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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 ... -
Persuasion in compliance-gaining messages in Tshivenda drama texts : A communication theoretic approach to interpersonal interactions
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2017-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The purpose of the study was to explore compliance-gaining messages during interpersonal interactions that garner persuasion by critically analysing discourses excerpts from selected Tshivenḓa drama texts. ... -
Rabadia Ratšhatšha : studies in African language literature, linguistics, translation and lexicography
(SUN PReSS, 2007)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 ... -
Language science and language technology in Africa: A festschrift for Justus C. Roux
(SUN MeDIA, 2012)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 ... -
Changing spaces: Writing centres and access to higher education
(SUN PRESS, 2011)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 ... -
Uhlalutyo lwezincoko ezixoxayo zesiXhosa kumabanga aphezulu esikolo
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2017-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: In a period of history when unprecedented attention is given to the importance of literacy, there is a surprising lack of research into the nature of writing development. Myhill (2005), expresses concern ... -
Narratives of identity and sociocultural worldview in song texts of the Ham of Nigeria: A discourse analysis investigation
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2017-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This dissertation investigates the social and linguistic communicative resources of spoken discourse embedded in the lyrics of the songs produced by members of the Nigerian Ham, the Hyam linguistic heritage ... -
To resume or not to resume : some remarks on resumption in left dislocation constructions in Polish, and its relevance for Biblical Hebrew
(Stellenbosch University, Department of General Linguistics, 2016)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The present paper analyzes the use of resumption in LD constructions in Polish. The evidence indicates that, in various cases, resumption is not obligatory in Polish. In fact, Polish LD constructions omit ... -
The mosaic evolution of left dislocation in Xhosa
(Stellenbosch University, Department of General Linguistics, 2016)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This paper demonstrates that the status of Clitic LD in Xhosa is a result of the mosaic evolution of Xhosa grammar. It emerges as an accumulation and combination of two more individual, distinct and, at ...
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