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Afrikaans on the Cape Flats : performing cultural linguistic identity in Afrikaaps
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2016-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This thesis examines Kaaps and how speakers use this linguistic variety to demonstrate or perform various aspects of their identities. The theories of Butler (1990) and Pennycook (2004) are used to ... -
An analysis of requests produced by second language speakers of English and how these requests are received by English first language speakers
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2012-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: During the course of my work as Communications lecturer at a multicultural university, I have noticed differences in the manners in which Sesotho-speaking and Afrikaans-speaking students make the same ... -
Constructing first additional language learning : a content and thematic analysis of CAPS
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2020-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Only 9.6% of the South African population speaks English as a home language, but the majority of learners experience English as the language of learning and teaching for all subjects. Surprisingly low ... -
Constructing victims and perpetrators of sexual violence in Drum magazine between 1984 and 2004 : a discourse analytical study
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2013-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This thesis reports on the ways in which rape perpetrated by males on females is constructed in news stories and the advice column, Dear Dolly, published in the South African publication, Drum magazine. ... -
Construction of linguistic identities among cross-border communities: The case of Samia of Uganda and Samia of Kenya
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2017-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This dissertation investigated the discursive identity construction of a community who is separated by a national border. The town of Busia cuts across the Ugandan/Kenyan border and the community language ... -
The discursive construction of Goldfields residence : an assemblage of change agents, an apartheid chronotope and a convivial multiculture
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2020-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Documenting readers’ responses to linguistic landscapes (LLs) is a common field of enquiry in linguistic landscape studies (LLS) (cf. Garvin, 2010; Lou, 2009; Malinowski, 2009). However, these studies ... -
The discursive construction of identity in young offenders' narratives in Swaziland
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2019-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The study of ‘identity’ straddles different fields such as psychology, sociology and linguistics. The particular approach taken to the study of identity is contingent upon the field, with some fields ... -
The discursive construction of the concepts organisational communication and organisational culture in a merged South African company
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2014-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This study investigates the manner in which the concept of communication is discursively constructed in a South African insurance company. The company recently underwent a merger which, according to the ... -
The discursive construction of the language policy debate at Stellenbosch University : an investigation of the Cape Times and Die Burger
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2018-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This thesis reports on the ways in which the Stellenbosch University language policy debate is reported on in English and Afrikaans language communities by investigating the discursive construction thereof ... -
Entanglements of semiotic resources and space in the language portraits of Stellenbosch University staff and students
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2020-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This thesis explores the lived experiences of minority language speakers at Stellenbosch University. The concept of linguistic repertoires is a central part of this study as it investigates the diverse ... -
An exploration of the potential of wordless picturebooks to encourage parent-child reading in the South African context
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2017-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This research study focused on the influence of a participatory project in which wordless picturebooks were used in parent-child joint reading and, more generally, the development of a culture of reading ... -
Investigating perceptions of student engagement in class practices of Vietnamese learners of academic English
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2015-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Over the last 25 years socially-based SLA research has increasingly focused on contextual factors that constitute the local learning environments of learners of English as a second language in attempting ... -
Investigating the course of L1 SASL development and L2 Afrikaans reading development in young deaf children following a newly introduced curriculum with SASL as both LoLT and school subject
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2015-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Reading skills of Deaf schoolchildren in the United States of America are reported to be significantly below those of their hearing peers. In South Africa, Deaf learners’ prospects of attaining high levels ... -
Language and place-making: public signage in the Linguistic Landscape of Windhoek's Central Business District
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2017-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Investigating linguistic landscapes (LLs) has primarily been a matter of assessing language use in public signage. In its early days research in the field focused largely on quantitative analysis and ... -
Language biographies and language repertoires : changes in language identity of indigenous African language speakers in a town in the Northern Cape
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2014-04)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This study investigates the language shift from isiXhosa to Afrikaans in a group of indigenous African language speakers in a rural Northern Cape community. It plots the process that took place over three ... -
Linguistic constructions of identity in the discourse of American international students studying at Stellenbosch University : a positioning theory account
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2012-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The number of students studying outside of their country of birth is growing rapidly. While the United States of America only sends a small number of students abroad every year, high profile institutions ... -
Linguistic diversity in a rural Northern Cape municipality : a sociolinguistic investigation of Gamagara local municipality
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2019-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Linguistic landscapes (LLs) have primarily been investigated within urban areas. This thesis focuses on the diverse rural communities of the Gamagara Municipal area, located within the Northern Cape where ... -
The linguistic identities of multilingual adolescents involved in educational enrichment programmes in Johannesburg
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2013-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This thesis focuses on a community of multilingual adolescents who are high performers in mathematics and science, and whose primary language of teaching and learning is English. The participants who form ... -
Linguistic strategies used in the construction of performance assessment discourse in the South African workplace
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2013-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This study investigates the construction of Performance Assessment Discourses in three companies in the Western Cape, South Africa. The specific interest of is in how Performance Assessment Interviews ... -
Multisemiotic resources in student assessment : a case study of one module at Stellenbosch University
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2014-04)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This study investigates multimodal assessment in the South African higher education context. The communication landscape of students is becoming increasingly multimodal, resulting in a shift away from ...
