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An analysis of the challenges with respect to attaining equivalence in translation of literature pertaining to Sexually Transmitted Diseases from English into Xitsonga

Author: Hlongwani, Given Jacqe Date: 2012 Translation has been a practice that has assisted many languages the world over to develop to become languages of power. The purpose of this project was to elicit some translation challenges that translators face when translating from English ... Read more
A comparative study of the portrayal of characters in A.C. Jordan's The wrath of the ancestors, Modikwe Dikobe's The marabi dance and G.B. Sinxo's Unojayiti wam

Author: Nyamende, Abner Date: 1991 The characters encountered in The wrath of the ancestors, The Marabi dance and Unojayiti wam bear on an African identity, and they reflect a purely African conception of life. The "Africanness" of their outlook can only be determined when ... Read more
The detective novel in Zulu : form and theme in C.T. Msimang's Walivuma Icala

Author: Masondo, Meshack M Date: 2001 Includes bibliographical references. Read more
Educational implications of nonstandard varieties of Xhosa

Author: Sigcau, Nompucuko Eurica Date: 1998 This study aims: (i) to find out if language interference and language change would cause the students to fail Xhosa. The response of schools to this situation will be investigated and an attempt will be made to understand the dichotomy that ... Read more
An examination of the socio-political undercurrents in Mqhayi's novel Ityala lamawele

Author: Dikeni, Clifford Date: 1992 Mqhayi, a Xhosa writer of the early 1900's is able to deconstruct the black and white dichotomy by using the twins as depicting some characteristics of black and white culture. The dissertation thus examines the way in which Mqhayi presents ... Read more
Isihlonipho sabafazi : the Xhosa women's language of respect : a sociolinguistic exploration

Author: Dowling, Tessa Date: 1988 Isihlonipho Sabafazi (the Xhosa women's language of respect) is a language in which syllables occurring in the names of menfolk are avoided by women. Thie thesis attempts to place the practice in it social context by applying both descriptive ... Read more
Language variation in the Botswana speech community and its impact on children's education

Author: Ntshabele, Carol Mmamonyana Date: 1999 This study seeks to investigate Language variation in the Botswana speech community and its impact on children's education. The study is premised on the assumption that the learner's non-standard language from the home environment is not ... Read more
The life history of Z.S. Zotwana

Author: Fihla, Goodwell Lungile Date: 2003 Bibliography: leaves 181-195. Read more
Linguistic imperialism in South Africa : the 'unassailable' position of english

Author: Bowerman, Seán Alan Date: 2000 Bibliography: leaves 180-187. Read more
A Nama grammar : the noun-phrase

Author: Haacke, Wilfrid H G Date: 1976 Nama is spoken in South West Africa by approximately 115 000 people of different ethnic groups. The numerically biggest groups speaking the Nama language are the Damara (75 000) and the Nama (38 000). Certain smaller Bushman groups use Nama ... Read more
The poetry of David Livingstone Phakamile Yali-Manisi

Author: Bokoda, Alfred Telelé Date: 1994 Yali-Manisi, a Xhosa writer, performs and writes traditional praise poetry (izibongo) and modern poems (isihobe) and can, therefore, be regarded as a bard because he also performs his poetry. One can safely place him in the interphase as he ... Read more
Proto-Sotho and the Sotho-Group

Author: Auer, Richard Steven Date: 1977 From the early years of the Nineteenth Century, language investigation had been undertaken to show what the relationship was between the languages of Africa, and in particular, Southern Africa. Perhaps one of the earliest informed investigators ... Read more
Slawe, Khoekhoen en Nederlandse Pidgins aan die Kaap, ca. 1590-1720 : 'n kritiese ondersoek na die sosiohistoriese grondslae van die konvergensieteorie oor die ontstaan van Afrikaans

Author: Groenewald, Gerald Date: 2002 This study is a critical investigation of the socio-historical foundations of the Convergence theory for the genesis of Afrikaans, as developed by Hans den Besten. It is done within the theorectical framework of the study of Creole genesis ... Read more
A sociolectal and dialectal study of Southern Sotho in Lesotho

Author: Rapeane, Maleshoane Date: 1997 In this dissertation we examine variation, in both speech and writing, in the South Sotho spoken in Lesotho. We indicate that the South Sotho used by a majority of speakers today shows a shift from both earlier and prescribed varieties. ... Read more
Some features of the phonetic and grammatical structure of Baca

Author: Jordan, A C Date: 1953 As the title implies, at this stage I am not embarking on a complete text-book of Baca, but am attempting to make an exposition of those phonetic and grammatical features of Baca that are not shared with standard Zulu and standard Xhosa. ... Read more
The status of Xhosa and communicative competence in Cape Education Department schools

Author: Dugmore, Cuan Patrick Date: 1991 The empirical survey of Xhosa amongst Standard 10 pupils in Cape Education Department Schools (CED) sought to verify or negate two central concerns which surf aced in a pilot study of five Western Cape schools. This thesis contends that little ... Read more
A study of some aspects of K.P.D. Maphalla's poetry

Author: Moleleki, Albert Mohlomi Date: 1988 This study is an investigation into three aspects of K.P.D. Maphalla's poetry: influences at work in his poetry; the nature and significance of imagery employed; and the theme of protest as conveyed through poetic aestheticism. Influence ... Read more
The challenges in the intellectualisation of indigenous languages in post-apartheid South Africa: what will it take to give the indigenous languages a directive in the implementation and monitoring of language policy in South Africa?

Author: Ntentema, Phakamani Date: 2021 The language of an individual is another skin in ways that are many, a natural possession of any normal person we use to communicate our ideas and hopes, convey our beliefs and thoughts, explore our traditions and experiences, and improve the ... Read more
Ubomi bukaGuybon Budlwana Sinxo nemisebenzi yakhe

Author: Nakani, Thumeka Veronica Date: 2004 Injongo yokubhalwa kwalo mqulu kukuphakamisa ulwimi lwesiXhosa kunye nababhali bolu lwimi abaphilayo nabangasekhoyo. Iilwimi zesiNtu zijongelwe phantsi kakhulu azijongelwanga kumgangatho omnye neelwimi zaseNtshona. Kuluxanduva lwethu thina ... Read more
Uncedile saule nemisebenzi yakhe

Author: Jacobs, Princess Thuleleni Date: 2003 Bibliography: leaves 147-150. Read more

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