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  • In search of larger units of meaning: a foray into Northern Sotho data 
    Taljard, Elsabe (Elizabeth) (Routledge, 2014-03)
    The availability of large-scale electronic language corpora has led to revolutionary changes in the landscape of linguistic research. Corpus linguistics has in the past few decades developed from an alternative methodology ...
  • Disabled men and women in early Christianity. A study of Chrysostom's writings 
    Stander, Hennie (Hendrik Frederik), 1953- (Insitute for Afro-Hellenic Studies, 2013)
    Studies on gender, race and sexuality have provided us with valuable insights into the study of disability, a field which has started to draw the attention of many scholars in varying fields. Various forms of disability ...
  • Kritiese beskouing van woordeboeke met geamalgameerde lemmalyste 
    Prinsloo, Danie J. (Daniel Jacobus), 1953- (Buro van die WAT, 2013)
    Die onlangs gepubliseerde Groot Woordeboek (Afrikaans en Nederlands), ook bekend as ANNA, is die eerste woordeboek met 'n geamalgameerde lemmalys gebaseer op die model van Martin en Gouws (2000). ANNA baan ook die weg ...
  • Introducing a new lexicographical model : alphaconceptual+ (and how it could be applied to dictionaries for Luganda) 
    Kawalya, Deo; De Schryver, Gilles-Maurice (Buro van die WAT, 2013)
    In this article we explore the possibility of amalgamating the semasiological (i.e. alphabetical), onomasiological (i.e. conceptual) and visual approaches to dictionary compilation, here termed an alphaconceptual+ (i.e. ...
  • Digitizing the Monolingual Lusoga Dictionary : challenges and prospects 
    Nabirye, Minah; De Schryver, Gilles-Maurice (Buro van die WAT, 2013)
    This article recounts the genesis, growth and turbulent events that accompanied the compilation of the Eiwanika ly'Olusoga, that is, the Monolingual Lusoga Dictionary. Contrasting academia with the trade, legacy with ...
  • When chaos is the god of an era : rediscovering an Axis Mundi in Ben Okri’s Starbook (2007) 
    Gray, Rosemary A. (Indiana University Press, 2013-01)
    The article begins by contextualizing Ben Okri’s concept of reality within a traditional, cultural framework. A brief discussion of the trajectory of African writing and the standard classifications of the mode of the ...
  • Corpus-based language teaching : an African language perspective 
    Taljard, Elsabe (Elizabeth) (NISC, 2012-12-19)
    Studies on corpus-based language teaching are notably absent within the South African educational context; more so with regard to the teaching of African languages. This article explores the possibilities offered by the ...
  • Devices for information presentation in electronic dictionaries 
    Prinsloo, Danie J. (Daniel Jacobus), 1953-; Heid, Ulrich; Bothma, T.J.D. (Theodorus Jan Daniel); Faab, Gertrud (Buro van die WAT/SU LIS, 2012)
    Electronic dictionaries should support dictionary users by giving them guidance in text production and text reception, alongside a user-definable offer of lexicographic data for cognitive purposes. In this article, we ...
  • Leksikografiese bewerking van verwantskapsterme in Sepedi 
    Prinsloo, Danie J. (Daniel Jacobus), 1953- (Buro van die WAT/SU LIS, 2012)
    Die verwantskapsterminologie van Sepedi is omvangryk en vorm 'n komplekse sisteem. In teenstelling met tale soos Afrikaans, Engels en Duits word groter uitdagings aan die Sepedileksikograaf gestel ten opsigte van die ...
  • A computational implementation of the Northern Sotho infinitive 
    Faab, Gertrud; Prinsloo, Danie J. (Daniel Jacobus), 1953- (African Language Association of Southern Africa, 2011-10-21)
    The aim of this article is to describe the infinitive in Northern Sotho based on corpus data and the respective literature; so far, all share the same view: The infinitive is a noun (of class 15) and a verb at the same ...
  • Use of LSP dictionaries in secondary schools - a South African case study 
    Taljard, Elsabe (Elizabeth); Prinsloo, Danie J. (Daniel Jacobus), 1953-; Fricke, Irene (African Language Association of Southern Africa, 2011)
    This article reports on the results of a broad evaluation of the efficacy of the Multilingual Explanatory Science Dictionary and Multilingual Explanatory Math Dictionary in a multilingual educational environment. The aim ...
