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The determiner phrase syntax of iGiha: a generative syntax-interfaces approach
(Stellenbosch -- Stellenbosch University, 2022-04)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The debate in generative linguistics on whether languages with no overt articles, including the Bantu languages, project a Determiner Phrase (DP), similarly to languages that have overt definite and ... -
Ideophones as linguistic "rebels" : the extra-systematicity of ideophones in Xhosa (part 1)
(Institute of Oriental Studies of the Slovak Academy of Sciences, 2020)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This paper contributes to the study of structural distinctiveness of the category of ideophony. The author analyzes the extent to which Xhosa ideophones exhibit the so-called extra-systematic properties, ... -
Reclaiming the space for storytelling in Ugandan primary schools
(Stellenbosch University, 2019)The purpose of this article is to highlight teachers’ beliefs and practices towards storytelling in the mother tongue in Ugandan rural classrooms and the effect this could have on efforts to promote reading, such as the ... -
Developing a theoretical model for an improved use of outer texts in xitsonga monolingual dictionaries
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2021-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The study proposes a theoretical model for the use of outer texts in Xitsonga dictionaries in order to enhance their quality. Dictionaries in African languages have shown a central list bias and outer ... -
The locative in Luganda: a syntax-interfaces approach
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2021-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This dissertation investigatesintransitive and transitive active, passive, neuter-passive (stative) verb constructions with locatives,including locative inversion constructions in Luganda, ... -
Argumentation involving account-giving and self-presentation in tanzanian parliamentary debates: a praga-dialectical perspective
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2020-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This study investigatesthe actual argumentative reality in the resolution ofdifferences of opinion involving account-giving and self-presentation in Tanzanian parliamentary debatesin Kiswahili. ... -
The coordinators i and z in Polish : a cognitive-typological approach (Part 2)
(De Gruyter Open, 2017)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: 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 ... -
Dative applicative elements in Arusa (Maa) : a canonical approach to the argument-adjunct distinction
(Department of General Linguistics, Stellenbosch University, 2019)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The present paper analyzes the degree of the argumenthood or adjuncthood of elements licensed by the dative applicative (DA) construction in Arusa within a canonical approach to the argument-adjunct ... -
The curse of poverty and marginalisation in language development : the case of Khoisan languages of Botswana
(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. ... -
From African languages to an African perspective on language : the work and research of Prof. Marianna W. Visser
(Department of General Linguistics, Stellenbosch University, 2019)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This paper discusses the contribution of Prof. Marianna W. Visser to African linguistics. I present the academic and professional trajectory of Prof. Visser and her research achievements, focusing on ... -
A pseudo-consecutive non-canonical serial verb construction in isiXhosa
(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
(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 coordinators i and z in Polish : a cognitive-typological approach (PART 1)
(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
(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
(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
(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 ...
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