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The exotic nature of ideophones – from Khoekhoe to Xhosa
(University of Stellenbosch, Department of General Linguistics, 2017)The present paper analyzes the exoticness of Khoekhoe-sourced ideophones as a possible factor that stimulated the introduction of certain phonological novelties to the sound system of Xhosa. Having analyzed Khoekhoe-sourced ... -
Strategic maneuvering in the 2015 tanzanian presidential election campaign speeches: a pragma-dialectical perspective
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2019-04)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The study investigates strategic maneuvering in the 2015 Tanzanian presidential campaign speeches of Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM) and Chama cha Demokrasia na Maendeleo (CHADEMA)/Umoja wa Katiba ya Wananchi ... -
The internal syntax of the Chimakonde determiner phrase
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch UniversityStellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2019-04)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: In the Government-and-Binding theory of generative syntax (cf. Chomsky, 1981), it was posited that a functional head D(eterminer) heads a noun phrase (NP). This view is referred to as a Determiner Phrase ... -
Exploring a forward design dimension in the design of school-based Kiswahili teaching syllabi for primary schools in Uganda
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2018)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: In Uganda, delays in teaching and learning of Kiswahili in primary schools have been experienced since their establishment in the education systems in the 1920s. At present, the language-in-education ... -
Argumentation in doctor-patient consultations in EkeGusii: A pragma-dialectical approach
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2018-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This dissertation investigates the argumentative discourse of (Eke)Gusii doctor-patient consultations in Kenya using the framework of the extended pragma-dialectical theory of argumentation. The study ... -
Cognitive task analysis in task-based syllabus design for the teaching and learning of Kiswahili as a second language in Ugandan secondary schools
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2018-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The genesis of this theoretically informed dissertation is motivated by researcher’s need to explore both available and suitable conventional teaching and learning practices that are globally accepted ... -
Cognitive and linguistic complexity in an isiZulu task-based computer-assisted language-learning syllabus for health sciences students
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2018-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Effective doctor-patient communication is one of the key components entrenched in health sciences curriculum of universities in South Africa. With most patients speaking isiZulu as their mother tongue ... -
An analysis of persuasive messages in Shona family set-up
(2018-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Persuasion is an interesting, integral yet complicated communication field that has received little research in Shona. Persuasion in Shona family set-ups has shown that conversation partners engage in ... -
Active, passive and neuter-passive verb constructions in Oshindonga: Argument alternation and event structure properties
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2018-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This study examines the argument alternations and event structure properties of active, passive and neuter-passive of various verb classes in Oshindonga and also to develop a more formal syntactic and ... -
Syntactic categories and argument structure in Parakuyo-Maasai
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2018-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This study investigated issues pertaining to the properties of verbal affixes in Parakuyo that give rise to different realizations of the external and internal arguments. The study examines a range of ... -
Lexical-semantic and morpho-syntactic properties of English loanwords in Sukuma
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2018-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This study investigates the lexical-semantic and morpho-syntactic properties of English loanwords in Sukuma in the domains of the Determiner Phrase DP, Inflectional Phrase IP and Verb Phrase VP. The primary ... -
Cognate objects of weather verbs in African languages of South Africa – from synchronic variation to a grammaticalization path
(Stellenbosch University, Department of Linguistics, 2017)The authors argue that the synchronic variation of cognate objects of weather verbs exhibited in six African languages of South Africa (Sepedi, Sesotho, Tshivenda, isiXhosa, Xitsonga, and isiZulu) has a diachronic explanation, ... -
Role played by Swazi literature in preserving and promoting the culture of Swazi people
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2018-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The prime concern of this study is to give evidence that Swazi literature has been used to promote and preserve the culture of the Swazi people. With the changing times, Swazi culture losing its sting, ... -
The effects of persuasion in W.K. Tamsanqa's (1958) Buzani Kubawo and A.M. Mmango's (1964) UDike noCikizwa
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2018-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This is a study that looks at the way in which parents persuade their children into arranged marriages as well as the psychological effects that such an act has on the children in selected isiXhosa literary ... -
The locative in Xitsonga
(2016-10-20)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The locative in Xitsonga will be discussed with attention to the following: -Locative nouns with suffix –ini and prefix e- as a functional category -Locative class nouns with nominal modifiers -Place ... -
Derived verbs in Xitsonga
(2016-10-20)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: There are ten derivational affixes in Xitsonga of which only the reflexive is a prefix of a verb. Many of these affixes have no syntactic influence on the structure of clauses but they are only semantic ... -
The societal voice in Swazi children's oral poetry
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2017-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Swazi children’s oral poetry consists of lullabies, rhymes, games and chants, which are recited by young children at home or in school. Lullabies are sung by mothers and baby minders for the purpose of ... -
Left dislocation : an exploration in linguistic typology
(University of Stellenbosch, Department of General Linguistics, 2016)No abstract available -
Complexity in task-based language teaching and learning of isiXhosa as a second language in primary schools
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2017-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The purpose of this study is to investigate complexity in isiXhosa task-based second language (L2) learning and teaching in the Eastern Cape and South African primary school intermediate phase context in ... -
Cartography of Short yiqtol in Biblical Hebrew
(Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas, 2016)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This paper provides a dynamic (i.e. cognitive, typological and grammaticalization driven) analysis of short yiqtol in Biblical Hebrew. The author argues that short yiqtol can be understood as a ...
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