The speech act of apology in Xitsonga : educational contexts

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dc.contributor.advisorDlali, M.
dc.contributor.authorSombhane, Mihloti Penelope
dc.contributor.otherStellenbosch University. Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences. Dept. of African Languages.
dc.date.accessioned2008-11-19T12:44:03Zen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2010-06-01T09:02:28Z
dc.date.available2008-11-19T12:44:03Zen_ZA
dc.date.available2010-06-01T09:02:28Z
dc.date.issued2008-12
dc.descriptionThesis (MA (African Languages))--Stellenbosch University, 2008.
dc.description.abstractThe study explores how Grade 10 learners use the speech act of apology in an educational environment. Apologies are viewed in this study as a kind of remedial work; action taken to change what may be regarded as an offensive act into an acceptable one. Eight different strategies for complaining and twenty-one for apologising are presented with examples to illustrate each. Data was gathered using questionnaires in order to gain insight in the total number of complaint and apology strategies used. Analysis of the answered questionnaires showed that while there are strategies which are commonly used by both male and female learners, some strategies are used mostly by male learners and some mostly by female learners.en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/2957
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherStellenbosch : Stellenbosch University
dc.rights.holderStellenbosch University
dc.subjectApologyen
dc.subjectXitsongaen
dc.subjectDissertations -- African languagesen
dc.subjectTheses -- African languagesen
dc.subjectTsonga language -- Social aspectsen
dc.subjectTsonga (African people) -- Social life and customsen
dc.subjectApologizingen
dc.subjectSpeech acts (Linguistics)en
dc.titleThe speech act of apology in Xitsonga : educational contextsen
dc.typeThesis
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