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The relation between verbal affixes and their effect on the predicate argument structure of the verbs that host them has been the focus of many studies in linguistics, with special reference to Bantu languages in recent ...

The study of discourse is primarily concerned with discourse participants, referring expressions as well as referents in the linguistic and extralinguistic contexts, Chapter l is concerned with the concept discourse ...

Negation and tense markers in the verb structure have been the subject of diverse linguistic descriptions, especially in Bantu languages. In Mozambique, however, many Bantu languages, including Cilenge, have not been ...

Basotho family odes (diboko) form part of oral literature, and refer to names of families, clans or totems. They constitute poetic compositions conveying information about clans' historical origin, philosophy and ...

The use of the mother tongue (MT) as a medium of instruction in schools is still a problematic subject of debate in South Africa and the continent at large. In most African countries, English remains the medium of instruction ...

This study is not an analysis of drama as such. Its primary focus is to examine and assess characterisation and time as narrative techniques , in Dube' s drama, UThemi . The point of departure is narratological. The two ...

This study involves an investigation into the use of satire and humour as strategies of communication. The poetry of four Tsonga poets selected for study includes these strategies which are investigated for the purpose ...