Browsing Research Articles (African Languages) by Title
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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 ... -
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, ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 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 ... -
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 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 ... -
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. ... -
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 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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 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 ... -
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 ... -
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, ... -
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 ... -
Left dislocation : an exploration in linguistic typology
(University of Stellenbosch, Department of General Linguistics, 2016)No abstract available