  • Woordgroepvers 
    Groenewald, Pieter Schalk (African Language Association of Southern Africa, 2011)
    ’n Taaluiting in versvorm bestaan uit linguistiese en metriese eenhede. Die versgeheel bestaan uit minstens ’n sin en ’n vers en twee segmente. Die beginsels wat versvorm onderlê, is verdeling en ekwivalensie. Die geheel ...
  • Bilingual dictionary for a specific user group : supporting Setswana speakers in the production and reception of English 
    Prinsloo, Danie J. (Daniel Jacobus), 1953-; Heid, Ulrich (African Language Association of Southern Africa, 2011)
    The aim of this article is to discuss the design of a new English to Setswana dictionary for two narrowly defined target user groups of Setswana learners, i.e. Upper Primary (10 to 12 years old); and Junior Secondary (13 ...
  • Ngwaga wa Mopedi : seka sa ngwaga wa merafe ye mengwe ya Bibele 
    Mojalefa, M.J. (Mawatle Jeremiah), 1948-; Mojalefa, Jerry (OpenJournals Publishing, 2011-11)
    Mopedi knows the sun, planets (stars), constellations and stars by names, but has a number of misconceptions different from other biblical nations regarding the universe. Every day is believed to bring a new sun and it ...
  • Lekgothoane's praise poetry : an aesthetic discourse 
    Mojalefa, M.J. (Mawatle Jeremiah), 1948-; Mojalefa, Jerry (Editorial Garsi, 2010)
    In this article, Shika Kgomedi Lekgothoane's artistic poetic works collected in ‘Praises of Animals in Northern Sotho’ (Van Warmelo, 1937) are assessed on three parts: a biographical sketch, a text and a reader in order ...
  • The (Ama)Ndebele of Africa and their name '(ama)Ndebele' 
    Skhosana, Philemon Buti (Editorial Garsi, 2010)
    Some scholars still continue to confuse or to misunderstand the relationship within the (ama)Ndebele of Africa as a result of the divergent opinions propounded by scholars regarding the historical origin these ethnic ...
  • Surrogaatekwivalensie in tweetalige woordeboeke met spesifieke verwysing na zero-ekwivalensie in Afrikataalwoordeboeke 
    Gouws, Rufus H.; Prinsloo, Danie J. (Daniel Jacobus), 1953- (Suid Afrikaanse Akademie vir Wetenskap & Kuns, 2010-12)
    Tweetalige woordeboeke word om die onttrekking van verskillende tipes inligting geraadpleeg. Die datatipe waaraan die gemiddelde en kundige gebruiker van tweetalige woordeboeke die grootste behoefte het en wat daarom die ...
  • Querying the claim of the user-friendliness of the New Sepedi Dictionary 
    Mojalefa, Jerry; Mojalefa, M.J. (Mawatle Jeremiah), 1948- (South African Asociation for Language Teaching, 2008)
    The New Sepedi Dictionary is a concise translating bilingual dictionary. Even though the compilers claim that this dictionary is very user-friendly, this can be queried. Accordingly, the main aim of this article is to ...
  • Designing a noun guesser for part of speech tagging in Northern Sotho 
    Heid, Ulrich; Prinsloo, Danie J. (Daniel Jacobus), 1953-; Faab, Gertrud; Taljard, Elsabe (Elizabeth) (African Language Association of Southern Africa, 2009)
    In this article, we describe an element of a suite of computational tools for assigning word-class tags (as a preparation for part of speech (POS) tagging) to word forms in unrestricted Northern Sotho texts. POS-tagging ...
  • Divination expressed through poetry : the divinatory poems of Johannes Mokgwadi 
    Mojalefa, M.J. (Mawatle Jeremiah), 1948-; Mojalefa, Jerry (African Language Association of Southern Africa, 2009)
    This article aims to explore the divinatory poems of Johannes Mokgwadi with special reference to their structure, role and tools of performance in the art of divination as practised still today by the Bapedi in some rural ...