As the title suggests, the purpose of this investigation is to establish a clear picture of what constitutes a verbal root in Xhosa, and to classify the various means whereby a simple verbal root may be extended to ...

In hierdie studie word meerduidigheid as n subkategorie van meervoudigheid van betekenis beskou. Onder die hoofverdeling tussen leksikale en nie-leksikale meerduidigheid word verskillende tipes en subtipes meerduidigheid ...

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 ...

This thesis investigates the various language varieties of Venda. In traditional descriptions, researchers were mainly concerned with linguistic differences which characterised the socalled Venda 'dialects'. These are ...

The study investigates the abuse of husbands’ property by widows in the two selected isiZulu novels Ifa ngukufa and Ifa lenkululeko, which is found to have a huge impact on children and family members. The study presents ...

This study is set to explore the theory of speech acts with special reference to Zulu. This is done with the motive of discovering the applicability of this theory to the utterances that are issued by the speakers of ...

Multilingualism is the norm in most urban areas of South Africa. This study aims to discover the perceptions of young adults towards their mother tongue due to being exposed to multiple languages in their daily environment ...

The purpose of this study was to contextually describe and analyse how male authors of Tshivenḓa drama books have in their dialogue portrayed female characters in the manner that it may tend to educate or encourage the ...

This study focused on the naming and praises of amasokana (initiates) among the South African amaNdebele during and after the initiation process. An explanation is offered as to why amasokana of amaNdebele use Sepedi ...

In every setting of human space there is hierarchy. At home there are parents and children while in social structures there are organisations/institutions and leaders, all of whom carry their positions with them. All ...