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Theses and Dissertations (Linguistics and Modern Languages): Recent submissions

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A corpus-based research of Bible translation and its contribution to the development and Intellectualisation of Tshivenda : a study of 1879, 1936 and 1998 Tshivenda Bible versions

Takalani, Dakalo (2023-01)

The purpose of this study is to examine the role played by the three Tshivenda Bible translations in the growth, development and intellectualisation of Tshivenda. The translation of the Bible into African languages has ...
A cognitive semantic analysis of two ancient near eastern creation narratives : the great hymn to Khnum and Genesis 2:7

Raison, Jolene (2022-11)

This study sets out to explore the role of embodied cognition and lived experience in the construction of meaning in religious texts dealing with supernatural abstract agents and counterintuitive acts of divinity. The study ...
Phonological processing skills and their longitudinal relation to first and additional language literacy in isiXhosa and isiZulu speaking children

Schaefer, Maxine Nichole (2023-01)

Phonological awareness (PA), rapid automatised naming (RAN), and phonological working memory (PWM) are phonological processing skills which support literacy development concurrently and longitudinally. For bilinguals, ...
The construction of linguistic identities in Levubu : an investigation of language attitudes and perceptions of Black Afrikaans speakers towards Afrikaans in post-apartheid South Africa

Hlayisani Lidon, Chauke (2022-11)

The notion of identity is complex. Identities are not fixed, but fluid and multifaceted. They are constantly negotiated and re-negotiated under different circumstances and situations for a variety of reasons. Human identity ...
Court interpreting : the effect of omission, code-switching, and self-generated utterances on interpreter performance

Israel, Tshovhewaho Ofhani (2022-11-02)

This study examines court interpreting from a sociolinguistic point of view. It seeks to understand how interpreters use language in a courtroom involving Tshivenda and English. Court interpreters are viewed to be active ...
Exploring the challenges encountered by English as second language (ESL) undergraduate students in the development of communicative competence skills : a case of three tertiary institutions in Lesotho

Nkhi, Sekoai Elliot (2022-11)

This study explored the challenges that undergraduate tertiary students encounter in the development of communicative competence skills in three selected tertiary institutions in Lesotho. Adopting the qualitative approach, ...
Learners’ perceptions of the Eswatini general certificate of secondary education (EGCSE) with particular reference to English literacy in the Hlathikhulu cluster schools

Mlangeni, Phephile Hlengiwe (2022-10)

English proficiency is a ticket to academic success and opens doors to better career prospects in many parts of the world. However, English Language is a challenge to learners in the Kingdom of Eswatini and their performance ...
A critical analysis of the two English translations of the first isizulu novel Insila kaShaka : a corpus-based approach

Nzimande, Erick Nkululeko (2022-11)

Translating culture-specific items between different languages is a nerve wrecking task that often poses a great challenge to the translator. This can be ascribed to the fact that the items to be rendered are unknown or ...
An investigation on the nature of learners’ and teachers’ lived experiences regarding implicit and explicit methods in French grammar teaching: a South African perspective

Guigui, Zabalou Wilfred Ange (2022-06)

The purpose of the study is to explore, describe and analyse participants’ experiences, perceptions and beliefs regarding the use of implicit and explicit methods in the teaching of French grammar, and learners’ lived ...
The acquisition of the English prepositional phrase by South African English second language learners

Chimbeva, Rhinos (2022-04)

Documented evidence indicates that South African learners, including university students, experience problems in using English as an academic language. In particular, reading and writing levels are below expected levels. ...
Pimpinaa : an analysis of Ghanaian children’s play-songs as a genre of African oral literature

Addo, Ernest Nkrumah (2022-02-17)

Children’s play-songs are one of the many ways that children employ their creative abilities to express their views about the world. The study analyses a selection of children’s play-songs with a view to unravelling the ...
A longitudinal study of the efficacy of the Cellfield reading intervention in a South African context

Charalambous, Angela (2022-01)

Internationally, including in South Africa, many children do not acquire ageappropriate reading skills in the suggested timeframe. As a result, many children are at-risk of not achieving academic success, since reading ...
An investigation into the formulation of a model for compiling an English-Oshikwanyama dictionary for secondary school learners

Shikesho, Edward (2021-11)

This study emerges from the field of theoretical lexicography, also referred to as dictionary research. It is important as it focuses on the development of Oshikwanyama facets; Oshikwanyama linguistics and Oshikwanyama ...
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 ...
A comparison between the thematic structures of Cahier d’un retour au pays natal (Aimé Césaire) and its English translation, Notebook of a return to my native land (Mireille Rosello, Annie Pritchard)

Tchapda, Theophile (2021-02-26)

The current work is a comparative analysis of thematic structures between Aimé Césaire’s French poem Cahier d’un retour au pays natal and one of its English translations Notebook of a Return to My Native Land (by Mireille ...
Citation, stance and engagement in postgraduate and published academic writing

Muringani, Bertha (2021-01)

Citation, stance taking and engagement are important academic writing practices and research has revealed that how they are used influences grades awarded to students’ work. This study examines the extent to which MA and ...
TRIP : Geração Beat e os escritores lusófonos : um estudo comparado

Napoles, Miguel Gullander Metello de (2021-03)

This PhD thesis is about the impact and influence of the American counterculture movement known as the Beat Generation on lusophone writers. In this thesis the the topic “TRIP” will be analysed in relation and comparation ...
The contribution of phonological processing skills to early literacy development in northern Sotho-English bilingual children : a longitudinal investigation

Makaure, Zvinaiye Patricia (2021-02)

Phonological processing skills, including phonological awareness, phonological working memory and rapid automatised naming, are widely accepted as essential building blocks of early literacy development (Wagner and Torgesen ...
Phonological processing and reading development in Northern Sotho-English bilingual children

Makaure, Zvinaiye Patricia (2016-11)

South Africa is a multilingual country and this has certain implications on the development of cognitive-linguistic skills such as phonological processing (amongst others), which are essential for reading development. ...
The language, identity and intercultural communication of the Shona living among Xhosa communities in Cape Town

Mambambo, John (2020-11)

This study examines the language, identity and intercultural communication dynamics in the Xhosa communities of Cape Town where some immigrant Shona speakers dwell. Language is a complex and nuanced repertoire of culture ...

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