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Theses and Dissertations (African Languages): Recent submissions
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(University of Pretoria, 2019)‘’Language is without any doubt the most important factor in the learning process, for the transfer of knowledge and skills” (Bamgbose, 1992:7). This study was focused on the challenges of teaching Setswana as a Home ...
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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, 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, 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 ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2018)The focus of this study was to look at the Sepedi narratives which depict morality as well as didacticism. The point of departure was the fact that the previous researchers were not in agreement when it comes to the issue ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2018)The role played by translation across the globe has been well established. Translation is very important to build bridges between people who do not share the same language, especially in international organisations. This ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2017)Research has been conducted by Mönnig (1967), Lewis (1976) and the Worlddbook Encyclopaedia (2000) regarding the Bapedi traditional marriage system. However, although all three research projects focus on the Bapedi marriage ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2017)A text rich in culture often poses a challenge to the translator. The translator normally has to be well acquainted with both source and target culture in order to render a comprehensible and reader-friendly translation ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2017)The main argument of this research is that translation has the potential to effect cultural learning in the Afrikaans language context. Afrikaans is a language which is culturally isolated from both the indigenous South ...
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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)This research set out to study the influence of contextual factors on the occurrence of translation shifts through the case study of English to Arabic translation of reports from the Pan African Parliament (PAP). The ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2017)Serudu (1989) and Groenewald (1993) are literary theorists who have attempted to indicate the structure of Sepedi epic narrative. However, in their definitions of the concepts epic narrative, praise poetry, narrative poetry ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2018)English When we observe the interpreters in their booths battling with ambiguity in order to find the accurate meaning of an ambiguous utterance, we inevitably come to the realization of the daunting impact of ambiguities ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2018)Health is one of the most important issues in the lives of human beings and has a direct effect on the well-being of a country’s citizens and its economy. Researchers emphasise the role of communication in maintaining ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2016)South Africa is home to 11 official languages and speakers of these languages communicate with one another on a daily basis. Such multilingual communication occurs throughout the country, especially at hospitals and clinics. ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2016)This study entails a case study of the translation of the novel The Wee Free Men by Terry Pratchett to Afrikaans. The purpose of the study is to determine which translation strategy and procedures can be used to successfully ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2016)The study addresses the problem, already identified in 1986 by Msimang that definitions such as Bascom's (1965) fail to differentiate clearly between historical narratives and legends. To evolve a more accurate definition, ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2016)This thesis provides a literature review on various topics related to the aims of the research project. In the process of sketching the rationale of this study, the language-in-education policy (LiEP) of South Africa is ...
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(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' ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2016)The history of translation has been built on the notions that the translator either leaves the writer alone and moves towards the reader (domesticating the text), or leaves the reader alone and moves towards the writer ...
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