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Nweba, Lena. "Characterisation in isiXhosa drama with specific reference to two isiXhosa dramas." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/49878.

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Thesis (MA)--Stellenbosch University, 2004.<br>ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The main aim of study is to investigate characterisation in two of Ngewu's dramas. Ngewu's dramas are contemporary and many scholars have not yet had time to research them. The story in the drama Amadada la afunani ezintsaneni ?( 1998), is about the sexual abuse of children. This is new because the abuse of small children is not seen to indicate culture especially now that even fathers abuse their children. In the olden days children used to look to grown -ups for protection of every kind. The story in the second drama Yeha
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Jobela, Mthuthuzeli Todd. "Negative constructions in isiXhosa." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2000. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/51840.

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Thesis (MA)--University of Stellenbosch, 2000.<br>ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This study aims at the investigation of negation in IsiXhosa with the main emphasis on negative morphemes and negative constituents. This study exammes negative morphemes that effect negation m verbs such as copulative and non-copulative verbs in all moods and tenses. This investigation will take the Noun Phrase as the centre of focus. NP will be examined with both specified and unspecified noun as head. Chapter one deals with the brief overview of negation in syntax with special emphasis on negation as an inflectional
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Botsis, Rachel. "Spatial languages in IsiXhosa." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/22965.

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This thesis investigates some aspects of spatial language of isiXhosa. It identifies the elements of isiXhosa used in the spatial domain and analyses their use and distribution across the language. Six isiXhosa-speaking language consultants were interviewed, all males between the ages of eighteen and twenty-two years. They have all grown up in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa and are currently attending tertiary institutions within the Western Cape. The methodological framework adopted for this research was developed by the 'Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics' (MPI) in Nijmege
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Sedibe, G. Konotia. "A comparison of isiXhosa-speaking learners' responses to word problems given in English and isiXhosa." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/53234.

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Thesis (MEd)--University of Stellenbosch, 2003.<br>ENGLISH ABSTRACT: According to Prins(1995), readability factors in Mathematics text do not only influence the comprehension of questions, but also have a marked influence on learner achievement levels. Extending on Prins (op cit), this study sought to investigate whether there are any differences in the quality of interpretation and choice of algo-heuristic methods when isiXhosa-speaking learners respond to mathematical word problems set in English and isiXhosa. The study was located within an ethnographic framework, with all of the 109
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Ndlela, Lulama Judith. "uPeter Tshobisa Mtuze neenoveli zakhe." Doctoral thesis, University of Cape Town, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/15720.

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Abstract in English<br>This thesis is about the author, Peter Tshobiso Mtuze, pertaining to his life and works. Mtuze is one of the prominent writers of isiXhosa. He is a highly endowed writer who has produced books in all literature genres: drama, novel, short stories, poetry and essays. Some of his books were and are prescribed to be taught as part of the syllabus in schools and universities. He has not only produced literature books but also written books that serve as a guide to the teaching and learning of Xhosa grammar. Furthermore, he has produced a very rare book, especially amongst th
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Sesanti, Andiswa Theodora. "Translating the Arabic Qur’an into isiXhosa." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/80138.

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Thesis (MPhil)--Stellenbosch University, 2013.<br>ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This study investigates the feasibility of translating the Arabic Qur’an into isiXhosa. The Qur’an has not yet been translated into isiXhosa and Xhosa-speaking Muslims who are unable to read and understand Arabic are facing a void in practising their faith. Xhosa-speaking Muslims also pray in a language that they do not understand and this robs them of close contact with the Almighty and as a result, the number of Muslims who speak isiXhosa does not increase. Through literature reviews and interviews it has been found that th
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Nkomo, Dion, and Zola Wababa. "IsiXhosa lexicography: past, present and future." Lexikos, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10962/67526.

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Publisher version<br>This article presents a panoramic and critical overview of isiXhosa lexicography and its impact on the intellectualisation of this indigenous South African language. The history of isi¬Xhosa lexicography dates back more than two centuries. However, there still exists a need for dic¬tionaries that serve the language-speaking community as practical tools for addressing diverse communication and learning-oriented needs in the current language policy dispensation. The Isi¬Xhosa National Lexicography Unit (XNLU) is currently working on dictionary projects that attempt to addres
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Rees, Siân Angharad. "Morphological awareness in readers of IsiXhosa." Thesis, Rhodes University, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10962/4569.

