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Theses and Dissertations (African Languages)
Recent Submissions
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Goosen, Michelle
(University of Pretoria, 2024-07-11)
Hierdie studie gee rekenskap van die vernaamste Suid-Afrikaanse terminologiebestuursprogramme. Spesifieke aandag word gegee aan die beskikbaarheid / toeganklikheid van hierdie programme se terminologiese hulpbronne vir ...
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Mojalefa, Mawatle Jeremiah
(University of Pretoria, 1995)
Although Lekgothoane's collection of traditional praise poems as well as those of
Phala and Ramaila appeared in the late 1930's, these works have never been
thoroughly investigated and described. As a result, Lekgothoane ...
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Makhiwane, Nombulelo Precious
(University of Pretoria, 2023-08-28)
Imiphakathi ephila ngokwamasiko isaphika ukuthi ubudlelwano babantu bezothando obuhlukile kulobu obujwayelekile ngokobulili buyimvelo. Ukubulawa okulokhu kuqhubekile kwamalunga omphakathi we-Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, ...
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Boya, Thapelo Bernard
(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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Memela, Mbalenhle Melodious
(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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Mathe, Siyabonga Muziwandile Gift
(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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Makofane, Peter Mpoko
(University of Pretoria, 1994)
Please read abstract in the document
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Zwane, Nonsikelelo Barbara
(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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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 ...
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Elkhalifa Mohamed, Amani Elmahi
(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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Nkomo, Puleng Samuel
(University of Pretoria, 2020)
This is a critical and comparative study that examines the blossoming and maturation of the Sesotho sa Leboa (Northern Sotho) Young Adult (YA) novella from the canon of novels in that language. The periods under examination ...
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Matji, Ngwanamphaga Alettah
(University of Pretoria, 2019)
This study examines Mologadi Ngwana’ Magolego Sepedi tale Mo_emane wa moimana as an example of fantasy.
Fantasy as a genre creates a headache for theorists, because they struggle to distinguish this genre from other types ...
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Alberts, Margaretha Johanna
(University of Pretoria, 2019)
This study demonstrates one possible way of countering social stratification and creating an inclusive South African identity–renewing the South African national narrative to include the narratives of the people groups ...
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Bokaba, Nomadlozi Brenda
(University of Pretoria, 2019)
The aim of this study is to compare and contrast isiZulu and Sepedi detective narratives, a genre which has not been fully embraced by literary scholars and authors in the African languages. The intention is to compare and ...
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Mabena, Christinah Sibongile
(University of Pretoria, 2020-08-31)
Terminology development plays a significant role in the development of a language. IsiNdebele, as a South African language in its developmental stages, has been the focus of a great deal of attention since the dawning of ...
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Nkosi, Vusumuzi
(University of Pretoria, 2020)
In indigenous African societies, cultural expectations compel women to restrict themselves from excelling in whatever they do as a way of conforming to prevailing customary expectations. This is because those women who ...
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Motsepe, Queen Mmadikhu
(University of Pretoria, 2020-04-30)
Tlhotlhomisi e e ikaegile ka lemorago la botshelo jwa ga mokwadi Melato Recias Malope, modibelapuo yo o itsegeng wa puo ya Setswana, morutabana le mokwadi yo o manontlhotlho wa ditlhangwa le dibuka tsa thutapuo. O kwadile ...
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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 ...
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Lukusa, John Katompa
(University of Pretoria, 2018)
This research was encouraged by the growing trend of migration that not only South Africa is facing but the world in general. French-speaking asylum seekers who require interpretation services constitute the subject of ...
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Sanders, Lisa
(University of Pretoria, 2018)
Both within the field of translation studies and outside of the academic realm entirely,
audiovisual translation is becoming an increasingly relevant and important topic,
especially considering the rapid rate of globalisation ...
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