Masters Degrees (General Linguistics)
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A lexical comparison of South African sign language and potential lexifier languages
(2020-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: South Africa’s history of segregation was a large contributing factor for lexical variation in South African Sign Language (SASL) to come about. Foreign sign languages certainly had a presence in the ... -
Developing a sentence repetition test for the evaluation of deaf children’s use of South African sign language
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2020-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This study creates the first sentence repetition test (SRT) for South African Sign Language (SASL). The test can be used to measure the proficiency of a participant and track their progress over time. The ... -
The English language abilities of Grade R learners in an English-medium South African classroom : is there a correlation between objective measurements and teacher and parent perceptions?
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2019-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: English is the preferred language of learning and teaching in South African schools (Badenhorst & Van der Merwe, 2017). Whilst there are various factors working together to cause this default preference ... -
Towards a minimalist analysis of imperatives in Afrikaans : a first survey of the empirical and theoretical terrain
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2019-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The primary aim of this study is to provide a syntactic analysis of imperative constructions in Afrikaans, something which has not been done before. Imperatives are typically used to command the hearer ... -
Linguistic diversity in a rural Northern Cape municipality : a sociolinguistic investigation of Gamagara local municipality
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2019-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Linguistic landscapes (LLs) have primarily been investigated within urban areas. This thesis focuses on the diverse rural communities of the Gamagara Municipal area, located within the Northern Cape where ... -
'Crazy, mad, and dangerous' : a critical discourse analysis of the (re)construction of mental illness in South African magazines
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2019-04)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This research intended to establish what the discourses of mental illness in South African magazines are, and determine whether there is a need for a revision of the current reporting practices on mental ... -
So we were just like, 'ok' : the discourse markers like and just in the speech of young South Africans
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2019-04)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Discourse markers are often studied in connection to language change, as the development of discourse markers indicates a shift in both the linguistic and social aspects of language. These markers are ... -
The comprehensibility of plain language for second language speakers of English at a South African college of further education and training
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2019-04)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Plain language has existed in various forms and guises for more than 2000 years (Garner 2009: 40-41; Petelin 2010: 207). Although no consensus exists on a single definition of ‘plain language’ or how best ... -
Temporal gestures in Afrikaans
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2019-04)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This study investigated how first language Afrikaans speakers gesture about time, deliberately and spontaneously. This research aims to provide insight into what axis is referred to when thinking and ... -
Reconstructing the crime : the use of past tenses in The monogram murders and Meurtres en majuscules
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2019-04)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This thesis presents a literary-linguistic study which focuses on detective fiction and its use of past tenses in both English and French. Two novels are analysed, Sophie Hannah’s The Monogram Murders and ... -
What Kaaps brings to the table : a sociolinguistic analysis of the intersection between language, food and identity in Vannie Kaap memes
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2019-04)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This thesis examines food and language as a related topic. Gerhardt (2013) claims that every language group has its unique traditional food and, as such, this thesis investigates this claim with specific ... -
An analysis of the linguistic realisation of agency in the narratives of students on an extended degree programme
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2019-04)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: In the last decade there has been a proliferation of literature detailing the difficulties faced by first-year students as they navigate the transition to university. The increased diversity of the student ... -
The functions of teacher code switching in classrooms, and teachers’ perceptions towards this practice : a case study of siSwati-English interactions in a semi-urban high school in Eswatini
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2018-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The aim of the study is to investigate the occurrence and functions of teacher code switching in classrooms, in a semi-urban school in Eswatini and to find out the attitude of the teachers towards this ... -
The discursive construction of the language policy debate at Stellenbosch University : an investigation of the Cape Times and Die Burger
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2018-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This thesis reports on the ways in which the Stellenbosch University language policy debate is reported on in English and Afrikaans language communities by investigating the discursive construction thereof ... -
'n Minimalistiese analise van ekspletiewe negativering in Afrikaans
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2018-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The aim of this thesis was to investigate expletive negation (EN) as it manifests in Afrikaans. Consider (1): (1) Wat ek nie1 alles geleer het nie2! what I not everything learned have POL “All the ... -
A nominal shell analysis of restrictive relative clause constructions in Tripolian Libyan Arabic
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2018-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This study deals with the phenomenon of restrictive relative clause constructions in Tripolian Libyan Arabic (TL-Arabic), a variety of Maghrebi Arabic spoken in and around Tripoli, the capital of Libya. ... -
The effect of multilingual glossaries of meta-cognitive verbs on improving assessment performance: a case study at a South African university of technology
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2018-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This study was conducted to determine whether first-year students at a university of technology would benefit from the use of multilingual glossaries of metacognitive verbs, and specifically whether such ... -
Language attitudes in pre-adolescent multilinguals : a comparison of five data elicitation techniques
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2018-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This study had two aims. The first was to identify the most useful data elicitation technique/s to use when eliciting data from multilingual South African pre-adolescents who have an African language as ... -
Institutional culture in a multicultural community of practice: A case study of a Kenyan University College.
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2018-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The aim of this study was to explore institutional culture in a multicultural and linguistically diverse university college in Nairobi County, Kenya. It examined intercultural communication and the ... -
Investment in learning Japanese as a foreign language: A case study of multilingual adults in South Africa
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2018-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Over the last three decades, the number of Japanese language learners in the world have increased, while the number of learners in the three countries with the greatest Japanese learner populations, China, ...
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