The purpose of this study is to explore the nature of socio-cultural rules underlying address behaviour in face-to-face interactions in Xitsonga. In the study, a socio-pragmatic approach is used. This approach is a combination ...

The initial purpose of this study was to describe and analyse the language situation at Baragwanath Hospital. This was seen as a microcosm of the language situation in urban South Africa. As such, this study set out ...

This research on the subject is one of a few written in the medium of isiZulu. Further, it is one of the few conducted on masikandi music in this depth. It identifies and analyzes strategies used by Zulu masikandis in their ...

A lot of research on the Shona novel has focussed on the influence of orature and the Bible. It has also focused on the influence that the Southern Rhodesia Literature Bureau had on its development. This research has ...

The main object of this study is to examine art and ideology in the poetry of K. P. D. Maphalla. The concern is to explore the contribution of ideology and craft to the ability of the poet to communicate effectively with ...

Largely based on material recorded during an internationally sponsored inter-university research tour through the Sesotho speaking area of southern Africa in August 2000, this thesis explores the state of the Basotho oral ...

The study is aimed at analyzing the Canons of lndigenous Traditions and Western Values: The Voices of African Women Writers focusing in different genres written by African women writers with the exception of one book ...

The interconnection between language and culture makes language inherently linked to the society in which it is taught and learnt. In response to this affinity, learners are allowed to use a language that is relevant and ...

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 ...

Since the publication of Dr. Johnson’s first English dictionary in 1755, there have been rapid changes in the development of dictionaries in other parts of the world. However, the advances are perceived more in other ...