Browsing Masters Degrees (African Languages) by Title

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    • A semantic and syntactic analysis of break and bend verbs in Zulu 

      Malinga, Bongiwe Bernadette (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2001-04)
      ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The subject of this study is Break and Bend verbs in isiZulu, which can be classified as verbs of change of state. This study examines the semantic as well as the syntactic analysis of these verbs of ...

    • Semantic features of human beings in Tshivenda 

      Mulungwa, Tshiwela Thomas (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2000-03)
      ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The aim of this study is to investigate the semantic features of human beings in Tshivenda. For this purpose the theoretical assumptions of Lexical semantics were taken as the starting-point of the ...

    • The semantics and morphology of deverbal nominals in Tshivenda 

      Tshishonga, Vhengani Dorah (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 1999-12)
      ENGLISH SUMMARY: In Tshivenda deverbatives in class 1 may appear with a number of complements and or adjuncts such as noun phrases and locatives. Morphological structure of these nouns can be established as well as the ...

    • The societal voice in Swazi children's oral poetry 

      Antones-Dlamini, Rachel Tengetile (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 ...

    • The speech act of advice in educational contexts in isiZulu 

      Ngcobo, Lazarus (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2004-12)
      ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This study focuses on the communicative processes of advice in isiZulu through which people aid each other with problems and stresses of daily life, including ways in which support is communicated. When ...

    • The speech act of advice in educational contexts in Setswana 

      Mogase, Emily Phuti (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2004-04)
      ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This study examines data from advice-giving in Setswana relating to pragmatic theorists' argument that every human interaction, to a large extent carries with it an element of threatening one or both ...

    • The speech act of advice in educational contexts in Tshivenda 

      Raliphaswa, Samuel Nndanduleni (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2005-03)
      ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This study examines data from advice-giving in Tshivenda relating to pragmatic theorist's argument that every human interaction, to a large extent carries with it an element of threatening to one or ...

    • The speech act of apology in Setswana educational contexts 

      Mangwegape, Bridget Kesaobaka (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2005-04)
      ENGLISH ABSTRACT: An apology in Setswana is offered ;when an individual has violated a social norm or want to restore any form of a complainable. When it is given, it serves as a remedial work,designed to smooth over any ...

    • The speech act of apology in Tshivenda educational contexts 

      Makhado, Avhatakali Jonathan (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2002-04)
      ENGLISH ABSTRACT: An apology in Tshivenda is offered when an individual has violated a social norm or want to restore any form of a complainable. When it is given, it serves as a remedial work, designed to smooth over ...

    • The speech act of apology in Xitsonga : educational contexts 

      Sombhane, Mihloti Penelope (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2008-12)
      The study explores how Grade 10 learners use the speech act of apology in an educational environment. Apologies are viewed in this study as a kind of remedial work; action taken to change what may be regarded as an ...

    • The speech act of complaining in isiXhosa 

      Manjiya, Monelwa Precious (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2001-12)
      ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This study investigates the speech act of complaining in Xhosa. It is organized into six chapters. Chapter 1 states the aim of the study. The method, design and the organization of the study are also ...

    • The speech act of greetings in Tshivenda 

      Sibadela, Joyce Mukhethoni (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2002-03)
      ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The use of interpersonal verbal routines such as greetings is a universal phenomenon of human languages. All human speech communities have such formulas, although their character and the incidence of ...

    • St J Page Yako's poetry of prominent people 

      Stengile, Msuthukazi Nontuthuzelo Unity; Yako, St. J. PageIkhwezi (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2002-12)
      ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This study is divided into five chapters. The first chapter which marks the introductory chapter deals with the general introduction to the entire study, the scope of the study, statement of the aim ...

    • A study of JJR Jolobe's selected children's rhymes 

      Mbukushe, Fundiwe Doreen. (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2003-12)
      ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This study identifies the predominant features in JJR Jolobe's children's poetry (rhymes). Another purpose well worth considering is the impact poems can have on children's language because poetry is ...

    • Syllable structure processes in Northern Sotho : a linear and non-linear phonological analysis 

      Madigoe, Mashikane William (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2003-12)
      ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This study intends to describe and explain syllable structure processes in Northern Sotho. It deals with phonological processes such as vowel deletion, semivocalization and semivowel insertion. The major ...

    • The syntax of verbs involving the body in Isixhosa 

      Spofana, Dumisani Godfrey (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 1999-03)
      ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This study examines the syntax of the verbs involving the body in isiXhosa. This is done with the view of giving a full account of how these verbs behave. The study is based on the theory of Government and ...

    • Task-based assessment for specific purpose Sesotho for personnel in the small business corporation 

      Lombaard, Malinda (Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2006-03)
      This study is concerned with a task-based analysis of specific purposes Sesotho learning tasks for the learning and teaching of Sesotho as a second language by personnel of the small business development corporation. A ...

    • Task-based course design for campus communication in isiXhosa 

      Geldenhuys, Catharina Maria (Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2011-03)
      ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The central purpose of this study is to investigate the nature and properties of communication tasks employed in generic communication in isiXhosa on a university campus in South Africa within the ...

    • Task-based design for lecturer-student communication in teaching Xhosa as a second language 

      Mntuyedwa, Vuyokazi Julia (Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2009-12)
      ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This mini-thesis examines the features of a range of communication tasks in Xhosa that characterize lecturer-student conversations in tertiary context as regards problems of some individual students ...

    • The translation of Chinua Achebe's Things fall apart into isiXhosa Lwadilik'udonga : a critical analysis 

      Ntwana, Thenjiswa (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2005-12)
      ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Things Fall Apart is an unsentimental novel which appeared in 1958 as Chinua Achebe's first novel. It is regarded as a classic of world literature. It is deemed vital that such rich literature as the ...