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Year:
1795
Short description:
Britain takes control of Cape Town
Medium description:
[Crystal only states "an expeditionary force invaded (the Cape)".
Tags:
history of English
in South Africa
Baugh, A. C. & Cable, T. (1993). A History of the English Language 4th edition. : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group [p.285]
Kirkpatrick, Andy (2007). World Englishes: Implications for International Communication and English Language Teaching. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press [p.106]
Crystal, David (2005). The Stories of English. London: Penguin [p.440]