Browsing Masters Degrees (General Linguistics) by Title
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Racialised discourse in the former Model C School: Discourse of exclusion and inclusion
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2016-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This thesis reports on racialised discourse in a former Model C school in the Northern Suburbs of the Western Cape. The primary areas of investigation were surrounding the discourses of inclusion and ... -
(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 ... -
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 ... -
The relationship between the language learning strategy use and language proficiency of Vietnamese-speaking learners of English as a foreign language
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2012-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Research into the variables which affect second language (L2) learning has shown varying results. The relationship between one of these factors, language learning strategies (LLSs), and language proficiency ... -
Requests at the University of Nizwa
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2014-04)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This study focuses on the requestive behaviour, including perceptions of politeness and directness, of Omani second language (L2) English students at Nizwa University in Oman as revealed by their written ... -
Reversing time: The effects of mirror reading and writing exercises on the mental timeline
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2018-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This study assessed the influence of experience and embodied cognition on the mental timeline through investigating the effect of exposure to reversed orthography reading and writing exercises. The main ... -
The role of (de)motivational factors in the context of learning English in South Korea
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2016-11)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: In November 2013, the Switzerland-based global English education company, EF Education First, reported that, in terms of English ability in non-native countries, South Korea was ranked moderately ... -
Saved or not? speaker meaning attributed to salvation and Ukusindiswa in a church context
(Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2009-03)Members of churches commonly use the English terms salvation/saved and their isiZulu equivalents insindiso/ukusindiswa. Implied meanings seem to have become attached to these terms, especially in isiZulu, which could ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
South African Sign Language used in Parliament: Is there a need for standardisation?
(Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2010-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: During interpreting in the National Parliament of South Africa, the South African Sign Language (SASL) signs used for terms frequently occurring in political debates appear to differ from one interpreter ... -
The speech act realisation of requests and greetings by non-native and native speakers of siSwati : communication challenges faced by American Peace Corps Volunteers in their interaction with Swazi people
(Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2011-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This study investigates the differences in the communication styles of siSwati and American English speakers. Specifically, it investigates the realization patterns of the speech acts of request and ... -
Speech act realisation strategies and possible effects of transference by speakers of Khoekhoegowab into English when acquired as a second language.
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch Univesity, 2017-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This study focused on requestive behaviour of speakers of Khoekhoegowab (KKG) in their mother tongue and in English as a second language (ESL), to uncover strategies mother tongue speakers of KKG employ ... -
‘#Strenght’: A critical investigation of the contemporary representations of men and women in fitness communities on Instagram
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2017-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Contemporary linguists seek to describe and analyse all manifestations of language, including those occurring on the Internet (see Crystal 2011:1). Investigating visual and linguistic representations ... -
Student expectations and perceptions of the usefulness of their linguistic repertoires for achieving social integration and academic success at an international university in Namibia
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2017-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The study examined the perceptions and expectations held by students towards the usefulness of their linguistic repertoires in helping them achieve social integration and academic success at the International ... -
Student voice and agency in master's thesis writing in a second language context: Beyond the use of pronouns
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2017-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This thesis investigates the multimodal construction of voice and agency in master's theses within the South African context. I argue that voice is not only realized through linguistic features but also ... -
A study of multilingual Extended Degree Programme (EDP) students: The construction of voice through metadiscourse markers in written texts
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2018-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Higher Education has become increasingly diverse, and this is especially true in South Africa where universities have adapted to allow for more equitable access. To facilitate student success in this ... -
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 ... -
The theme of childhood as a source of inspiration in the works of Arthur Rimbaud and Francois Nourissier
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 1999-12)ENGLISH SUMMARY: The object of this study is to determine the importance of the child's creativity through the works of 19th century poet, Arthur Rimbaud and the 20th century author, François Nourissier. An attempt is ... -
The use of language by the African National Congress in its 1999-2009 national election manifestos
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2014-04)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: There is more to language than just its formal structural properties and, similarly, more to language function than just its communicative and naming function. Language does not exist independent of ...
