Browsing Faculty of Arts by Subject "Linguistic"
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Beyond difference: A textual and interactional analysis of Afrikaner’s language use and identity in Cape Town
(University of the Western Cape, 2022)In a post-national South Africa, spaces are transforming to accommodate multilingualism and address structures of sociolinguistic isolationism and exclusion. In such a transformative society embracing multilingualism is ... -
Kinyarwaanda sexuality taboo words and their significance in Rwandan culture
(University of the Western Cape, 2004)This study investigates Kinyarwaanda sexuality taboo words and their meaning in Rwandan culture to enable the youth to improve their communication and the values of Rwandan culture. It explores whether the use of Kinyarwaanda ... -
Semiotic remediation as discourse practice in three Woolworths branded spaces
(University of the Western Cape, 2022)Woolworths is known as one of South Africa’s largest retailers with over 400 retail chains across South Africa, while also expanding into other African countries and the Middle East. This study aims to analyse the ... -
The sociosyntax of verb-second and verb-third placement in Manenberg Kaaps
(University of the Western Cape, 2022)The primary goal of this study is to provide a detailed and sharply focused sociosyntactic description and analysis of an aspect of clausal word order variation in Kaaps. Kaaps is a grammatically understudied, historically ...