Browsing Masters Degrees (General Linguistics) by Title
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Identifying potential grammatical features for explicit instruction to isiXhosa-speaking learners of English
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2011-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Given the promise of upward socio-economic mobility that English is currently deemed to hold in South Africa, it is a matter of egalitarian principle that the schooling system provides all learners in ... -
The influence a reading intervention programme for grade 8 learners in their first language (Afrikaans) has on their first and second language (English) reading skills
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2011-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: An increasing number of studies indicate that South African learners' literacy levels are deplorably low. According to one international study, the Progress in International Literacy Study (PIRLS), ... -
The influence of gratitude journalling on the motivation and English language proficiency of young adult isiXhosa speakers
(Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2011-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The scientific study of gratitude is one of the topics currently researched by the emergent positive psychology movement, which seeks to understand more about the very best in human beings. Studies in ... -
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 ... -
Intercultural communication and the community of practice in a South African sport team
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2014-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This study aims to investigate the impact of individual sociocultural and linguistic differences on the creation of a successful sports team on and off the field. The specific team of interest for this ... -
Intercultural issues in the translation of parody; or, getting Alice to speak French and Afrikaans in Wonderland
(Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2011-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The classic Victorian tale by Lewis Carroll, Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland (1865), has been enjoyed by adults and children alike in many countries and in many languages. In this book, Carroll parodies ... -
Die interne struktuur van die komplementeerdersisteem in Afrikaans
(Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2007-03)This study focuses on the internal structure of the CP in Afrikaans. Rizzi’s (1997) Split-CP Hypothesis serves as the starting-point; however, careful consideration is also given to the more recent proposals of Beninca’ ... -
Investigating English home language and 12 learner's ability to access pragmatic and contextual aspects of literary text
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2013-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This study investigates differences in L1 and L2 Grade 12 learners' interpretation of an English literary text. In particular, the research focuses on pragmatic features of the text, or features which ... -
Investigating language shift in two semi-urban Western Cape communities
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Investigating perceptions of student engagement in class practices of Vietnamese learners of academic English
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2015-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Over the last 25 years socially-based SLA research has increasingly focused on contextual factors that constitute the local learning environments of learners of English as a second language in attempting ... -
Investigating the course of L1 SASL development and L2 Afrikaans reading development in young deaf children following a newly introduced curriculum with SASL as both LoLT and school subject
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2015-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Reading skills of Deaf schoolchildren in the United States of America are reported to be significantly below those of their hearing peers. In South Africa, Deaf learners’ prospects of attaining high levels ... -
Investigating the effect of enhanced input on the use of English passive in Afrikaans-speaking adolescent learners of English as L2
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2011-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: When English as a second language (L2) is learnt via classroom instruction, the extent to which learners become proficient depends, in part, on the education system in place and, more specifically, on ... -
Investigating the impact of facebook-speak on the written academic work of learners in a Western Cape high school
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2013-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This study examined the effect of language typically used on social network sites such as Facebook (referred to here as “Facebook-speak”) on the written academic work of a selected group of high school ... -
Investigating the impact of SMS speak on the written work of English first language and English second language high school learners
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2009-03)This study examined the impact of SMS speak on the written school work of English first language (L1) and English second language (L2) high school learners. The general aims of the study were to establish how widespread ... -
An investigation into the ability of South African students at Stellenbosch University to interpret implicatures in their second language English
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2012-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Due to increasing concern about the low levels of throughput at university level, and with an ever-growing awareness of the important role that students’ academic literacy plays in academic success, ... -
An investigation into the adequacy of Cinque’s functional theory as a framework for the analysis of adverbs in Afrikaans
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2013-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This study provides a description of Afrikaans adverbs within the framework of proposals set out by Cinque (1999). Previous analyses of adverbs in Afrikaans have generally been done within a non-generative ... -
An investigation of discriminatory language used in communicating with South Africans born in Tanzania and Zambia
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2013-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The aim of this paper was to investigate the language used in communicating with South Africans born in Zambia and Tanzania during the years of "the struggle" and now repatriated – the returnees. From ... -
An investigation of linguistic and cultural variation in the understanding and execution of academic writing tasks
(Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2007-03)This study investigates the conceptualisation and execution of macro-textual features of academic writing of students in an EAP course. An assumption is that students have difficulties in producing academic writing. 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, ... -
Isenzo sentetho yokukhalaza kwimeko yekhaya
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2002-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This study aims at exploring speech acts. Actions via utterances are generally called speech acts. They are commonly given specific labels such as apology, compliment, - request, promise or warning ...
