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The use of digit and sentence repetition in the identification of language impairment : the case of child speakers of Afrikaans and South African English
(Stellenbosch University: Department of Linguistics, 2015)There is a great need for an instrument that can accurately identify children with language problems early, regardless of the language(s) they speak. Certain tasks have been identified as potential markers of language ...
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A series of foundation phase dictionaries for a multilingual environment
(Stellenbosch University, Department of Linguistics, 2014)The aim of this article is to reflect on the design and use of the Maskew Miller Longman series of dictionaries published in several different official languages of South Africa and aimed at learners in the foundation phase ...
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A bidirectional optimality theoretic analysis of multiple negative indefinites in Afrikaans
(Stellenbosch University, Department of Linguistics, 2014)In the literature on negation, Afrikaans is generally categorised as a negative concord language. Unlike most other negative concord languages though, utterances containing multiple indefinites in the scope of negation are ...
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Translation technology explored : has a three-year maturation period done Google Translate any good?
(Stellenbosch University, Department of Linguistics, 2014)Language users in multilingual environments who are trying to make sense of the linguistic challenges they face may well regard the advent of online machine translation (MT) applications as a welcome intervention. Such ...
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Quality-assessment expectations and quality-assessment reality in educational interpreting : an exploratory case study
(Stellenbosch University, Department of Linguistics, 2014)This article focuses on data obtained from three separate studies conducted during a four-year period at Stellenbosch University, a higher education institution in South Africa. All three studies centred on the simultaneous ...
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Scaffolding academic literacy using the reading to learn methodology: an evaluative study
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2016-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The primary aim of this study was to test and assess the efficacy of an innovative literacy development intervention, Reading to Learn (RtL), with Grade 11 students at two schools within the Winelands ...
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Islamic veiling in Western Societies: A critical framing analysis of the role of online German newspaper comments in the (re)production or challenge of Islamophobia
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2016-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Islamic veils are often interpreted as a visible sign of Islam and especially as symbol for some assumed characteristics of the religion, such as oppression of women, fundamentalism or backwardness (Maconald ...
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A nominal shell analysis of restrictive relative clause constructions in Afrikaans
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2016-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This study focuses on restrictive relative clauses in Afrikaans, an area that is largely underresearched in the literature on Afrikaans grammar. The primary aim of the study is to examine whether the ...
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Profiles of multilingualism in Kampala: An analysis of language biographies and language repertoires of University students
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2016-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This is a sociolinguistic study that investigates the language biographies and repertoires that underpin the kinds of linguistic knowledge students in Kampala, Uganda have acquired by the time they enter ...
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Code-switching as a persuasive device in South African advertising
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2016-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Advertising is characterised by a particular type of language and language use which is structured to fulfil a particular purpose. The primary function of advertising language is to persuade consumers to ...
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(Re)constructing body shaming: Popular media representations of female identities as discursive identity construction
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2015-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The study takes an analytical approach to discourse in its focus on the discursive realisation and (re)production of ideology in terms of the (re)construction of a singular female identity as portrayed ...
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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 ...
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The effect of attitude toward the target language and culture, and of input on English second language proficiency in a study-abroad immersion setting
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2015-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: As the number of Asian students studying English abroad continues to increase, there is a growing need for language learning programs that help students to increase their English proficiency in the most ...
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English lingua franca in the South African tertiary classroom: recognising the value of diversity
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2015-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Globalisation has led to the use of English lingua franca (ELF) in many international classrooms and in the majority of the South African tertiary education institutions. The South African situation and ...
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A Narrative Enrichment Programme in literacy development of Afrikaans speaking Grade 3 learners in monolingual rural schools
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2015-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This study is motivated by existing information on the discontinuity between home literacy practices and school literacy expectations of learners who typically speak a local variety of their mothertongue which ...
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A minimalist analysis of obligatory reflexivity in Mihavani
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2015-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This study focuses on the phenomenon of obligatory reflexivity in the Bantu language Lomwe-Mihavani (referred to as “Mihavani”). The aim of the study is to develop an analysis of this phenomenon in Mihavani ...
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Patterns of use of and attitudes towards the Afrikaans language by South African expatriates : a sociolinguistic perspective
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2015-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This thesis explores the attitudes of South African expatriates in the Middle East towards the Afrikaans language. It also examines the reported language behaviour of South Africans when meeting and ...
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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 ...
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Language shift within two generations : Afrikaans mother tongue parents raising English mother tongue children
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2015-04)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The community of Paarl, in the Western Cape, is traditionally Afrikaans-speaking. This research investigated whether a language shift has occurred in some middle-class communities in Paarl. Certain Coloured ...
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The comprehension and production of later developing language constructions by Afrikaans-, English- and isiXhosa-speaking Grade 1 learners
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2015-04)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This study investigated the comprehension and production of articles, quantifiers, binding relations and passive constructions as later developing constructions (LDCs) by 27 Grade (Gr) 1 monolingual ...
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Educational interpreting in undergraduate courses at a tertiary institution : perceptions of students, lecturers and interpreters
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2015-04)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: In recent years, there has been an increase in the use of educational interpreting at tertiary institutions in South Africa. Various pilot studies, as well as long-running interpreting projects at North ...
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An exploration of Chinese identity in a South African context : negotiating interactions arising from guanxi and mianzi in business relationships
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2015-04)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This study aims to investigate the identity of Chinese businesspeople in a South African context. This is to determine whether their knowledge of and application of the traditional Confucian concepts of ...
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Multilingual students’ attitudes towards their own and other languages at the University of Stellenbosch and the University of the Western Cape
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2015-04)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This thesis reports on research into the attitudes of multilingual students at the Universities of Stellenbosch and the Western Cape towards their mother tongues and other languages. With specific focus ...
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Language in public spaces : language choice in two IsiXhosa speaking communities (Langa and Khayelitsha)
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2015-04)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The purpose of this thesis was to investigate language in public spaces, specifically looking at language choices in two IsiXhosa speaking communities, namely Langa and Khayelitsha. The thesis, therefore, ...
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First language development in a bilingual setting : the role of first language contact
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2015-04)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Moving to a new country often involves exposing oneself to new languages and cultures. Many individuals who move to another country and acquire a new language are sometimes at risk of losing the language ...
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A minimalist analysis of obligatory reflexivity in Chichewa
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2015-04)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This study deals with the phenomenon of obligatory reflexivity in Chichewa, a language belonging to the Bantu family. Obligatory reflexivity occurs in constructions where a pronominal element – e.g. the ...
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A critical analysis of corporate reports that articulate corporate social responsibility
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2015-04)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: In the last 15 years, growing public awareness of the negative impact of corporate activities has prompted big corporations in the mining, manufacturing and retail sectors to publish reports that communicate ...
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Sociolinguistic factors affecting patterns of emotional language use among multilingual speakers in the Western Cape
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2014-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The aim of this study is to identify factors that affect the language choices and patterns of language use of multilingual speakers in the Western Cape, focusing particularly on emotional language. It ...
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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 ...
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Intercultural communication and the community of practice in a South African sport team
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2014-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This study aims to investigate the impact of individual sociocultural and linguistic differences on the creation of a successful sports team on and off the field. The specific team of interest for this ...
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