Browsing School of Arts by Subject "Language contact"

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English-medium instruction in China's universities : external perceptions, ideologies and sociolinguistic realities

Botha, Werner (2013-11)

This thesis examines the results of a large-scale sociolinguistic study on the use of English in two universities in China. The aim of the thesis is to determine the sociolinguistic realities of the use of English in higher ...
The melting pot in Ga-Matlala Maserumule with special reference to the Bapedi culture, language and dialects

Mokwana, Mabule Lizzy (2009-11)

The dissertation tries to explain why most of the Bapedi people do not feel free to speak their language when they are among other communities. It explains why the speakers of the so-called ‘inferior’ dialects of the Limpopo ...
Sociolinguistic variation in spoken and written Sesotho : a case study of speech varieties in QwaQwa

Sekere, Ntaoleng Belina (2009-08-25)

This work has taken the region of Qwaqwa as a case study. Through this study, the researcher attempted to join in the debate around language varieties that occur as a result of contact between different language groups. ...

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