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The semantics of the modal auxiliaries in English and Afrikaans : a contrastive analysis

Hubbard, Ernest Hilton (1979)

This study represents an attempt to make explicit, within a contrastive perspective, the various types of meaning which can be expressed by the modal auxiliary verbs of English and Afrikaans. Chapter 1 investigates the ...
Aspects of the acquisition of Afrikaans syntax

Vorster, Jan, 1937- (1983-01)

Longitudinal data from two age- homogeneous three- child cohorts covering the age range from 23 months to 35 months and the MLU range from 1.5 to 4.5, were analyzed with the main purpose of determining the efficacy of ...
Reference cohesion, conjunctive cohesion and relational coherence in student academic writing

Hubbard, Ernest Hilton (1989-01)

The main a i m of this stud y is to contri bute t o the e x pl i cation of the central discourse notion , ' co herence ' , by comparing t he d e ns i ties of differen t te xtual features in more cohe rent a nd l e s s ...
On the (non-)discreteness of morphological categories with special reference to affix categories in Afrikaans

Savini, Marina (1991-11)

Underlying many formal approaches to linguistics is the fundamental, philosophical assumption that categories are discrete entities. This assumption also underlies two contemporary formal approaches to morphology which ...
Dostoevsky's view of the "Intelligentsia" in 19th century Russia : a study of his major novels

Schiefer, Barbara Claudia (1992-11)

Fyodor Dostoevsky is often regarded as a proponent of the rights of the poor and downtrodden in Russian society in the 19th century. This view is usually based on the work of his youth - his first short novel and his ...
Kopf und Schädel : Methoden des Wahnsinns in Canettis roman "Die Blendung"

Riezky, Günther Helmut Dieter (1994)

Many treatises and disquisitions concerning "Die Blendung" concentrate on the main character, Peter Kien, as well as on other protagonists. In contrast, this dissertation deals with Pfaff, the primitive force and his ...
Language use in industry

Ribbens, Irene Rita (1994-09)

An immense degree of linguistic diversity exists in the work force where it is possible for speakers of twenty-three home languages to come into contact on the work floor. The language of management in industry is ...
Pflichtbegriff im Werk von Siegfried Lenz

Nordbruch, Claus H. R., 1961- (1995-06)

The present thesis undertakes a comprehensive survey and criticak analysis of the concept of duty and its significance in the prose of Siegfried Lenz (born in 1926). It concentrates on those novels and narratives in which ...
Language shift and maintenance in the Portuguese community of Johannesburg

McDuling, Allistair James (1995-06)

The aim of the study is to provide an account of the present state of Portuguese in the Johannesburg Portuguese community, and to identify factors influencing the maintenance of, and shift from the mother tongue. South ...
Semantico-grammatical consciousness raising in an ESL programme for primary school teacher trainees

Barnard, Yvonne (1995-11)

This study investigates the effect of multilevelled semanticogrammatical consciousness raising procedures on fossilised verb structures. It is hypothesised that these procedures will reactivate grammaticisation processes ...
Tragik in Werken Dürrenmatts

Horne, Brigitte Katharina (1995-11)

Friedrich Durrenmatt hat die meisten seiner Dramen als Komodien oder Tragikomodien bezeichnet, da er davon uberzeugt war, daB es unmoglich sei, in der heutigen Zeit noch Tragodien zu schreiben. Diese Arbeit versucht am ...
Language, ideology and control : a functional linguistic investigation into the language of literary criticism

Geslin, Nicole Francoise (1996-01)

This study uses the framework of systemic functional grammar to conduct the stylistic investigation of extracts from two texts of literary criticism written by F.R. Leavis and Paul de Man. The aims of the study are: i) ...
The effects of differential exposure to stories on second language discourse skills of pre-primary children

Stoll, Barbara Buchhorn (1997-11)
The effect of teaching second language students a combination of metacognitive and cognitive strategies for reading and listening comprehension

Kaplan-Dolgoy, Gayle (1998-01)

Students who study through the medium of a second language often have reading/listening comprehension and general study problems. This study focuses on particular aspects of these problems only, namely, identification ...
Coherence breaks in first-year essays written by English second language (ESL) university students

Watkinson, Hawthorne Janice (1998-01)

Writing coherent essays is evidence of a university student's discourse competence and is important in terms of academic success. An analytical taxonomy of coherence breaks {both topic-related and cohesion-related), ...
Chat phases, disagreements and claim backing in simulated sales negotiations : an applied linguistics perspective

Van Huyssteen, Matthys Petrus (1998-09)

This study compared simulated sales negotiations with authentic negotiations. Specifically, three areas of language were considered: (i) chat phases, (ii) mitigation in disagreements, and (iii) argumentation. Findings ...
Transfer from LI to L2: A study of parameter values in the Afrikaans of a child L2 learner

Le Roux, Cecile; Wilsenach, Carien (Stellenbosch Papers in Linguistics Plus, 1999)
Lexis and the undergraduate : analysing vocabulary needs, proficiencies and problems

Cooper, Patricia Anne (1999-01)

Beginning with Plato's expulsion of the poets in the Republic, this dissertation ' looks at the often hostile, yet also symbiotic, relationship between·poetry and philosophy. Aristotle's 'response' to Plato is regarded ...
Lexical cohesion in student academic writing

Van Tonder, Susan Louise (1999-01)
Exploring peer review in a process approach to student academic writing

Motha, Kholofelo Charlotte (1999-11)

This research explores peer review in the academic writing of ESL university students. It investigates the problem from both qualitative and quantitative perspectives. Overall findings showed no significant differences ...

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