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This study focuses particularly on the development of four Morphological Awareness reading tests in isiXhosa and on the relationship of Morphological Awareness to reading success among 74 Grade 3 isiXhosa-speaking foundation-phase learners from three peri-urban schools. It explores in-depth why not all previously established Morphological Awareness tests for other languages suit the morphology of isiXhosa and how these tests have been revised in order to do so. Conventionally, the focus of Morphological Awareness literature has been on derivational morphology and reading comprehension. This st
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Dlepu, Siziwe Everrette. "From song to literary texts : a study of the influence of isiXhosa lyrics on selected isiXhosa texts." Thesis, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10948/943.

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Songs play a vital role in the everyday life of the AmaXhosa. Each and every occasion or gathering is accompanied by singing. Their anger or pain, sorrow or joy is reflected in their singing. Although these songs are composed for social purposes and entertainment, they are also educational. Songs may be composed and sung to comment on political affairs, complain against the abuse of power by the authorities, declare war, protest, praise a hero, encourage working together and ridicule the foolishness of someone. Vocabulary and diction used in the composition of these songs, relays the message i
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Mokapela, Sebolelo Agnes. "Interaction goals in political accounts in isiXhosa." Thesis, Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/1152.

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Thesis (DLitt (African Languages))--University of Stellenbosch, 2008.<br>This study deals with research that has been conducted within three government departments (Education, Health and Social Development) that form part of the social needs cluster in the Province of the Eastern Cape. Five portfolio committee members were interviewed in each department (six in the department of Health). Reproaches (failures and challenges of service delivery and policy implementation) were developed using information obtained from the “policy and budget speeches” of the afore-mentioned departments. In
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Gqwede, Eunice Nolungisa. "A pragmatic analysis of persuasion in isiXhosa." Thesis, Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/3069.

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Thesis (MA (African Languages))--University of Stellenbosch, 2005.<br>This study has the main goal of investigating the speech act of persuasion in isiXhosa. The main aim of the investigation is to examine the characteristics of persuasion in remedial interchanges based on the isiXhosa pragmatics. The study is concerned with the strategies people use when persuading targets, how message sources seek compliance, how targets resist and / or comply and how influence interactions are structured and what constraints on conversation need to be taken into account.
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Manjiya, Monelwa Precious. "The speech act of complaining in isiXhosa." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2001. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/52579.

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Thesis (MA)--Stellenbosch University, 2001.<br>ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This study investigates the speech act of complaining in Xhosa. It is organized into six chapters. Chapter 1 states the aim of the study. The method, design and the organization of the study are also presented. In Chapter 2 the speech acts and politeness theories are presented as the basic framework of this study. It is clear that people do not only produce utterances, which contain grammatical structures and words when attempting to express themselves, but they always perform actions via those utterances. The actions peop
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Simelane-Kalumba, Phumzile Innocentia. "The use of proverbial names among the Xhosa society: socio-cultural approach." Thesis, University of Western Cape, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/11394/3362.

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Magister Artium - MA<br>IsiXhosa is one of the Nguni languages. It falls under the Bantu Languages and is spoken mainly by people living in the South Eastern and Western regions of South Africa. Traditionally, language symbols were frequently used by the Xhosa people to shape their culture as well as to instil values that were highly regarded in their society, such as ubuntu (humanity). Their oral traditions were passed on from generation to generation − through narratives, proverbs, idioms, riddles, songs and praise poems. The elders would name their children using phrases from oral expressio
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Xamlashe, Sibongile Saraphina. "The use of History texts in isiXhosa for Grade 11 in developing academic writing skills across the curriculum." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/98037.

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Thesis (MA)--Stellenbosch University, 2015.<br>ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The central aim of the study is to present a proposal of how academic literacy development across the curriculum in secondary school can be facilitated through the use of content subject texts in isiXhosa. This is demonstrated by making use of History texts, which can be incorporated in the isiXhosa Home Language (HL) subject for teaching the writing skills of academic texts. The Genre-based approach to literacy development, which has been employed with great success, especially in Australia, over the past thirty years, is assume
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Matutu, Samkelo Nelson. "'Heteroglossia in IsiXhosa/English bilingual children's writing: a case study of Grade 6 IsiXhosa Home Language in a Township School." Master's thesis, Faculty of Humanities, 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/32826.

