Language Matters, 45(1): 23-39. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/pdf\/10.1080\/10228195.2013.840010\">https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/pdf\/10.1080\/10228195.2013.840010<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva, sans-serif;\">Du Plessis, D., Bekker, I. &amp; Hickey, R. 2020. Regionality in South African English. (<em>In<\/em> Hickey, R., <em>ed<\/em>. English in Multilingual South Africa: The Linguistics of Contact and Change. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press. pp. 74-100.)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva, sans-serif;\">Collaborations:<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva, sans-serif;\">Proff. 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His interests and experience especially relate to phonetics \u2013 the way speech sounds. 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