Browsing Masters Degrees (African Languages) by Title

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    • 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 ...

    • Ucwaningo lwesimantikhi yelekhizikhoni yesenzo u-phuma esizulwini 

      Msibi, Phakamile Innocentia (Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2010-12)
      ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The main concern of this thesis relates to an investigation of the lexical-semantic nature of the motion verb –phuma (exit, go out) in isiZulu within the framework of Generative Lexicon Theory. In ...

    • Uhlahlelo-mhlahlandlela lwemibhalo yegeneri yezepolitiki ephephandabeni lesiZulu 

      Ntshalintshali, Dlezakhe Simon (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2003-12)
      ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The purpose of this study is to do an in-depth analysis of genre-texts of political articles in newspapers. The genre theoretical approach is employed as framework for analysing the linguistic, rhetorical ...

    • Uhlalutyo lwamanqaku kalindixesha wesiXhosa ngobhalo ngokudlulileyo nangobhalo olunika ingcaciso ngokubhekisele kuhlobo lwe-genre 

      Simayile, Thulani Alfred (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2008-12)
      This study employs the theoretical framework of text construction advanced by Feez and Joyce (1998) and Grabe and Kaplan (1996) for the analysis of Xhosa texts of biographical recounting and consequential explanation. ...

    • Uhlalutyo lwe polisemi yamagama ngokusebenzisa isenzi u-phambuka no-jika kwisixhosa 

      Nkani, Nolutando Cynthia (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2004-04)
      ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The aim of this study is to present a lexical-semantics analyis of the verbs -phambuka and -jika in Xhosa. Chapter 1 presents an overview of the study as a whole, including reference to the aims of the ...

    • Uhlalutyo lwee-akhawunti zopolitiko emzantsi Afrika 

      Dantile, Julius Jabavu Thami (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2003-12)
      ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This study examines the effectiveness and inducement of political rhetoric in South African context. Political discourse has become more significant in South Africa since the sanction of a democratic ...

    • Uhlalutyo lwemibongo echongiweyo engabasetyhini 

      Khumalo, Pamela Hlonipha Vivienne (Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2011-03)
      ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This study investigates how women are portrayed in selected published poems. Chapter One, is the introduction to the study. The aim, the scope and the analytical approach are presented in this ...