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Modes and resemiotisation of HIV and aids messages in the eastern region of Malawi
(2013)
This study explores how HIV and AIDS discourse is differently constituted and evaluated across different modes by different communities of speakers in Malawi. Particularly, the study explores how different languages and ...
Gendered positions in a church youth group: a discourse analysis
(University of the Western Cape, 2013)
This research is a discourse analysis of a christian “coloured” youth group, from the area of Mitchell‘s Plain, Cape Town. The aim of the analysis is to explore the ways in which the interlocutors construct their identities ...
A critical analysis of colonial and postcolonial discourses and representations of the people of Mozambique in the Portuguese newspaper ‘O Século de Joanesburgo’ from 1970-1980
(University of the Western Cape, 2014)
The aim of this thesis is to probe how Mozambican people were represented or constructed in the colonial and post-colonial periods through the columns of the Portuguese newspaper, ‘O Século de Joanesburgo’. The study ...
Mobility, identity and localization of language in multilingual contexts of urban Lusaka
(University of Western Cape, 2014)
This study explores Mobility, Identity and Localization of Language in Multilingual Contexts of Urban Lusaka. By examining data from different sites of language practices of Lusaka urbanites, that include, casual and formal ...
Independent clause Sesotho personal names as texts in context: a systemic functional linguistics approach
(University of Western Cape, 2014)
This study sought to examine independent clause Sesotho personal names as authentic social discourse using the Systemic Functional Linguistics (SFL) theory. It sought to analyze their structure and map them to social ...
Imagining multilingual spaces through scripted 'codeswitching' in multilingual performance: a case study of '7de Laan'
(University of the Western Cape, 2010)
This thesis examines how multilingual spaces in South Africa are imagined and reconstructed through the use of scripted codeswitching in 7de Laan. It explores how the socio-political discourses and other ideologies from ...
A discourse analysis of a personal narrative told by an adolescent boy in a Cape Town children's home.
(University of the Western Cape, 2009)
Storytelling serves many purposes. People often tell stories as a coping mechanism, as a way of self-representation, and as a means for self-reflection. Through stories, narrators construct identities and gain perspective ...
Analysing the discourse on corruption in presidential speeches in Nigeria, 1957- 2015: Systemic functional linguistics and critical discourse analysis frameworks
(University of the Western Cape, 2019)
Corruption as a concept is viewed differently by various disciplines, but there seems to be
consensus that it relates to the misuse of public office for private gain. Studies in the social
sciences, mainly political ...
The discursive construction of Kenyan ethnicities in online political talk
(UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE, 2019)
Multi-paradigmatically qualitative, and largely in the fashion of the critical theory, this study
seeks to explore how a selection of Kenyans construct, manipulate and negotiate ethnic
categories in a discussion of ...
Youth multilingualism and discourses of disability: An intersectional approach
(University of the Western Cape, 2018)
Disability, as a topic of investigation, is considerably overlooked in the discipline of
sociolinguistics. This thesis aims to bridge the gap between disability and
sociolinguistics studies, as I critically explore the ...