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Object marking in isiZulu.
(Southern African Applied Linguistics Association & The Linguistics Society of Southern Africa., 2012)I examine object marking in the Nguni language isiZulu, focusing specifically on those properties that are subject to micro-parametric variation within the Bantu family. This includes the occurrence of object markers in ... -
On the relation between noun prefixes and grammaticalisation in Nguni relative clauses.
(Wiley-Blackwell., 2006)This paper discusses morphological and syntactic aspects of relative clauses in two related Southern Bantu language groups. In Sotho-Tswana, object relative clauses are formed by means of clause-initial relative complementisers ... -
On the subject marker in Kinyarwanda.
(Southern African Applied Linguistics Association & The Linguistics Society of Southern Africa., 2008)This article examines the morphosyntactic representation of the subject agreement marker (SM) in null subject constructions in the Bantu language Kinyarwanda. Three prominent analyses are compared. The first analysis ... -
Oor strategiee vir die verbetering van die onderrig en assessering van mondelinge vaardighede in Afrikaans tweede taal.
(2001)This article researches the attitude of learners to the oral activities in the Afrikaans Second Language classroom. The apparent discrepancy between learners' communicative competence and the oral year mark awarded ... -
Orality and its cultural expression in some Zulu traditional ceremonies.
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Outobiografiese tekste in die klaskamer : Het achterhuis : dagboekbrieven van Anne Frank, 2005.
(2009)This study examines the value and relevance of autobiographical texts in the classroom. For the purpose of this study the focus is on Het Achterhuis: dagboekbrieven van Anne Frank. It is a critical study to establish whether ... -
Politeness : the case study of apologies and requests an inter-generation cross-sex study in the Hindu sector of the South African Indian English speaking community.
(2001)The aim of this study is to investigate politeness phenomena within the Hindu sector of the South African Indian English speaking community. The study focuses on the understanding of politeness within the target community ... -
Popular and academic genres of science : a comparison, with suggestions for pedagogical applications.
(2001)This thesis reports on a comparison of four genres of scientific writing: the research article, university textbook, popular science article and science books for children. The comparison is based on a functional linguistic ... -
The postmodernist text in contemporary South Africa : a defence of J. M. Coetzee
(1988)One of the most pressing debates in South Africa concerns the need of writers to address the complex sociopolitical demands of the present day situation. In this paper I examine J M Coetzee's use of Postmodernism forms as ... -
Pragmatic functions of attitude markers in Kîîtharaka
(2009)KîîTharaka is a Bantu language spoken by a minority community in Kenya numbering about 120,000. Attitude markers belong to the broad category of ‘residue’ elements in language commonly called ‘discourse markers’. Alternative ... -
The psychodynamic interpretation of selected Gouro tales including their first time recording into writing in the Gouro language and translation.
(2004)This study investigates into the psychodynamic interpretation of ten selected Gouro tales, that is the way in which the mind (psycho) and the action (dynamic body movement) of a Gouro storyteller translate into a performance. ... -
Raising out of finite CP in Nguni: the case of fanele.
(Southern African Applied Linguistics Association & The Linguistics Society of Southern Africa., 2006)The Nguni modal verb fanele can select a finite clause in the subjunctive mood as its complement. Typically, the thematic subject of this clausal complement remains in the embedded subject position, in which case the ... -
"Rap for abokhokho nelokishi nabantu bonke" : language choice in hop hop music from KwaZulu-Natal : a sociolinguistic approach.
(2007)The main focus of hip hop music is on the beats and the lyrics. Hip hop lyrics. performed as 'rap' (fast poetic rhymes) address topics such as self-portrayal, roots, life, location, time and space. From its beginnings, hip ... -
(Re)construction de l’image, de l’identité féminine africaine et la Rébellion féminine contre le pouvoir préétabli: Représentation des femmes noires africaines dans des romans féminins spécifiques des années 1980: Analyse des romans écrits par Angèle Rawiri, Calixthe Beyala, Evelyne Mpoudi Ngolle et Nafissatou Niang Diallo.
(2018)Ayant son origine après l'indépendance des pays africains, dans les années 1970/1980, la littérature féminine francophone s’avère enrichissante. Avec l’arrivée de la femme dans le monde romanesque, les thèmes, le style et ... -
Reading for foundation : why Science Foundation Programme students struggle and how scaffolding can help.
(2007)Reading lies at the centre of Science Foundation Programme (SFP) students' struggle for access to the very support that such programmes offer in preparation for undergraduate study. It is a skill that is generally not ... -
Reading isiZulu : reading processes in an agglutinative language with a transparent orthography.
(2015)The focus of this thesis is skilled silent reading in isiZulu. It begins by exploring the current social and educational context of learning to read and practising reading skills in isiZulu. It then considers eye movement ... -
Relative clause formation in the Bantu languages of South Africa.
(Southern African Applied Linguistics Association & The Linguistics Society of Southern Africa., 2004)This article discusses (verbal) relative clauses in the Bantu languages spoken in South Africa. The first part of the article offers a comparison of the relative clause formation strategies in Sotho, Tsonga, Nguni and ...