Browsing Theses and Dissertations (African Languages) by Title

Browsing Theses and Dissertations (African Languages) by Title

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  • Manyobonyobo : padi ya boitsholo 
    Komati, Priscilla Refiloe (University of Pretoria, 2007-01-10)
    The full text of this thesis/dissertation is not available online. Pending permission from the author/supervisor access may be provided on <a href="mailto:upetd@up.ac.za">request.</a> Read the abstract in the section 00front ...
  • Marara : Patlisiso ya diteng le Poloto 
    Mahlaka, M. M. (University of Pretoria, 2007-07-17)
    This dissertation analyses the novelette Marara, written by D.P. Semakaleng Monyaise. This work has been previously investigated by critics such as Mogajane, Malope and Mogapi, who focused on its content and style and ...
  • Masetlapelo dikanegelong t a Sepedi 
    Kekana, Thupana Solomon (University of Pretoria, 2016)
    The research focuses on solutions to problems experienced in distinguishing between tragedy and pathos. The tragic is always characterised by emotions, and 'narrative can only be regarded as tragic through its tragic theme' ...
  • Meeting the challenges of black English second language South African learners in ex-model C primary schools 
    Monyai, Sarah Charlotte (University of Pretoria, 2012-01-25)
    Black South African learners are registered in ex-Model C schools to receive their education. The language of learning and teaching is English, whilst these learners’ English language proficiency is limited. They come from ...
  • Megokgo ya lethabo : kanegelorato ya sepedi (Sepedi) 
    Lebaka, Kgeledi Johanna (University of Pretoria, 1999)
    Lentsoane uses the title of his narrative to highlight the theme. Special attention is paid to this. The suspense is captured in the clash between the traditional attitude to life held by the Bapedi and the modem philosophy ...
  • Moelelwa : padinyana ya boitshwaro 
    Kekana, Mmantu Idah (University of Pretoria, 2007-04-07)
    Moelelwa is one of the first narratives to have appeared in Sepedi and was written by M.M. Sehlodimela. This dissertation examines the arrangement of the novelette. Special attention is paid to the content level and the ...
  • Morero wa poletiki mo diterameng tsa Setswana tse di phasaladitsweng pele le morago ga 1994 
    Ralekgari, Cannie K (University of Pretoria, 2007-07-17)
    The theme of politics has been popular among authors of African language literary works in the past years. In Setswana literature authors often explore this theme in dramas. Among those scholars who have discussed political ...
  • A morphosyntacic description of Northern Sotho as a basis for an automated translation from Northern Sotho into English 
    Faab, Gertrud (University of Pretoria, 2010-10-09)
    This PhD thesis provides a morpho-syntactic description of Northern Sotho from a computational perspective. While a number of publications describe morphological and syntactical aspects of this language, may it be in the ...
  • 'n Linguistiese ondersoek na die tradisionele kleurterme van Noord-Sotho (Afrikaans) 
    Kellerman, Esther Elizabeth (University of Pretoria, 2005-10-25)
    In this study a linguistic investigation of the traditional colour terms of Northern Sotho was carried out. The research comprised three separate phases. In all three phases two aspects were emphasised, namely, the nature ...
  • ’n Teoreties gefundeerde, geannoteerde Afrikaanse vertaling van Alan Paton se roman Cry, the beloved country 
    Brümmer, Anné (University of Pretoria, 2015)
    Alan Paton’s world famous debut novel, Cry, the beloved country (1948), is seen as one of the most important literary texts in the polysystem of South Africa’s literature of the twentieth century. With more than 15 million ...
  • Ntšhutelele : terama ya go se bapalege (Sepedi) 
    Mothiba, Kwena Frans (University of Pretoria, 2007-09-10)
    The problem that Groenewald (1995: 4) mentions in connection with the Sepedi drama is that, it is not performable and that it is actually not a drama in the true sense of the word. In the African languages there is actually ...
  • Nyakišišo ya Lukas Motšheletšhele (Sepedi) 
    Sefoka, Moipone Magdalina (University of Pretoria, 2008-09-19)
    This dissertation analyses Lukas Motšheletšhele, the first novel written by M.M. Rammala, who also wrote Rangwane ke go Paletše (1971) and Mabosebosane (s.a.). Lukas Motšheletšhele is a tragic novel. M.O. Dona (1994) and ...
  • Omphile Umphi Modise : diteng le dimelo tsa baanelwabagolo (Setswana) 
    Moepi, Gaamele Francina (University of Pretoria, 2011)
    This study examines D.P.S Monyaise’s short story titled Omphile Umphi Modise which were scrutinized by Mogapi (1992), Pretorius (1990), Manyaka (1992), Shole (1997) and Malimabe (1998). Their investigation did not only ...
  • Outstanding characteristics of isiZulu spoken in Duduza 
    Mashiane, Ernest George (University of Pretoria, 2018)
    The discovery of gold in the Witwatersrand area in 1886 led to the migration of black people from all over South Africa, as well as from neighbouring countries, to work in the mines in South Africa for a specific period ...
  • Papetso ya Direto tsa Lehu le Polokong, Ratlabala le Matsoba, Lentsoane (Sepedi) 
    Mathibe, Mokgoshi Albert (University of Pretoria, 2007-03-03)
    In this dissertation the three poems Lehu, Polokong written by Ratlabala and Matsoba by Lentsoane, are compared. Thematically they deal with life that triumphs over death, while the topics that are addressed, vary, namely ...
  • Pegelotlhotlhomisi ka ga metara mo Setswaneng 
    Komati, Priscilla Refiloe (University of Pretoria, 2006-11-03)
    This study focuses on Opland’s (1993) argument that praise poetry must have a particular structure. He argues that a traditional praise poetry needs to have a structure similar to that of poetry written in one of the ...
  • Pego ya patlisiso ya leboko la Tautona Ngaka Quett Masire [Setswana] 
    David, Mmaserame Hannah (University of Pretoria, 2007-04-07)
    This dissertation focuses on an analysis of the poem Tautona Ngaka Quett Masire printed in P. Seloma's An Analysis of the Poetry of Praise and Exhortation in Setswana (1990). The main objective of the investigation is to ...
  • Pegonyakišišo ya kgopolo ya balade ya Sepedi 
    Nkadimeng, Stephen Manangane (University of Pretoria, 2019)
    This study aims to investigate two Sepedi ballads, Moganedi’s ‘Maletsoge’ (1985) and Matome Fela’s ‘Sebilwane’ (1961) to consider their style and genre. The investigation starts with a review of prior studies of the Sepedi ...
  • Phetogo ya set o dingwalong t a Sepedi 
    Tsholo, Jeremiah Phuti (University of Pretoria, 2015)
    The thesis focuses on culture change depicted in Sepedi literature. This is needed because of a great influence of missionaries and their writings that are reflected on indigenous writings of Bapedi people who wrote during ...
  • Phonological nativization of Dholuo loanwords 
    Owino, Daniel (University of Pretoria, 2005-02-10)
    This is essentially a phonological analysis of the Dholuo loanwords derived from English and Swahili. This study examines loanword adaptation at three levels: phonemic, phonotactic and prosodic. The study analyses the ...