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The South African constitution recognises 11 official languages, of which isiXhosa is one. IsiXhosa belongs to the Nguni language family which also comprises of isiZulu, isiNdebele, and siSwati. IsiXhosa is mostly spoken in the Eastern and Western Cape Provinces. Those that regard isiXhosa as their home language (HL) are referred to as amaXhosa. However, as a teacher of isiXhosa HL, I have observed that there is often a mismatch between the isiXhosa used by the students and the one used in the schooling context. Thus, this study explores and investigates the written language varieties Grade 6
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Ngece, Someka Monica. "Investigating isiXhosa language literacy Practices in the foundation phase: an ethnographic case study in the Western Cape." Thesis, University of the Western Cape, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/11394/4157.

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Magister Artium - MA<br>This study investigated language literacy practices of Grade 3 teachers and learners in the Foundation Phase where isiXhosa was used as a medium of instruction. It explored the extent to which the instructional practices enhanced or hindered literacy development in the Grade 3 classroom in one school located in a disadvantaged area in the Western Cape. This study followed a qualitative ethnographic case study design. Qualitative data collection techniques, namely, classroom observations, interviews and document analysis were used to collect data for this study. The find
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Somlata, Zakhile. "An analysis of account on marriage in isiXhosa." Thesis, Link to the online version, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10019/1596.

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Nogwina, Mnoneleli. "Development of a stemmer for the isiXhosa language." Thesis, University of Fort Hare, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10353/2611.

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IsiXhosa language is one of the eleven official languages and the second most widely spoken language in South Africa. However, in terms of computational linguistics, the language did not get attention and natural language related work is almost non-existent. Document retrieval using unstructured queries requires some kind of language processing, and an efficient retrieval of documents can be achieved if we use a technique called stemming. The area that involves document storage and retrieval is called Information Retrieval (IR). Basically, IR systems make use of a Stemmer to index document rep
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Kunju, Hleze Welsh. "IsiXhosa ulwimi lwabantu abangesosininzi eZimbabwe: ukuphila nokulondolozwa kwaso." Thesis, Rhodes University, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10962/7370.

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Kuqikelelwa ukuba kukho amaXhosa (amaMfengu) angcambu zawo ziseMzantsi Afrika amalunga namakhulu amabini amawaka azinze eZimbabwe ukususela kwiminyaka yoo-18001900. Uninzi lwawo lufumaneka eMbembesi, eFort Rixon, eFilabusi, eKenilworth naseMotapa eBubi. Imbali ithi, inxalenye yala maXhosa ngawaseMpuma Kapa, afudukela eZimbabwe noCecil John Rhodes eqhuba iinqwelo kananjalo esebenzela uRhodes ngeminyaka yoo-1800. Le thisisi yongeza kulwazi olutsha malunga nala maXhosa aseZimbabwe, iphonononga ubume bolwimi, imbali nemvelaphi yala maXhosa azinze eZimbabwe lo gama ibonisa ukuba naphantsi kwayiphi
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Knoetze, Susanna. "An investigation into the mathematics teaching practices of non-isiXhosa-speaking teachers teaching isiXhosa-speaking 3rd Graders through the medium of Afrikaans." Thesis, Rhodes University, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1018910.

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There is a considerable body of literature on the challenges faced by learners who speak an African language at home but who are taught through the medium of English. Less research has focused, however, on contexts where isiXhosa-speaking learners have Afrikaans as their Language of Learning and Teaching (LoLT), especially in Foundation Phase classrooms where teachers may not speak their learners’ home language. Such learners face the triple challenge of simultaneously learning a second language, learning to read in that language, and also learning new content and concepts through it. Using a
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Mpolweni, Nosisi Lynette. "The reader-centredness of translated financial texts into isiXhosa." Thesis, Link to the online version, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/10019/1123.

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Ralehoko, Refilwe Vincent. "Account-giving in the narrative of farming in isiXhosa." Thesis, Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/1706.

