Research Articles (African Languages)
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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 ... -
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 ... -
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, ... -
Left dislocation : an exploration in linguistic typology
(University of Stellenbosch, Department of General Linguistics, 2016)No abstract available -
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 ... -
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 ... -
A general lexicographic model for a typological variety of dictionaries in African languages
(Bureau of the WAT, 2014)So far, there have been few descriptions on creating structures capable of storing lexicographic data, ISO 24613:2008 being one of the latest. Another one is by Spohr (2012), who designs a multifunctional lexical resource ... -
Post-apartheid representations of youth in the Zulu novel "Kungasa ngifile"
(AOSIS Publishing, 2004-07-31)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: In this article representation of black African youth in the Zulu novel “Kungasa ngifile” is examined. The view is presented that the novel, though seeming to be politically neutral, deals with images ... -
The collective voice in The Madonna of Excelsior : narrating transformative possibilities
(AOSIS Publishing, 2006-06-30)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The collective voice in the novel, “The Madonna of Excelsior” (2002), reveals that crossing of borders is a process characterised by cultural contact that reduces cultural polarisation and makes social ... -
Zenobia's story : how a victim of abuse uses isiXhosa to account for her actions
(AOSIS Publishing, 2008-07-25)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This article explores the theoretical work in articulating the motivations and conditions for account-giving in isiXhosa in relation to image restoration. The account-making process, according to Warren ... -
The interrogative in the S.A. Bantu languages
(2014)The article will give an overview of questions in the S.A. Bantu languages with specific attention to the syntax and semantics of these sentence, i.e. the structure and meaning of interrogative clauses. For this purpose ... -
The deficient verb [ba] in isiXhosa
(2014)The aim of this article is to establish how factivity clauses such as [ba-lamb-ile] (they are hungry) may appear in clauses which express certainty or consecutive in isiXhosa. For this purpose the influence of the deficient ... -
Moods and tenses in Xitsonga
(2014)The aim of this article is firstly to give an overview of the forms and meanings of the various moods and tenses in Xitsonga, but then to primarily focus on the Dependent mood and its very wide distribution to see in what ... -
Comparative syntax of the South African Bantu Languages : derived verbs and transitivity in the Bantu languages
(2013-09)There are thirteen derivational affixes in these languages 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 changing ... -
Comparative syntax of the South African Bantu Languages : complex predicates
(2013-09)There are four complex predicates in the SA Bantu languages, i.e. predicates with copulative verbs, deficient verbs, the verbs thi/re and probability verbs. The last three complex predicates have been dealt with here. For ... -
Comparative syntax of the SA Bantu languages: Transitive and intransitive verbs in the SA Bantu languages
(2013-09)Attention has been focused on the syntactic structure in which these verbs may appear, various features specific to these verbs as well as some verb classes in which these verbs regularly appear. The syntactic structure ... -
Genre analysis and task-based course design for isiXhosa second language teaching in local government contexts
(Stellenbosch University, 2004)The successful implementation of a multilingual language policy in the public and private sectors in South Africa depends on vibrant research. This article explores the design and nature of the isiXhosa communication tasks ... -
Using cognitive complexity analysis for the grading and sequencing of isiXhosa tasks in the curriculum design of a communication course for education students
(Stellenbosch University, 2011)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This article investigates the use of cognitive complexity analysis to inform the grading and sequencing of tasks for the purposes of curriculum design of a specific purposes isiXhosa course for student ...
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