The name of the fourth river : a small puzzle presented by a fragment of Kora, for Johan Oosthuizen

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dc.contributor.authorDu Plessis, Menanen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2018-02-15T12:32:54Z
dc.date.available2018-02-15T12:32:54Z
dc.date.issued2017
dc.descriptionCITATION: Du Plessis, M. 2017. The name of the fourth river : a small puzzle presented by a fragment of Kora, for Johan Oosthuizen. Stellenbosch Papers in Linguistics, 48:123-137, doi:10.5774/48-0-285.
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dc.description.abstractThis squib is a brief venture into the minor sub-branch of Linguistics known as Toponomastics, or the study of the meanings and sources of place names. The topic is suggested by a previously unpublished fragment in the Khoekhoe variety once spoken by the Korana Khoi of South Africa, in which four rivers (haka ǃgariku) were mentioned by Piet Links. While the names of three of the four are easily established, it is the identity and the original Khoekhoe name of the fourth river that is sought here. Various early records are consulted and compared for the purpose, and the original Khoekhoe names of three major rivers within the Vaal-Gariep system are proposed. In conclusion, the identity and name of the fourth river most likely to have been intended by Piet Links is arrived at.en_ZA
dc.description.urihttp://spil.journals.ac.za/pub/article/view/285
dc.description.versionPublisher’s version
dc.format.extent15 pages
dc.identifier.citationDu Plessis, M. 2017. The name of the fourth river : a small puzzle presented by a fragment of Kora, for Johan Oosthuizen. Stellenbosch Papers in Linguistics, 48:123-137, doi:10.5774/48-0-285
dc.identifier.issn2223-9936 (online)
dc.identifier.issn1027-3417 (print)
dc.identifier.otherdoi:10.5774/48-0-285
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/103130
dc.language.isoen_ZAen_ZA
dc.publisherStellenbosch University, Department of Linguistics
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dc.subjectToponomastics -- Africa, Southernen_ZA
dc.subjectIndigenous peoples -- Africa, Southernen_ZA
dc.subjectNama language -- Africa, Southernen_ZA
dc.subjectNama language -- Grammar, comparative -- Africa, Southernen_ZA
dc.subjectKorana (African people) -- Africa, Southernen_ZA
dc.subjectKorana language -- Grammar, comparative -- Africa, Southernen_ZA
dc.titleThe name of the fourth river : a small puzzle presented by a fragment of Kora, for Johan Oosthuizenen_ZA
dc.typeArticleen_ZA
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