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Thesis (MA (African Languages))--University of Stellenbosch, 2009.<br>The purpose of this study is to examine message production and image restoration in the narratives of isiXhosa-speaking farming communities. According to Gergen (1994), narrative forms – such as the stability narrative, progressive narrative and regressive narrative – are linguistic tools that have important social functions to fulfil. Gergen (1994) further indicates that self-narratives are social processes in which individuals are realised on the personal perspective or experience. The self-narratives used and analyse
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Mokapela, Sebolelo Agnes. "Account-giving in the narratives of abuse in isiXhosa." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/50237.

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Thesis (MA)--Stellenbosch University, 2005.<br>ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This study explores the theoretical work in articulating the motivations and conditions for account-giving in isiXhosa in relation to image restoration. This emotional and behavioural rehabilitation is done through accounts. In this context, accounts are similar to narratives and can be retained at the level of private reflections or written as diary entries or for others to read and refer to from time to time. The account-making process according to Warren (1989), is like a "life in motion" in which individual characters a
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Geldenhuys, Catharina Maria. "Task-based course design for campus communication in isiXhosa." Thesis, Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/6531.

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Thesis (MA (African languages))--University of Stellenbosch, 2011.<br>ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The central purpose of this study is to investigate the nature and properties of communication tasks employed in generic communication in isiXhosa on a university campus in South Africa within the framework of current second language theories of task-based language learning and teaching, and syllabus design for analysing those tasks, taking into account the needs of second language learners of isiXhosa in the context of campus communication. The study aims to explore questions relating to how meaning-b
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Saliwa, Ncebakazi Faith. "A qualitative analysis of government documents translated into Isixhosa." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/50575.

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Thesis (MPhil)--Stellenbosch University, 2006.<br>ENGLISH ABSTRACT: South Africa declared all 11 South African languages official to bring back dignity to all citizens of this country and to ensure that communication reaches all people in the language of their choice. In an effort to meet this constitutional mandate, government institutions are obliged to translate documents into all official national or provincial languages. Before 1998, only two languages were used in official documentation -and those were English and Afrikaans. That meant that a lot of money was invested in and commi
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Mpola, Mavis Noluthando. "An analysis of oral literary music texts in isiXhosa." Thesis, Rhodes University, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1012909.

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This study examines the relationship between composed songs in isiXhosa and the field of oral literature. In traditional Xhosa cultural settings, poetry and music are forms of communal activity enjoyed by that society. Music and poetry perform a special social role in African society in general, providing a critique of socio-economic and political issues. The research analyses the relationship that exists between traditional poetry, izibongo, and composed songs. It demonstrates that in the same way that izibongo can be analysed in order to appreciate the aesthetic value of an oral literary for
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Kaschula, Russell H. "Intellectualisation of isiXhosa literature: the case of Jeff Opland." Tydskrif vir Letterkunde, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10962/67030.

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publisher version<br>The origins of the intellectualisation of written isiXhosa literature are often attributed to the missionaries John Ross and John Bennie. They set up a printing press in the Tyhume Valley which later became known as Lovedale Press. They introduced written isiXhosa in 1823 and for this they are acknowledged as the first to write and publish in isiXhosa. This article attempts to trace this intellectualisation process of isiXhosa literature, concentrating on a critique and assessment of the life-long work of Professor Jeff Opland, who has contributed enormously to the present
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Mahlaza, Zola. "Grammars for generating isiXhosa and isiZulu weather bulletin verbs." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/27997.

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The Met Office has investigated the use of natural language generation (NLG) technologies to streamline the production of weather forecasts. Their approach would be of great benefit in South Africa because there is no fast and large scale producer, automated or otherwise, of textual weather summaries for Nguni languages. This is because of, among other things, the complexity of Nguni languages. The structure of these languages is very different from Indo-European languages, and therefore we cannot reuse existing technologies that were developed for the latter group. Traditional NLG techniques
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Modise, Morebodi. "A comparison of mobile search interfaces for isiXhosa speakers." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/29829.

