Chapter 1 introduces this study, defines some technical terms and reports on an interview which we had with c T Msimang. We classify Msimangs' poems into 10 major themes in chapter 2. In chapter 3 a stylistic framework ...

This dissertation explores the significance of the terms, and expressions associated with traditional medical practitioners towards the enrichment of the Zulu language. The term umuthi was chosen because it envelops ...

This study is a pragmatic exploration of naming practices in Siswati. It examined personal names bestowed on newborns and focused on how the emaSwati use names to convey messages to their interlocutors by using speech acts, ...

The aim of this study is to endeavour to analyse the language and style in M.T. Mmileng's novels. The s tudy will focus on how the writer uses language to convey his thoughts, emotions and feelings communicable. The ...

This study envisages J.J. Gwayi's usage of history in writing her novel, Yekanini. The study shows Gwayi's success in writing an historical novel and how the novel is linked to the past. History refers to something which ...

This study focuses on the extent to which the indigenous languages are used among Kroonstad secondary schools. This is prompted by the declaration of the South African constitution that the indigenous languages be ...

The aim of this study is to devote attention to tense and time as verbal categories in Northern Sotho. The categories tense and time are scrutinized . Due to the different interpretations of the categories tense and ...

This dissertation is the study of the applicability of psychoanalysis is to indigenous literature with special reference to a Sesotho novel, Mosikong wa lerato by T. Mafata. The first part contains the relationship between ...