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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 ... -
Selected animal - and bird - proverbs as reflectors of indigenous knowledge systems and social mores : a study from Zulu language and culture.
(2003)Selected animal- and bird- proverbs as reflectors of Indigenous Knowledge Systems and social mores: a study from Zulu language and culture is a research that focuses on the human-animal and bird interface to explore the ... -
Semantic disparities and discrepancies in translations of the Holy Qur’an into English.
(2016)This is a comparative analysis of selected verses from a number of Sûrahs (or Chapters) in six English translations of the Holy Qur‟ân, at a sentence, clause, phrase, word and, where useful, the morpheme level, using the ... -
Simone de Beauvoir : l'invitation aux voyages : une étude biographique er littéraire.
(2003)La philosophe feministe Simone de Beauvoir eut une passion et une fascination pour les voyages depuis sa plus tendre enfance. Des son emancipation en 1929, dIe allait se lancer sur les routes de France, d'Europe puis du ... -
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 ... -
South African Indian English: a qualitative study of attitudes.
(International Association for World Englishes Inc., 2010)This paper focuses on attitudes towards South African Indian English (SAIE), an L1 variety of English spoken in South Africa. The attitudes of the participants are considered against the backdrop of the socio-political ... -
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 ... -
'Strange worlds' in German migration literature, and intercultural learning in the context of German studies in South Africa.
(2009)This study examines the relationships between intercultural theory, German Studies (in South Africa) and post-war migration literature written in Germany. Migration literature as intercultural literature, and German Studies ... -
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. ... -
The subject marker in Bantu as an antifocus marker.
(University of Stellenbosch. Department of General Linguistics., 2008)No abstract available. -
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 ... -
The Telugu language and its influence on the cultural lives of the Hindu `Pravasandhras' in South Africa.
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Text comprehension in multilingual children : mental representation and narrative text structure.
(2014)Investigations of children‘s narrative text structure are necessary because narrative abilities are linked to literacy development and academic achievement (Dickinson & Tabors, 2001). Information contained in a narrative ... -
Towards an emerging "coconut tree missiological imagination" : an enquiry into climate change and its relevance for ministerial formation at Tangintebu Theological College
(2018)This study examines the ways in which the phenomenon of climate change is affecting the people, indigenous culture, and environment of the Micronesian island nation of Kiribati, in the South Pacific. Even though climate ... -
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 ...