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Search interfaces have for a long time been targeted at the resource-rich languages, such as English. There has been little effort to support African (Bantu) languages in search interfaces when compared to languages such as English, particularly the isiXhosa language. However, due to the increase in use of mobile phones in developing countries, these interfaces can now be adapted to languages in these settings to support information access on the Web. This study proposes mobile search interfaces to support isiXhosa speakers to search for information on the Web using isiXhosa as a discovery lan
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Maseko, Pamela. "Intellectualisation of African languages with particular reference to isiXhosa." Thesis, Rhodes University, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10962/58035.

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The research explores the relationship between language and education, and motivates for the intellectualisation of African languages, isiXhosa in particular, and for their use in education. The main rationale behind this is that access to, and success in education can largely be realised if that education is mediated in one’s first language. The thesis discusses works of prominent scholars who have written on the subject - relating cognitive abilities and achievement in education to language in which that education is offered. The lack of terminology in new domains in African languages as bar
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Futuse, Liziwe. "An examination of how loanwords in a corpus of spoken and written contemporary isiXhosa are incorporated into the noun class system of isiXhosa." Master's thesis, Faculty of Humanities, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/30509.

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Lexical change is a natural phenomenon for all of the world’s languages. This change can be viewed in terms of language contact, technological innovation and the adoption of new lifestyles. Whereas in the past isiXhosa, a Nguni language spoken in South Africa, borrowed words from both English and Afrikaans, contemporary speakers rely more on the English lexicon, with some previous adoptions from Afrikaans being replaced by those from English. This study focusses specifically on contemporary borrowed, or loanword nouns in isiXhosa which are brought into the noun class system of the language via
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Dalvit, Lorenzo. "Attitudes of isiXhosa-speaking students at the University of Fort Hare towards the use of isiXhosa as a language of learning and teaching (LOLT)." Thesis, Rhodes University, 2004. http://eprints.ru.ac.za/16/.

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Mabeqa, Thokozile Valencia. "The reader-centredness of translated HIV/AIDS texts into isiXhosa." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/50514.

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Thesis (M.Phil.)--Stellenbosch University, 2005.<br>ENGLISH ABSTRACT: HIV/AIDS is a disease that affects millions of people in South Africa. Various strategies have been implemented to try and curb this epidemic. One of the strategies 'used is the dissemination of information pertaining to the prevention of contracting HIV/AIDS. One of the measures of disseminating such information is through pamphlets and brochures in all eleven official languages of South Africa. This research endeavours to establish whether translated HIV/AIDS brochures are communicative towards its target readers or
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Ralarala, Monwabisi Knowledge. "Influence goals in seeking compliance in persuasive messages in isiXhosa." Thesis, Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/3989.

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Thesis (DLitt (African Languages))--University of Stellenbosch, 2010.<br>ENGLISH ABSTRACT: It has been observed in human interaction within our social milieu that individuals make attempts from time to time to influence others in order to accomplish their goals. The scholarly interest in the message-production side of this phenomenon has assumed the study of compliance gaining or persuasion (Wilson 2002; Dillard 2004). According to Wilson (2002:15), “contemporary theories of persuasive message production are guided by a metaphor of ‘goal pursuit’” .This study pursues this proposition by f
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Sam, Msindisi Scara. "The development and implementation of computer literacy terminology in isiXhosa." Thesis, Rhodes University, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1002155.

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Madalane, Mzwandile Sylvester. "Properties of the Albama parenting questionnaire in isiXhosa speaking sample." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/12882.

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Includes bibliographical references.<br>The high levels of violence in South Africa are of great concern. Harsh and inconsistent parenting practices have been shown to put children at risk of becoming aggressive. The Alabama Parenting Questionnaire (APQ) has proven useful in international studies for detecting the kind of parenting that is associated with aggression in children. There is very limited literature on parenting among isiXhosa-speaking people and other South Africa ethnic populations. lsiXhosa-speaking parents/guardians, who have at least one child between six and eighteen years ol
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Jali, Nomfundo. "A genre analysis of South African female celebrities in isiXhosa texts." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/50250.

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Thesis (MA)--University of Stellenbosch, 2005.<br>ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This research work has put into practice the theoretical framework of text construction advanced by Grabe and Kaplan (1996) for the analysis of South African female celebrities' texts in Xhosa. Theoretical elements employed in this study includes linguistic elements and the elements that are applicable to the structure of narrative texts. This framework can be included in teaching methods and approaches for the development of the learners' analytic skills in analyzing the discourse structure of written texts. These skill
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Kilian, Kelly. "Vowel harmony in isiXhosa: an OT and acoustic study of [ATR]." Thesis, Rhodes University, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/10962/67678.

