Department of African Languages

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    Changing spaces: Writing centres and access to higher education
    (SUN PRESS, 2011) Archer, Arlene; Richards, Rose
    INTRODUCTION: Nowadays most tertiary institutions in South Africa boast a writing centre, some of them more than one. University of the Witwatersrand (Wits) and University of Cape Town (UCT) have a general writing centre each and also a Law writing centre, for example. Most of the writing centres are permanent fixtures and many have permanent staff. This book serves to outline differing theoretical approaches to writing which underpin the various centres, as well as differing implementation of some of these theories in particular social and political contexts. It showcases writing centres from seven institutions in South Africa and reflects on practices in these differing contexts. It situates all of this in terms of some of the tensions writing centres around the world experience, such as the relation between the generic and the discipline-specific in teaching writing, the extent to which writing centres need to engage with the increasingly multimodal requirements in student assignments, the placement of writing centres in institutions, and degrees of perceived legitimacy and authority. The unique South African context shows the significance of these issues in sharp relief.
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    Language science and language technology in Africa: A festschrift for Justus C. Roux
    (SUN MeDIA, 2012) Ndinga-Koumba-Binza, Hugues Steve; Bosch, Sonja E.
    BOOK BLURB: This book provides a broad overview of current work on South African languages, language resources and language technologies. While it provides a fairly comprehensive overview, it also ties together the most recent knowledge state here, and is therefore truly innovative … The book is therefore informed by current international trends in the respective fields of science, and feeds back into them … There is absolutely no doubt that the book has an academic peer audience and is directed at specialists in the field.
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    Rabadia Ratšhatšha : studies in African language literature, linguistics, translation and lexicography
    (SUN PReSS, 2007) Mojalefa, Mawatle Jerry
    ENGLISH ABSTRACT: After forty years in academia, P.S. Groenwald leaves a rich heritage, which is measured not only in terms of his impressive list of publications, but also in terms of those for whom he was the academic mentor. His versatility as academic is reflected in the variety of specialist fields in which his former students find themselves. Experts in literature and linguistics, lexicographers and translators all found their niches under his tutelage.