Department of African Languages

The curse of poverty and marginalisation in language development : the case of Khoisan languages of Botswana

Chebanne, Andy; Dlali, Mawande (Department of General Linguistics, Stellenbosch University, 2019)

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Khoisan languages are spoken by tiny and remote-dwelling communities of Botswana, the members of which are characterised by socio-economic hardships and illiteracy in their own languages and in general. ...

A pseudo-consecutive non-canonical serial verb construction in isiXhosa

Andrason, Alexander (Department of General Linguistics, Stellenbosch University, 2018)

This snippet contributes to the study of less canonical Serial Verb Constructions (SVCs) of a multi-clausal consecutive origin. The author demonstrates that the BUYA gram in isiXhosa constitutes an example of a pseudo-consecutive ...

The exotic nature of ideophones – from Khoekhoe to Xhosa

Andrason, Alexander (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

Mwombeki, Gaspardus (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 coordinators i and z in Polish : a cognitive-typological approach (PART 1)

Andrason, Alexander (De Gruyter Open, 2017)

Developed within the frame of cognitive and typological linguistics, the present study examines the taxonomical status of the lexemes i and z in Polish. To achieve this aim, the author analyzes the compliance of the two ...

The internal syntax of the Chimakonde determiner phrase

Makanjila, Dominick (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 ...

The EK construction in Xhosa : a cognitive account

Andrason, Alexander; Dlali, Mawande (2017-11-29)

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Developed within the frame of cognitive linguistics, this paper argues that the entire syntactic and semantic profile of the EK gram can be unified and viewed as coherent by modeling it as a map of ...

Exploring a forward design dimension in the design of school-based Kiswahili teaching syllabi for primary schools in Uganda

Jjingo, Caesar; Visser, Marianna (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

Basweti, Nobert Ombati (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

Jjingo, Caesar (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

Gokool, Roshni (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

Mutsvairo, Jack (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

Shiwanda, Simon (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

Karani, Michael (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

Luhende, Paul Joseph (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

Andrason, Alexander; Visser, Marianna (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, ...