This thesis was aimed at determining what the affinities of Venda are with the Bantu languages spoken immediately to the north of the Venda region. It was during the early stages of the research done on this relationship of ...

In this investigation an attempt is made to reveal the internal relationship of units in the Zulu clause as well as the external relationship of clauses. Internal relationship deals with the organization of units within ...

The loan-word may either have a restricted meaning or meaning extension when adopted in the vocabulary of Northern Sotho. Sometimes the loan lexical items undergo radical changes in meaning when compared with their counterparts ...

In hierdie proefskrif is n aantal volgordeverskynsels in Noord- Sotho geidentifiseer wat sinchronies as problematies waardeer kan word. Hierdie verskynsels word teen die agtergrond van die teorie van taaltipologie en ...

In hoofstuk 1 word die probleemstelling, doel en benadering tot die onderwerp uiteengesit. Die onderwerp word afgebaken en 'n onderskeid getrek tussen intonasie en morfotonologie. Vervolgens word die morfotonologie en die ...

The comparative method is applied to data drawn from a list of 800 Zulu, North Sotho, Venda, Tsonga and Zezuru glosses to obtain a reconstruction of the phonemes of Proto-Southern Bantu. The phonological relationship ...

A survey of the existing sources on the qualificative indicates that the qualificative has yet to be adequately described. The method used in this study is based on a functional theoretical approach. A distinction is made ...