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The vowel harmony system in isiXhosa is centred on a process of vowel raising. All mid-vowels preceding a high vowel take on the feature advanced tongue root (ATR) (e.g. thɛnga ‘buy’ → thengisa ‘sell’; bɔna 'see' → bonisa 'cause to see') (Harris 1987). The process of mid-vowel assimilation for the feature [+ATR] is consistent in all instances in which the mid-vowel occurs preceding a high vowel trigger, unless harmony is blocked by the low opaque vowel [a]. This is the analysis presented in Jokweni & Thipa (1996) the only previous literature to address the vowel harmony process of isiXhosa in
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Mankayi, Mthobeli Emmanuel Siwaphiwe. "The accuracy and equivalence of translated news from English to isiXhosa." University of Western Cape, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/11394/8230.

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Magister Artium - MA<br>This study evaluates the accuracy and equivalence of translated news from English to isiXhosa version in four community radio stations, two from the Western Cape and two from the Eastern Cape. Community radio stations source their local news through interviews and eye witness accounts. They get other news-worthy stories through media releases from Government Communication and Information System (GCIS), Police stations, Municipalities, Royal houses and from the office of the president. Most of the time, media releases are written in English and they have to be translated
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Mtsatse, Nangamso. "Exploring Differential Item Functioning on reading achievement between English and isiXhosa." Diss., University of Pretoria, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/2263/65447.

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Post-Apartheid South Africa has undergone an educational language policy shift from only Afrikaans and English in education to the representation of all 11 official languages: Afrikaans, English, isiZulu, isiXhosa, isiNdebele, siSwati, Sesotho, Setswana, Tshivenda and Xitsonga. The national languages policy included the Language in Education Policy (LiEP), which stipulates that learners from grades 1- 3 in all ways possible should be provided the opportunity to be taught in their home language (HL). With this change, there has been a need to increase access to African languages in education. T
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Mbewe, Mpho. "‘Ubhuti wami’: a qualitative secondary analysis of brothering among isiXhosa men." Thesis, Rhodes University, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1013149.

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This project is interested in investigating the construction of the fraternal sibling relationshipwithin the South African context from a narrative perspective. In particular, this study is interested in the ways in which middle aged isiXhosa men narrate experiences of brothering and how social class, as one particular context, mediates these narratives. This project is particularly interested in brothering within the isiXhosa culture and is concerned with both middle class and working class men within this cultural context. The project takes as its particular focus the meaning of brothering,
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Nchang, Doreen. "Language, migration and identity: exploring the motivations of selected African migrants in learning isiXhosa in Cape Town, South Africa." Thesis, University of the Western Cape, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/11394/4141.

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Masters of Art<br>This study is an exploration of the motivations of a particular group of Cameroonian and Nigerian migrants in Cape Town for learning isiXhosa. South Africa is a multilingual and multicultural country with eleven official languages and many migrant languages, resulting from the flow of people from other countries, especially African countries, to this major economic force on the continent. Among these migrants are West African migrants who have managed to acquire some of the local languages. Forced by new trends in globalization witnessed across the globe, and by the socio-pol
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Jadezweni, Mhlobo Wabantwana. "Aspects of isiXhosa poetry with special reference to poems produced about women." Thesis, Rhodes University, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1006364.

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This study investigates the use of modern and izibongo (praise poetry) techniques in representing women in selected isiXhosa poems. The main interest of the study is to determine whether the same techniques to depict men are used when writing about women. It is also the interest of the study to ascertain how gender issues are dealt with in the selected poems. Seminal studies on izibongo by eminent scholars in this field show a serious lack of critique and little recognition of women in African languages’ poetry in general and in isiXhosa in particular. Pioneering studies in Nguni poetry about
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Mitchley, Hazel. "Agreement and coordination in XiTsonga, SeSotho and IsiXhosa: an optimality theoretic perspective." Thesis, Rhodes University, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10962/3423.

