• The influence of English on the lexicon, morphology and phonology of the Silozi language spoken in the Zambezi Region 

  Silume, Morgan Simataa (2024-08)

  The elderly expressed concern that the Silozi that the younger generation spoke was riddled with English vocabulary. The main aim of this study, therefore, was to investigate how English loanwords influenced the Silozi ...
• Magnet theatre's notion of "making space": with a focus on two South African migrant plays and the Clanwilliam Arts Project 

  Du Toit, Alicia (2024-01)

  The study explores Magnet Theatre’s notion of “making space” for transformative ideas through their migrant plays, Die Vreemdeling and Every Year, Every Day, I Am Walking, as well as through the Clanwilliam Arts Project, ...
• Letter-sound by letter-sound: making sense of written texts in the early grades. Evidence from alphabetic languages in South Africa 

  Wilsenach, Carien (2023-03-16)
• A corpus-based research of Bible translation and its contribution to the development and Intellectualisation of Tshivenda : a study of 1879, 1936 and 1998 Tshivenda Bible versions 

  Takalani, Dakalo (2023-01)

  The purpose of this study is to examine the role played by the three Tshivenda Bible translations in the growth, development and intellectualisation of Tshivenda. The translation of the Bible into African languages has ...
• A cognitive semantic analysis of two ancient near eastern creation narratives : the great hymn to Khnum and Genesis 2:7 

  Raison, Jolene (2022-11)

  This study sets out to explore the role of embodied cognition and lived experience in the construction of meaning in religious texts dealing with supernatural abstract agents and counterintuitive acts of divinity. The study ...
• Phonological processing skills and their longitudinal relation to first and additional language literacy in isiXhosa and isiZulu speaking children 

  Schaefer, Maxine Nichole (2023-01)

  Phonological awareness (PA), rapid automatised naming (RAN), and phonological working memory (PWM) are phonological processing skills which support literacy development concurrently and longitudinally. For bilinguals, ...
• The construction of linguistic identities in Levubu : an investigation of language attitudes and perceptions of Black Afrikaans speakers towards Afrikaans in post-apartheid South Africa 

  Hlayisani Lidon, Chauke (2022-11)

  The notion of identity is complex. Identities are not fixed, but fluid and multifaceted. They are constantly negotiated and re-negotiated under different circumstances and situations for a variety of reasons. Human identity ...
• Court interpreting : the effect of omission, code-switching, and self-generated utterances on interpreter performance 

  Israel, Tshovhewaho Ofhani (2022-11-02)

  This study examines court interpreting from a sociolinguistic point of view. It seeks to understand how interpreters use language in a courtroom involving Tshivenda and English. Court interpreters are viewed to be active ...
• What if it’s Culture? A Closer Look at the Gender Situation in Sepedi ‘Manyalo’ Songs 

  Letsoalo, Napjadi (Cluster Publications, 2022)

  The traditional trademark for Sepedi weddings is the ‘manyalo’ songs. For decades, the lyrics of manyalo songs have been crafted to serve a functional and educational purpose. This chapter aimed to explore if manyalo songs, ...
• Exploring the challenges encountered by English as second language (ESL) undergraduate students in the development of communicative competence skills : a case of three tertiary institutions in Lesotho 

  Nkhi, Sekoai Elliot (2022-11)

  This study explored the challenges that undergraduate tertiary students encounter in the development of communicative competence skills in three selected tertiary institutions in Lesotho. Adopting the qualitative approach, ...
• Learners’ perceptions of the Eswatini general certificate of secondary education (EGCSE) with particular reference to English literacy in the Hlathikhulu cluster schools 

  Mlangeni, Phephile Hlengiwe (2022-10)

  English proficiency is a ticket to academic success and opens doors to better career prospects in many parts of the world. However, English Language is a challenge to learners in the Kingdom of Eswatini and their performance ...
• A critical analysis of the two English translations of the first isizulu novel Insila kaShaka : a corpus-based approach 

  Nzimande, Erick Nkululeko (2022-11)

  Translating culture-specific items between different languages is a nerve wrecking task that often poses a great challenge to the translator. This can be ascribed to the fact that the items to be rendered are unknown or ...
• An investigation on the nature of learners’ and teachers’ lived experiences regarding implicit and explicit methods in French grammar teaching: a South African perspective 

  Guigui, Zabalou Wilfred Ange (2022-06)

  The purpose of the study is to explore, describe and analyse participants’ experiences, perceptions and beliefs regarding the use of implicit and explicit methods in the teaching of French grammar, and learners’ lived ...
• The acquisition of the English prepositional phrase by South African English second language learners 

  Chimbeva, Rhinos (2022-04)

  Documented evidence indicates that South African learners, including university students, experience problems in using English as an academic language. In particular, reading and writing levels are below expected levels. ...
• Pimpinaa : an analysis of Ghanaian children’s play-songs as a genre of African oral literature 

  Addo, Ernest Nkrumah (2022-02-17)

  Children’s play-songs are one of the many ways that children employ their creative abilities to express their views about the world. The study analyses a selection of children’s play-songs with a view to unravelling the ...
• A longitudinal study of the efficacy of the Cellfield reading intervention in a South African context 

  Charalambous, Angela (2022-01)

  Internationally, including in South Africa, many children do not acquire ageappropriate reading skills in the suggested timeframe. As a result, many children are at-risk of not achieving academic success, since reading ...
• An investigation into the formulation of a model for compiling an English-Oshikwanyama dictionary for secondary school learners 

  Shikesho, Edward (2021-11)

  This study emerges from the field of theoretical lexicography, also referred to as dictionary research. It is important as it focuses on the development of Oshikwanyama facets; Oshikwanyama linguistics and Oshikwanyama ...
• Aspects of the acquisition of Afrikaans syntax 

  Vorster, Jan, 1937- (1983-01)

  Longitudinal data from two age- homogeneous three- child cohorts covering the age range from 23 months to 35 months and the MLU range from 1.5 to 4.5, were analyzed with the main purpose of determining the efficacy of ...
• Academic Writing 

  Futcher, Jarryd; Mdali, Lindiwe (2021)

  These video sessions aims to review your knowledge of academic writing and how to go about constructing appropriate essays and paragraphs. These videos were created as revision materials for the postgraduates of the Honours ...
• Multilingual Glossaries for Applied Linguistics: English, Afrikaans, isiZulu, Setswana, and Xitsonga 

  Carien, Wilsenach; Ferris, Fiona; Schaefer, Maxine; Lindiwe, Mdali; Futcher, Jarryd (2022)

  These glossaries provide the meanings of terminology for the postgraduate course, Honours in Applied Linguistics, in the Department of Linguistics and Modern Languages (University of South Africa). The terminologies are ...

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