Trill maintenance and replacement in Chichewa : a study on newsreaders' speech from three radio stations in Malawi

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dc.contributor.advisorMesthrie, Rajenden_ZA
dc.contributor.authorChirwa, Marion Ndawakaen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2014-12-27T13:59:28Z
dc.date.available2014-12-27T13:59:28Z
dc.date.issued2008en_ZA
dc.descriptionIncludes bibliographical references (leaves 120-127).en_ZA
dc.description.abstractThis is a sociolinguistic study that investigates whether style is associated with the varying use of allophones [I] and [r] in the environment of normative [r] in Chichewa. Normative [r] here refers to the traditional realisation of III after front vowels in contrast with the traditional [I] elsewhere. Labov's sociolinguistic theory and Bell's audience design theory form the basis of this study. Fifteen participants whose speech was recorded for analysis are news readers of both genders, belonging to the young and middle age groups, and are either first or second language users of Chichewa. Data was collected from three radio stations in both formal and informal settings. Each radio station has different types of audience, from top government officials, to businessmen, and to the youth. The formal setting is news bulletin reading, while interviews made up a more informal setting where open-ended questions pertaining to the newsreaders' biography were asked. The dependent variables are [r] and [I] which are allophones in Chichewa, while the independent variables include: type of radio station, setting, gender, age and type of acquisition. In every normative [r] environment, tokens were assigned to represent both dependent and independent variables. A total of 820 tokens were analysed using the GoldVarb software, a 2001 version of Varbrul, which is used to analyse multivariate data. GoldVarb validates the data and generates percentages and ratios that are readily available for evaluation.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationChirwa, M. N. (2008). <i>Trill maintenance and replacement in Chichewa : a study on newsreaders' speech from three radio stations in Malawi</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Linguistics. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/10191en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationChirwa, Marion Ndawaka. <i>"Trill maintenance and replacement in Chichewa : a study on newsreaders' speech from three radio stations in Malawi."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Linguistics, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/10191en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationChirwa, M. 2008. Trill maintenance and replacement in Chichewa : a study on newsreaders' speech from three radio stations in Malawi. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Chirwa, Marion Ndawaka AB - This is a sociolinguistic study that investigates whether style is associated with the varying use of allophones [I] and [r] in the environment of normative [r] in Chichewa. Normative [r] here refers to the traditional realisation of III after front vowels in contrast with the traditional [I] elsewhere. Labov's sociolinguistic theory and Bell's audience design theory form the basis of this study. Fifteen participants whose speech was recorded for analysis are news readers of both genders, belonging to the young and middle age groups, and are either first or second language users of Chichewa. Data was collected from three radio stations in both formal and informal settings. Each radio station has different types of audience, from top government officials, to businessmen, and to the youth. The formal setting is news bulletin reading, while interviews made up a more informal setting where open-ended questions pertaining to the newsreaders' biography were asked. The dependent variables are [r] and [I] which are allophones in Chichewa, while the independent variables include: type of radio station, setting, gender, age and type of acquisition. In every normative [r] environment, tokens were assigned to represent both dependent and independent variables. A total of 820 tokens were analysed using the GoldVarb software, a 2001 version of Varbrul, which is used to analyse multivariate data. GoldVarb validates the data and generates percentages and ratios that are readily available for evaluation. DA - 2008 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2008 T1 - Trill maintenance and replacement in Chichewa : a study on newsreaders' speech from three radio stations in Malawi TI - Trill maintenance and replacement in Chichewa : a study on newsreaders' speech from three radio stations in Malawi UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/10191 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/10191
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationChirwa MN. Trill maintenance and replacement in Chichewa : a study on newsreaders' speech from three radio stations in Malawi. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Linguistics, 2008 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/10191en_ZA
dc.language.isoengen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentLinguisticsen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Humanitiesen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.subject.otherLinguisticsen_ZA
dc.titleTrill maintenance and replacement in Chichewa : a study on newsreaders' speech from three radio stations in Malawien_ZA
dc.typeMaster Thesis
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