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This thesis provides a unified Optimality Theoretic analysis of subject-verb agreement with coordinated preverbal subjects in three Southern Bantu languages: Xitsonga (S53), Sesotho (S33), and isiXhosa (S41). This analysis is then used to formulate a typology of agreement resolution strategies and the contexts which trigger them. Although some accounts in the Bantu literature suggest that agreement with coordinate structures is avoided by speakers (e.g. Schadeberg 1992, Voeltz 1971) especially when conjuncts are from different noun classes, I show that there is ample evidence to the contrary,
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Du, Plessis Madele. "Complexity in second language task-based syllabus design for police communication in isiXhosa." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/17824.

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Thesis (MA)--Stellenbosch University, 2011.<br>ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The purpose of this thesis is to present an isiXhosa task-based syllabus design for police communication. The aim is to provide a theory-based rationale for syllabus design to teach English- and Afrikaans-speaking police officials isiXhosa as a second language in order to communicate with the isiXhosa mother tongue police officials inside the police station (internal), as well as with the isiXhosa speaking community (external). For this purpose, a needs analysis is conducted, i.e. the communication needs and objectives of the pol
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Perold, Anneke. "Identifying potential grammatical features for explicit instruction to isiXhosa-speaking learners of English." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/17789.

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Thesis (MA )--Stellenbosch University, 2011.<br>ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Given the promise of upward socio-economic mobility that English is currently deemed to hold in South Africa, it is a matter of egalitarian principle that the schooling system provides all learners in this country with a fair chance at acquiring English to a high level of proficiency. There exists a common misconception, however, that such a chance is necessarily provided in the form of English medium education for all learners, regardless of what their mother tongue may be. As a result, the majority of learners are caught
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Philibane, Sibongile. "Multilingualism, linguistic landscaping and translation of isiXhosa signage at three Western Cape Universities." University of the Western Cape, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/11394/4302.

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Magister Artium - MA<br>Promotion and practice of multilingualism is of infinite need in a country with such history as South Africa. The need to promote, preserve and maintain languages grows each and every day due to the possibility of languages fading away until they become non-existent. The best system to maintain, preserve and promote all languages existing in a country is to utilize them in a multilingual sense. This is what each mission statement of the three major universities in the Western Cape Province promise; they claim to contribute to multilingualism by encouraging the use of an
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Mona, Godfrey Vulindlela. "A century of IsiXhosa written poetry and the ideological contest in South Africa." Thesis, Rhodes University, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1017892.

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The central argument of this inter-disciplinary study is that IsiXhosa written poetry of 1912 – 2012 is a terrain of the struggle between the contending dominant ideologies of Segregation, Apartheid and Charterism (post-Apartheid); and the subordinate/ subaltern ideologies of Africanism, Charterism (pre-democracy), Pan- Africanism, Black Consciousness Movement and other post Apartheid ideologies. The study highlights the mutual relationship between the text and the context by focussing on the ideological contest which manifests itself in both form and structure (i.e. aesthetic ideology) and th
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Poni, Zukiswa. "The alignment between curriculum objectives and assessment of IsiXhosa at Grade 12 level." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/13775.

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In the new South Africa (after 1994), the education system required an extensive overhaul to ensure that the inequalities of the past do not continue to dominate the education system. As a result, a number of debates took place and in 1998 a new educational model that is competency based was introduced (Taylor & Vinjevold, 1999). The main aim of this change was to ensure that the curriculum would integrate academic and vocational skills. The other aims was to ensure that the new education system represent a complete opposite of the apartheid education system. Language, being central to educati
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Fobe, Mila Pamella. "Curriculum outcomes, teaching practices and learner competencies in isiXhosa in three Grahamstown schools." Thesis, Rhodes University, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1012072.

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This study looks at the curriculum outcomes, teaching practices and learner competencies in isiXhosa at three Eastern Cape schools and across three different grades, 7-9. It explores the link between language learning and teaching as well as the teaching strategies used within the classroom. In particular, the study seeks to analyse how isiXhosa is taught at three different levels of instruction, namely at Home Language (HL), First Additional Language (FAL) and Second Additional Language (SAL) levels. Qualitative methods were used, and the study took the form of interpretive case studies withi
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