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Intercultural communicative competence is essential for students of international business - but can it be taught? the case of third-year BCom students
(HESA, 2020)Intercultural communicative competence is essential for graduates wishing to work in the business sector. Such competence has become desirable for graduates who see themselves working in “demanding and highly-challenging ... -
The evolutionary linguist's divining-rod : restrictive theory
(Stellenbosch University, Department of Linguistics, 2004)No abstract available. -
Windows on language evolution : how are they constructed?
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Windows on language evolution : what are they and wherein lies their virtue?
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Frightening or englightening? An appraisal of the functions of the military metaphor in the AIDS context
(Stellenbosch University, Department of General Linguistics, 1996)No abstract available -
Stemaansettyd as fonetiese parameter in die verklaring van regressiewe stemassimilasie
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Scaffolding for content knowledge of home language learning by collaborative online dictionaries
(Stellenbosch University, 2020)Dictionaries provide language learners and language users with lexical information and serve as mediating, supporting tools during language learning. Online dictionaries in the form of wikis can be assembled by dictionary ... -
Does language make us walking angels, talking apes or what?
(Stellenbosch University, Department of General Linguistics, 1996)No abstract available. -
Is noticing an answer to the problem of unacquirable structures in the second language?
(Stellenbosch University, Department of General Linguistics, 2002)The aim of this article is to evaluate one proposed solution to the problem that some aspects of a second language (L2) seem unacquirable. In order to understand the solution, it is necessary to explicate the problem. This ... -
Investigating full transfer : preliminary data from the adult L2 acquisition of Afrikaans
(Department of General Linguistics, Stellenbosch University, 2005)No abstract available. -
The presence of a primary male caregiver affects children's language skills
(University of Stellenbosch, Department of General Linguistics, 2010)This study aimed to determine whether the presence or absence of a primary male caregiver influences a child's language skills. A language test was administered to 342 Afrikaans-speaking 4- to 9-year-olds from various ... -
Plate en politiek : populere Afrikaanse musiek en die samelewing 1900-2017
(AFRICAN SUN MeDIA, 2019)Populêre Afrikaanse musiekkunstenaars het sover goed gedoen in post‑apartheid Suid-Afrika en geniet die entoesiastiese ondersteuning van lojale volgelinge. Hierdie ondersteuning word aangevuur deur ’n komplekse stel emosies ... -
A lexical comparison of South African sign language and potential lexifier languages
(2020-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: South Africa’s history of segregation was a large contributing factor for lexical variation in South African Sign Language (SASL) to come about. Foreign sign languages certainly had a presence in the ... -
Developing a sentence repetition test for the evaluation of deaf children’s use of South African sign language
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2020-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This study creates the first sentence repetition test (SRT) for South African Sign Language (SASL). The test can be used to measure the proficiency of a participant and track their progress over time. The ... -
Syntactic processing in English–Afrikaans bilinguals
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2020-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: A fundamental question in the study of human language is why, compared to the acquisition of a first language (L1), second language (L2) acquisition should have such widely varying outcomes. Relatedly, ... -
Colour memory and similarity judgement in isiXhosa-English bilinguals : the case of luhlaza
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2020-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Colour categorisation has been a well-known topic of enquiry in the cognitive sciences. There is an abundance of literature examining colour categorisation in speakers of different languages. The findings ... -
Parallel vs sequential activation during spoken-word recognition tasks : an eye-tracking study
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2020-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Through previous spoken word-recognition tasks, bilinguals have demonstrated an ability to access both languages in a simultaneous/parallel manner. Parallel activation contrasts with sequential activation ... -
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 ... -
Thinking in two minds : the role of second language in risk-taking
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2020-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This study assessed the effects that language may have on an individual’s decision making in scenarios that involve some type of risk. The main research questions of the study are “Do individuals with ... -
Must they sing Nkosi Sikelel iAfrika or must they return fire : a critical analysis of discourses surrounding African migrants on South African online news and Facebook
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2020-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Since 1994, xenophobic violence has become a regular occurrence in South Africa. (Matsinhe 2011:295) and xenophobic attitudes and discourse have been taken up and practiced by ordinary South Africans as ...
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