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Die ontwikkeling van ʼn gestruktureerde indiensontwikkelings- program vir opvoedkundige tolke aan die Universiteit Stellenbosch
(Stellenbosch University, Department of General Linguistics, 2017)Inleiding: Sedert die vroeë 2000’s is daar toenemend gebruik gemaak van opvoedkundige tolking by tersiêre instellings in Suid-Afrika en die waarde daarvan spesifiek by die Universiteit Stellenbosch (US) is ook ondersoek ... -
'Crazy, mad, and dangerous' : a critical discourse analysis of the (re)construction of mental illness in South African magazines
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2019-04)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This research intended to establish what the discourses of mental illness in South African magazines are, and determine whether there is a need for a revision of the current reporting practices on mental ... -
So we were just like, 'ok' : the discourse markers like and just in the speech of young South Africans
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2019-04)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Discourse markers are often studied in connection to language change, as the development of discourse markers indicates a shift in both the linguistic and social aspects of language. These markers are ... -
The comprehensibility of plain language for second language speakers of English at a South African college of further education and training
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2019-04)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Plain language has existed in various forms and guises for more than 2000 years (Garner 2009: 40-41; Petelin 2010: 207). Although no consensus exists on a single definition of ‘plain language’ or how best ... -
Temporal gestures in Afrikaans
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2019-04)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This study investigated how first language Afrikaans speakers gesture about time, deliberately and spontaneously. This research aims to provide insight into what axis is referred to when thinking and ... -
Reconstructing the crime : the use of past tenses in The monogram murders and Meurtres en majuscules
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2019-04)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This thesis presents a literary-linguistic study which focuses on detective fiction and its use of past tenses in both English and French. Two novels are analysed, Sophie Hannah’s The Monogram Murders and ... -
What Kaaps brings to the table : a sociolinguistic analysis of the intersection between language, food and identity in Vannie Kaap memes
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2019-04)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This thesis examines food and language as a related topic. Gerhardt (2013) claims that every language group has its unique traditional food and, as such, this thesis investigates this claim with specific ... -
An analysis of the linguistic realisation of agency in the narratives of students on an extended degree programme
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2019-04)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: In the last decade there has been a proliferation of literature detailing the difficulties faced by first-year students as they navigate the transition to university. The increased diversity of the student ... -
Holmes and Popovic in the 21st century : an empirical-bibliographical exercise
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Multilingualism in the workplace : communicative practices between store owners and assistants in Chinese shops in Cape Town
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2018-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Since the introduction of representative government in 1994, South Africa has seen a significant influx of Asian and African migrant workers, and their presence in South Africa has become part of the ... -
The functions of teacher code switching in classrooms, and teachers’ perceptions towards this practice : a case study of siSwati-English interactions in a semi-urban high school in Eswatini
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2018-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The aim of the study is to investigate the occurrence and functions of teacher code switching in classrooms, in a semi-urban school in Eswatini and to find out the attitude of the teachers towards this ... -
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 ... -
'n Minimalistiese analise van ekspletiewe negativering in Afrikaans
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2018-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The aim of this thesis was to investigate expletive negation (EN) as it manifests in Afrikaans. Consider (1): (1) Wat ek nie1 alles geleer het nie2! what I not everything learned have POL “All the ... -
A nominal shell analysis of restrictive relative clause constructions in Tripolian Libyan Arabic
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2018-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This study deals with the phenomenon of restrictive relative clause constructions in Tripolian Libyan Arabic (TL-Arabic), a variety of Maghrebi Arabic spoken in and around Tripoli, the capital of Libya. ... -
The effect of multilingual glossaries of meta-cognitive verbs on improving assessment performance: a case study at a South African university of technology
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2018-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This study was conducted to determine whether first-year students at a university of technology would benefit from the use of multilingual glossaries of metacognitive verbs, and specifically whether such ... -
Revisie : een aspek van kwaliteitbestuur in ’n akademiese vertaalkantoor
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2018-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This study takes a closer look at and discusses revision as one of the aspects of quality management in the context of academic translation offices at higher education institutions. Key quality management ... -
An investigation into the effect of mobile-assisted language learning on Rwandan university students' proficiency in English as a foreign language
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2018-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: It is almost common knowledge that English is the most spoken language in the world, which is considered a global lingua franca, and which often offers a means of socio-economic mobility for its speakers ... -
The development of cognitive processes and English language abilities : the case of early English language learners in a multilingual South African setting
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2018-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The purpose of this study was to investigate the development of English language skills and the processes which underlie these skills in English Language Learners (ELLs) who are in their first year of ... -
Language attitudes in pre-adolescent multilinguals : a comparison of five data elicitation techniques
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2018-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This study had two aims. The first was to identify the most useful data elicitation technique/s to use when eliciting data from multilingual South African pre-adolescents who have an African language as ... -
The discursive construction of foundation programmes in South African media texts
(UNISA Press, 2015)This article reports on research that investigated public perceptions of transformation within South African universities, with a particular focus on the incorporation of foundation programmes into university curricula. ...
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