Browsing Masters Degrees (Languages, Linguistics and Academic Literacy) by Title
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Scrambling in Afrikaans.
(2012)‘Scrambling’ languages allow arguments in a given sentence to be ordered in a variety of ways while leaving the grammatical roles of these arguments unchanged. West Germanic languages like German, Dutch, Yiddish, and West ... -
Sociolinguistic dynamics and challenges facing African learners in multiracial schools in terms of their linguistic and cultural identities.
(2005)This dissertation explores the sociolinguistic dynamics and challenges facing African learners in some multiracial schools in KwaZulu-Natal in terms of their linguistic and cultural identities. It seeks to investigate the ... -
A sociolinguistic investigation of sources of interactional asynchrony and synchrony in intercultural medical consultations in the medium of English in an urban setting in South Africa.
(1995)This thesis examines sources of interactional asynchrony and synchrony in intercultural medical consultations between South African English speaking doctors and Zulu-English speaking patients in an urban setting in South ... -
A sociolinguistic investigation of the status of Isizulu at former house of delegates high schools in the greater Durban area.
(2003)This study examines the status of isiZulu from the perspective of English L1, isiZulu L1 learners and educators at former House of Delegates high schools in the greater Durban area. South Africa's Language in Education ... -
Standard versus non-standard isiZulu : a comparative study between urban and rural learners' performance and attitude.
(2009)In this study, standard and non-standard isiZulu varieties are compared and contrasted. While standard isiZulu is proved to be treasured, it is not very well known or spoken among young urban and rural isiZulu speaking ... -
A study of J.M. Coetzee's novel, The master of Petersburg, with particular reference to its confessional aspects.
(2000)The dissertation focuses on lM. Coetzee's novel The Master of Petersburg, read as a confessional text and discussed in the light of theories of the western tradition of confession. By way of introduction some of the themes ... -
A study of the perceptions of the language-in-education policy held by Zulu speaking parents in a former model C senior primary school.
(2002)This study investigates the perceptions of Zulu speaking parents of the new language-in-education policy. The context for the study, which is explained in Chapter one, is an ex-Model C senior primary school in KwaZulu-Natal. ... -
Teaching academic writing in a South African context : an evaluation of the drafting-responding process used to develop the academic writing of students in a first year media course at the University of KwaZulu-Natal.
(2006)The provision of written lecturer feedback at the draft stage of a draft-response-redraft process is an extensively used tool in the process genre approach to teaching academic writing. It is also regarded as an important ... -
A tradition in transition : the consequences of the introduction of literacy among Zulu people in Umbumbulu.
(1997)This research study, in its efforts to discuss the consequences of the introduction of literacy among the Zulu people in Umbumbulu, will embody the social and educational aspects of the oral Zulu people before and after ... -
The translatability of English academic discourse into isiZulu with reference to the discourse of mathematics.
(2009)This research investigates the translatability of English Academic Discourse into isiZulu with specific reference to the discourse of Mathematics. The focus is on the translation processes and strategies used in the ... -
Translation and commentary : Ma vie, mon Cri (Rachida Yacoubi)
(2003)Ce memoire est avant tout un travail de traduction. Le livre a traduire, Ma Vie, mon Cri de Rachida Yacoubi, est tres long (355 pages). 11 fallut beaucoup de travail, de revision et de discussion avec mes deux directrices ... -
Trends, modifications and motivations of ukuhlolwa kwezintombi (virginity testing) among the Zulu in KwaMashu district of KwaZulu Natal between, 1960-2000.
(2000)This study investigates the trends. modifications and motivations of ukuhlolwa kwezilllombi (virginity testing) among the Zulu in KwaMashu district of Kwa Zulu Natal. The study reveals that:- • Ukuhlolwa kwezillfombi ... -
Ukuhlelwa kokufundwa kolimi lwesiZulu njengolimi lwesibili : kubhekwa abasebenzi kanye nabafundi basenyuvesi ya KwaZulu-Natal.
(2014)Lolu cwaningo lubheka inqubomgomo yolimi yesikhungo semfundo ephakeme iNyuvesi YaKwaZulu-Natali, ngokubheka ukuhlelwa kokufundwa kolimi lwesiZulu njengolimi lwesibili, kubhekwa abasebenzi kanye nabafundi baseNyuvesi ... -
Ukuvezwa kwabalingiswa besifazane ezinganekwaneni zesiZulu.
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Une écriture de la liberté chez Juan Genet : analyse critique de Notre-Dame-des-Fleurs.
(2014)Notre-Dame-des-Fleurs est le premier roman écrit par Jean Genet. C’est aussi, pour moi, le plus beau. Je suis donc en accord avec l’écrivain Jack Kerouac qui l’a décrit comme sa préférée des oeuvres de Genet. En effet, ... -
The usage of Arabic in the Durban metropolitan municipality area : finding possible ways and means of enhancing its usage and status.
(2007)This dissertation is an investigation of the status and the extent to which the Arabic language is put to use in the Durban Metropolitan Area in the KwaZulu-Natal Province of South Africa. A quantitative socio-linguistic ... -
Ushintsho ekwethiweni kwamagama abantu abangamaZulu esifundweni sase Mkhanyakude ngemuva konyaka wezi 2000.
(2015)This study is an investigation of shift in naming practices among the Zulu speaking people at UMkhanyakude District. It seeks to illustrate the different patterns of naming that are as a result of the change in naming ... -
The verb phrase in Kihema.
(2005)"The Verb Phrase in Kihema" investigates a wide range of three different constructions, which have all been termed 'Grammatical Function Changing Processes' (GFCP), by Linguists, using data from Kihema (a Bantu language ...