Browsing Masters Degrees (General Linguistics) by Title
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Mediated identity construction across cultures : an analysis of reports on the Guguletu Seven
(Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2008-03)This thesis has been written as a research project within a programme that topicalises intercultural communication in fairly broad terms. It provides an analysis of the different constructions in the media of events and ... -
The metaphor in Augustine's Confessions (books 1-9)
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 1964-12) -
A minimalist analysis of expletive daar (“there”) and dit (“it”) constructions in Afrikaans
(Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2011-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This study deals with syntactic aspects of expletive daar (“there”) and dit (“it”) constructions in Afrikaans. Previous analyses of these constructions have mostly been of a non-formalistic nature (e.g. ... -
A minimalist analysis of obligatory reflexivity in Chichewa
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2015-04)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This study deals with the phenomenon of obligatory reflexivity in Chichewa, a language belonging to the Bantu family. Obligatory reflexivity occurs in constructions where a pronominal element – e.g. the ... -
A minimalist analysis of obligatory reflexivity in Mihavani
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2015-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This study focuses on the phenomenon of obligatory reflexivity in the Bantu language Lomwe-Mihavani (referred to as “Mihavani”). The aim of the study is to develop an analysis of this phenomenon in Mihavani ... -
A minimalist analysis of obligatory reflexivity in Tripolian Libyan Arabic
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2016-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This study deals with the phenomenon of obligatory reflexivity in Tripolian Libyan Arabic (TL-Arabic), a variety of Maghrebi Arabic spoken in North Africa. This phenomenon has not yet been systematically ... -
'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 model to achieve communicative equivalence in translation dictionaries
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2001-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Bilingual dictionaries often do not satisfy the requirements of the dictionary users because they contain a relatively small percentage of articles displaying absolute equivalence between the source and ... -
Multilingual communication in a higher education classroom in Namibia where the dominant community language is Oshiwambo
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2013-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This study refers to the use of two languages in education at a satellite campus of the University of Namibia situated in the far north of the country in the town of Ongwediva. The dominant community ... -
Multilingual students’ attitudes towards their own and other languages at the University of Stellenbosch and the University of the Western Cape
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2015-04)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This thesis reports on research into the attitudes of multilingual students at the Universities of Stellenbosch and the Western Cape towards their mother tongues and other languages. With specific focus ... -
Multilingualism in Health Care: Communicative experiences of expatriate healthcare providers with varying linguistic repertoires in Windhoek, Namibia
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2017-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This study reports on the investigation of communicative practices among multilingual participants in healthcare in Windhoek, Namibia, from the perspective of expatriate healthcare practitioners ... -
Multisemiotic resources in student assessment : a case study of one module at Stellenbosch University
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2014-04)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This study investigates multimodal assessment in the South African higher education context. The communication landscape of students is becoming increasingly multimodal, resulting in a shift away from ... -
Must they sing Nkosi Sikelel iAfrika or must they return fire : a critical analysis of discourses surrounding African migrants on South African online news and Facebook
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2020-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Since 1994, xenophobic violence has become a regular occurrence in South Africa. (Matsinhe 2011:295) and xenophobic attitudes and discourse have been taken up and practiced by ordinary South Africans as ... -
A nanosyntactic analysis of passive participles in Afrikaans
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2011-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This study focuses on the internal structure of the passive participle in Afrikaans from within the framework of Nanosyntax. The ternary mode of classification, adopted by Caha (2007), Embick (2003;2004) ... -
A nominal shell analysis of restrictive relative clause constructions in Afrikaans
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2016-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This study focuses on restrictive relative clauses in Afrikaans, an area that is largely underresearched in the literature on Afrikaans grammar. The primary aim of the study is to examine whether 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. ... -
Oordrag van sintaktiese aspekte van die eerstetaal in die tweedetaalverwerwing van Xhosa
(Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2009-03)This thesis reports on an investigation into the possibility of first language (L1) transfer in the initial stages of the second language (L2) acquisition of Xhosa by adolescent beginner learners with, respectively, ... -
Organisational discourses : electronic windows on the work of HIV/AIDS-care organisations
(Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2011-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This thesis is interested in textual features of websites which cover the same kind of content, but represent different organisations and address different kinds of audiences. Specifically, it investigates ... -
Parallel vs sequential activation during spoken-word recognition tasks : an eye-tracking study
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2020-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Through previous spoken word-recognition tasks, bilinguals have demonstrated an ability to access both languages in a simultaneous/parallel manner. Parallel activation contrasts with sequential activation ... -
Patterns of use of and attitudes towards the Afrikaans language by South African expatriates : a sociolinguistic perspective
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2015-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This thesis explores the attitudes of South African expatriates in the Middle East towards the Afrikaans language. It also examines the reported language behaviour of South Africans when meeting and ...
