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Browsing Theses and Dissertations (African Languages) by Type "Dissertation"
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(University of Pretoria, 2009-05-26)Please read the abstract on page 112 in the dissertation
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(University of Pretoria, 2005-01-30)No abstract available
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(University of Pretoria, 2018)Afrikaans: Hierdie studie stel ondersoek in na die daarstel van ’n veeltalige aanlyn termbank. Die doel van so ’n veeltalige aanlyn termbank sou wees om aan die meerderheid van Suid-Afrikaanse studente ’n platform in hulle ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2008-09-08)The purpose of this study is to trace and describe the form, origin and history of the praise poem ‘Ba Masemola’. This praise poem was included in the volume Seriti sa Thabantsho (1956). In that period, E. M. Ramaila ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2005-03-15)The aim of this dissertation is to investigate the attributive noun classes, as well as their suffixal counterparts, firstly in Bantu, and secondly in Zulu. The investigation will be done with reference to aspects such as ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2008-11-11)From a literary review of the so-called continuous past tenses of the Bantu languages with special reference to Zulu it becomes quite clear that a number of misconceptions prevail amongst grammarians concerning these tense ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2007-04-07)In this dissertation the rights of women are investigated with special reference to Monyaise's novel, Bogosi Kupe. The description is based on the theory offeminism and womanism. Among those scholars who have discussed ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2013-06-28)With this research, Rafapa’s novella, Bowelakalana (1987) is carefully scrutinised. It is his fourth story and is considered as a story of morality. This work has been awarded De Jager – Haum the publisher’s prize for ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2006-10-17)This study is concerned mainly with the nature and social functions of code-switching between Setswana and English. In Botswana, Setswana and English are utilised in conversations between speakers, resulting in the phenomenon ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2017)This corpus-based study examines female and male characters’ body parts in selected isiZulu novels: Indlela Yababi (The path of the wicked; 1946) by RRR Dhlomo Inkinsela yaseMgungundlovu (The tycoon of Pietermaritzburg; ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2018)For centuries, dictionaries were compiled based upon the knowledge of the lexicographer and information retrieved from manually consulted sources, mainly through a process of reading and marking. This approach meant that ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2022)ABSTRACT South Africa has a diverse range of languages, races, religions, and ethnic communities. It has faced significant challenges – political, cultural, and socio-economic – since the arrival of democracy in 1994. ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2020)This study investigates how and to what effect metaphors and similes from Tayeb Salih‘s novel Mawsim al-Hiǧra ilā ash-Shamāl (1966) were translated into English – a worthy topic, given the many linguistic and cultural ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2006-10-17)AFRIKAANS: Hierdie verhandeling val in drie dele uiteen. In deel een is die historiese agtergrond te wete die ontstaan van die radiodrama in isiZulu nagevors. Die ontwikkeling sedert die beginjare van radio tot en met 2002 ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2010-09-08)The objective of this investigation is to conduct research into the authors of Sepedi essays (and their works) whose essays display elements of excellence. The works that are investigated include only essay collections ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2008-07-11)Any discussion of the growth and development of essays in Sepedi must include the name of E.K.K. Matlala. Matlala was the first author to publish a volume of Sepedi essays. This publishing of this volume, entitled Mengwalo ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2010-09-28)Like other Bantu languages, Sepedi tends to utilise one basic colour term (tala) to refer to both the colour concepts ‘blue’ and ‘green’. This does not of course imply that the speakers of this language are unable to ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2022)This research seeks to highlight the gender inequality brought by some of the rituals and traditions practised by South African Nguni cultures. It seeks to work as a mediator or a mouth for the parties that are being treated ...
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(University of Pretoria, 1995)The main aim of this investigation is to give a detailed description of the morphology, the syntax and finally the semantic function of the different pronouns found in siSwati. Before this is done (in Chapters 2 - 4) ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2023)In previous research, it has been stated that folktales are primarily told to teach moral lessons to children. However, this study demonstrates that Setswana hare folktales potentially teach the opposite of the intended ...
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